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Mariee Sioux Background information Birth name Mariee Sioux Sobonya Born February 4, 1985
Humboldt County, CaliforniaOrigin Nevada City, California Genres Folk, psych folk Occupations Singer, songwriter, musician Instruments Acoustic guitar Years active 2006–present Labels Grass Roots Records Website http://www.myspace.com/marieesioux/ Notable instruments Acoustic guitar, Native American flute, mandolin Mariee Sioux (born February 4, 1985) is an American folk singer-songwriter. Her father Gary Sobonya is a mandolin player of Polish and Hungarian descent, and her mother Felicia is of Spanish, Paiute, and Indigenous Mexican descent.
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Biography
She grew up in Nevada City, California,[1][2] where she wrote verses since she was a young child. At 17 she traveled to Patagonia to volunteer at a school for indigenous children where she taught herself to play the guitar,[1] and in 2006 she debuted her first self-released album A Bundled Bundle of Bundles. A year later in 2007 she released her first studio album Faces in the Rocks which featured her delicate acoustic guitar music alongside the Native American flute by Gentle Thunder, and mandolin played by her father Gary Sobonya.[2][3] The album had a Native American theme to it, filled with references to nature and the Native American people. Since the debut of her first album, she has drawn comparisons from Joanna Newsom to Joni Mitchell, and she has toured through North America and Europe, often alongside fellow folk singer Alela Diane.[2][3]
She released a cover version of The Cure's "Lovesong", on the Manimal Vinyl tribute record to The Cure, entitled Perfect As Cats.
Discography
- Pray Me A Shadow (self released, 2004)
- A Bundled Bundle of Bundles (self released, 2006)
- Faces in the Rocks (Grass Roots Records, 2007)
- Two Tongues At One Time/Buried In Teeth 7" (Grass Roots Records, 2007)
References
External links
- Mariee Sioux on Grass Roots Records
- Mariee Sioux Official Myspace Page
- Mariee Sioux Lastfm Page
- live video February, 12th 2009 Rouen, France
- acoustic session for Europe and co Rouen, France
Categories:- American female singers
- Songwriters from California
- American folk singers
- Psych folk musicians
- New Weird America
- People from Nevada City, California
- Living people
- 1985 births
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