Sonja Kristina
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Sonja Kristina (born 14 April 1949, in Brentwood, Essex), is an English musician most recognizable as the vocalist for Curved Air.
Career
As of 1968 Kristina was helping to run and performing at the Wednesday evening sessions at London's Troubadour Folk Club. She was appearing generally on the folk scene as "Sonja" having previously had a number of TV slots on the kids' show "Song and Story". She also performed in the stage musical Hair[1] and sang with The Strawbs following the departure of Sandy Denny.[2][1] Curved Air had a changing line-up over its nine albums (1970 - 1976 and 1990), and Kristina was the only member to take part in every line-up. Since 2008 she has been taking part in a series of Curved Air reunion concerts.[1]
After Curved Air she returned to Hair for a second spell. Since then she has performed solo, including her involvement with the acid folk movement in London in the early 1990s, culminating in her critically acclaimed Songs from the Acid Folk in 1991,[1] and in multi-media duo MASK, along with Marvin Ayres.[3]
Albums with Curved Air
- Airconditioning (1970)
- Second Album (1971)
- Phantasmagoria (1972)
- Air Cut (1973)
- Live (1975)
- Midnight Wire (1975)
- Airborne (1976)
- Lovechild (recorded 1973, released 1990)
- Live At The BBC (1995)
- Alive, 1990 (2000)
- Masters From The Vaults
- Reborn (2008)
Albums as Sonja Kristina
- Sonja Kristina (1980)
- Songs From The Acid Folk (1991) (with TY-LOR and friends)
- Harmonics Of Love (1995)
- Cri De Coeur (2003)
- Heavy Petal CD + DVD by MASK ft Sonja Kristina (2005)
Other Recordings
- Vampires Stole My Lunch Money Mick Farren (1978) - Sonja Kristina and The Pretenders' Chrissie Hynde provided backing vocals on this album.[4]
- Sheep In Wolves' Clothing[1] Motorheadbangers fan club tribute CD (2008) - Sonja contributed an acoustic version of Motörhead's "I Don't Believe A Word."
Personal life
Kristina married Stewart Copeland in 1982, having met him while he was first road manager and then drummer for Curved Air (1974-1976). They divorced in 1991.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e "Kristina rocks". The Malaysia Star. 12 October 2008. Retrieved 18 February 2010.
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- ^ "Marvin Ayres profile". NME. 23 January 2010. Retrieved 18 February 2010.
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