Sonja Kristina Linwood

Infobox Musical artist


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Name = Sonja Kristina
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Background = solo_singer
Birth_name = Sonja Kristina Linwood
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Origin = Brentwood, Essex, England
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Genre = acid folk, progressive rock
Occupation = singer-songwriter
Years_active = 1960s - present
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Associated_acts = Curved Air, Mask
URL = http://www.sonjakristina.com/
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Sonja Kristina Linwood (born 14 April 1949, in Brentwood, Essex) is an English musician, usually known as Sonja Kristina, and most famous as vocalist for Curved Air.

Career

She helped run and performed at the Troubadour Folk Club in the late 1960s. She also performed in the stage musical "Hair" and sang with the Strawbs.

Curved Air had a changing line-up over its nine albums (1970 - 1976 and 1990), and Sonja was the only member to take part in every line-up.

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, and recently in multi-media duo MASK, along with Marvin Ayres.

In 2008 she is taking part in a series of Curved Air reunion concerts.

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

*"Hair" soundtrack - Sonja sings lead on some tracks.Allmusicguide|id=11:a9fexqu5ldde~T4|label=Sonja Kristina > Credits]

*"Vampires Stole My Lunch Money" Mick Farren (1978) - Sonja Kristina and The Pretenders' Chrissie Hynde provided backing vocals on this album.

*"Sheep In Wolves' Clothing" [http://www.alanburridge.freeuk.com/mhb/#SHEEP] Motorheadbangers fan club tribute CD (2008) - Sonja contributed an acoustic version of Motörhead's "I Don't Believe A Word."

References

External links

*http://www.strawbsweb.co.uk/related/sonja/sonja.asp
*http://www.curvedair.com/sonjapage.htm
*http://www.sonjakristina.com/
*http://www.mask.uk.net/
*http://www.marvinayres.com/