DESCRIPTION:
Rochester, New York native, Sonia Lee moved to Nashville with a dream to write songs. That dream began as a first generation Ukrainian American with parents that preserved their heritage of music in their daughter's upbringing. She began to sing at the age of three and to play the guitar at age twelve (at Ukrainian camp when the guitar player didn't show up!). Sonia learned to carry on the family tradition of decorating Easter eggs (pysanky), Ukrainian folk dancing, and embroidery of beautiful Ukrainian patterns. Her heritage was not her only influence.

She loved music from the Rolling Stones, Fleetwood Mac, and the American folk music she grew up around in upstate New York. For years following her move, Sonia sat in the audience of the famous Nashville songwriter mecca, the Bluebird Cafe, dreaming of being a songwriter. During that time, she relied heavily on alcohol, and Sonia now often talks candidly about the problems that reliance caused in her life. In her quest for recovery, Sonia met a network of support and friends that helped her learn a new set of principles for living and a totally new outlook upon life. From that moment, Sonia Lee's life changed for the better, one day at a time. Sonia began to write songs as well as with co-writers who held like beliefs in themes of love, forgiveness, and recovery. And she began to sing in songwriter rounds at the Bluebird, where she'd watched so many great songwriters perform in the past. Sonia's producer, Kim McLean, was one of the songwriters with whom she formed a friendship, and later a creative partnership in the studio with her first project, From the Heart, a fresh collection of traditional Ukrainian folk songs. With great critical acceptance, and a successful tour of Ukrainian audiences across America, and even a visit to Ukraine, Sonia's dream was not yet completely fulfilled. She still felt an ever present need to express her own creative voice in music. So, a heartfelt conversation with McLean, led to the recording of her second CD, True, an album of self-penned and co-written anthems and touching ballads composed from the tapestry of Sonia's own "True" life. For more information http://sonialee.net