Indie Rocker Sonia V nominated "Breakout Artist" for the 2005 American Christian Music Awards.
May 5th, 2005

Sonia V. has been nominated as a candidate for "Breakout Artist of 2005" for the American Christian Music Awards this year. The Breakout Candidate feature story spotlights Sonia V. in this week's American Christian Music Journal.

Indie Rocker, Sonia Vannest has captured listeners around the world with her indie rock vibe by taking modern rock into a more cutting edge territory. Sonia’s music has a sound of it’s own as an unmistakable female rock voice that is unique among other artists in the industry. With a musical style that captivates modern pop culture and MTV viewers, Sonia is often described as “a Rock Chick with attitude”. Sonia states “Despite all the raised eyebrows I’ve seen throughout my life, I have learned to just be me, and that I’m alright that way. I have never been mistaken for “normal” and once you catch a glimpse of who I am, you’ll never forget me. It’s the wild hair, crazy quirks, and rock-lovin’ weirdo that I am.

Sonia’s “A Thing Or 2” CD released February 14, 2005 covers rock territory not usually heard with female artists and includes all original modern rock tunes penned by Sonia and a few music friends including producer Chris Shandrow (The Frantics, Goodbye Audio, Miss Angie, Stereo Deluxx), independent artist friends Teresa Garcia and Jerome Fontamillas of Switchfoot. The first single and title track “A Thing Or 2”, has already made it’s mark on Rock, Alternative and College radio charts hitting #1 on several stations and hitting #1 on the National Modern Rock/Alternative Singles Chart.

Full of passion, originality and ready to rock, Sonia is making noise in the independent music scene and has turned a few heads in the industry by bringing her music & messages to thousands across the globe through her independent releases and with her explosive new internationally syndicated hit radio show, “The Indie Rock Show” in which Sonia brings the best independent rock talent to the airwaves each week as host and producer of the show. “The Indie Rock Show” received honours by the ACMA with an award for “outstanding rock radio show” for the 2004 awards. Carrying the torch for independent artists everywhere, all the horn tooting for others has not left Sonia in the shadows. Her own music has developed a strong grassroots following that has turned into an impressive professional status for an independent artist, charting alongside of some of the heaviest rockers in the music biz like Switchfoot, P.O. D. and others.

Of recent acclaim, Sonia received recognition by the “Song of the Year Contest” for her exceptional song writing ability for the song “A Thing Or 2”, the title track off her new release. Sonia competed against songwriters from all over the world for this honour. Song of the Year is an international song writing contest supporting VH-1’s Save the Music Foundation. The Song of the Year judges are some of the biggest names in music including many Grammy Award winners. Sonia received the honour of being named one of the top suggested artists to listen to by the Song of the Year song writing contest. Sonia was also nominated for Female Rock/Alternative Vocalist of the Year in January 2005 by CMCentral.com along with Plumb, Charity Von and Sarah Kelly.

Visit Sonia V's website: http://www.soniav.com

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For further information on Sonia V: www.soniav.com 
Radio Promotion:  The Damos Agency - John Helle - john@damosagency.com
Booking/ Management:  Xtreme Productions Management:  info@xtremeproductionsmanagement.com