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09/26/11 - Cough! Cough! Catch it up!

Me and the boys are out here in the middle of a muddy field in Jacksonville, North Carolina. It’s too bad that the weather has been yucky for our last two shows. I have also been battling a chest cold :(   regardless we have had a great time on the road playing for the sweet folks standing in the rain! Headed to play in New York on Monday Sept. 26th at Webster Hall! Can’t wait to play the big apple again! Also we head to Jersey to play Asbury Park at THE WONDER BAR on Tuesday Sept. 27th I hear Bruce Springsteen sometimes goes there! We are so pumped to play for our Jersey fans again! You guys are hardcore!

The CD is going to hit the shelves on September 27th and I am so stoked! Thanks to everyone who pre-ordered their CD’s! Thanks to all of you for Spreading the word and coming to the shows! We are all so excited as well to have the video “My Name Is Money” on CMT starting September 26th! Thanks to everyone who came down to Little Five Points in Atlanta to be a part of the video! Read More

09/12/11 - LA Update

Me and the Boys about to play for the GRAMMY headquarters in LA:

09/11/11 - Remembering September 11th

I remember where I was on September 11th 2001. I was in my truck headed to put my 8 hours in at Mail Boxes Etc…

I heard the news on Atlanta’s rock radio station 99x. I thought they were joking at first. You know, the morning show babbling in the background as you sip your coffee. But nobody was laughing. I began to realize they were serious. I went in to work and talked with my boss and tried to stick around and stay positive and pretend it was not happening but I began to panic. I thought of my family and friends and they said Atlanta might be a target because of the Center of Disease Control which was right around the corner from where I was working. I told My boss I was leaving and he could fire me if he wanted to (he didn’t by the way, I ended up leaving town for a while.) I drove to my friend Stephanie’s house and I found her sitting on her bed watching TV crying. I began to cry too because right in those first moments I arrived the second plane hit. We were both in shock. It was earth shattering to me. Such an angering mysterious moment. We were all curious and stayed glued to our TV’s and then We saw the second plane hit. It was as if someone punched me In the chest. We decided we would go and try to donate some blood.  They had a waiting list and I found that beautiful so many people came together in tragedy.

I gathered my things and drove to the country where my father lives. I ended up quitting my job for a couple of months and moving to Florida to get away from the city and re-group my whole life and be with my family. 9/11 put my life and dreams into perspective. I got a lot more serious and determined after that day. My heart goes out to all the families that lost a loved one. I am fortunate enough to not have lost someone in the attacks. I honor all the troops who fight for our freedom and the ones who have died fighting for us all. Today I want to say thank you to them and to all the Americans who come together when this country is in need of volunteers, food and shelter for victims from hurricanes, to flooding to earthquakes. The tragedies bring us all closer together and we remember our compassion for one another.

08/21/11 - Detroit!

The Boys and I finally made it to Detroit after a very loooooong drive from Nashville yesterday! Tonight we take the stage at The Hard Rock for the Kenny Chesney pre-party! 9pm!

08/17/11 - Hello Everyone!

Sit down, grab a sandwich, because I have a lot to catch you up on!

Well, all of our shows with The Zac Brown Band have been an absolute blast! Kid Rock showed up to watch us open for ZBB in Omaha at The Red Sky Music festival It was so scorching hot, sweat was in our eyes. I was able to hang with Kid for the rest of the evening. He really is a super guy, crazy, but he has a huge heart and he is so funny!
Shhhhh don’t tell anybody and ruin his image :) Read More

08/16/11 - Sonia Hears ‘My Name Is Money’ for the First Time

Watch as Sonia Leigh hears ‘My Name Is Money’ on the radio for the first time:

08/11/11 - Great Times in Cleveland!

We had a wonderful visit yesterday with Charlie and Chuck over at 99.5 WGAR in Cleveland! Afterwards we went to an awesome Italian dinner at Johnny’s!

07/19/11 - On The Road Again

Hello everyone, wuzzzzzup!

Will and I have been steady on the road visiting radio stations all over the country. We have met some very cool people, seen some strange sights, and made some great friends a long the way. We will be headed out to California to play the House of Blues on July 28th in Anaheim after we play some Shows with The Zac Brown Band in Nebraska, Minnesota, and Wisconsin. make sure you check the tour dates to see when and where we will be coming to see you in your town!

I am so excited to announce our radio add date for “My Name is Money” is Monday July 25th! Make sure you call your country radio stations and request my song it would help out so much! We will be touring a WHOLE LOT in the fall so make sure to Keep up with our shows at www.sonialeigh.com and also to like my Facebook Page at www.facebook.com/sonialeighmusic and follow me on twitter @sonialeigh because I’ve been updating my twitter and Facebook a lot from the road.

I want to say real quick that I miss my family and if you guys are reading this I hope to get to see y’all soon! To the rest of you guys, I can’t wait to rock with you!

Take Care and thanks for your support,

Sonia Leigh

07/05/11 - Happy Fourth of July!

Hi from Colorado Springs!

I hope you are all enjoying your day by the pool or at least by a grill somewhere in the sun! I am in Colorado preparing for the next leg of my radio tour. I just flew in from playing in Pittsburgh and Charlotte with The Zac Brown Band, Kenny Chesney, Billy Currington and Uncle Kracker. Matt Shafer from Uncle Kracker is such a great dude and I hang out quit a bit with him and his band when I hook up with the Going Coastal Tour. Kenny and his crew are so wonderful to me as well as Billy is such a sweet heart and gentleman to me, He brings his dog and lets him run around by the buses a lot! I am looking forward to heading to Red Rocks and maybe jumping up again with Zac Brown!

The single My Name is Money is already being played all over the country, but the official add date is mid July and I am so excited! You can purchase it on iTunes early and I would appreciate it if you guys would take an extra minute to rate the song and maybe leave a comment! It will make iTunes perk up and see how many of you guys have been supporting my music! You guys have a blast and I can’t wait to rock some faces with you soon!

Salute!

-Sonia Leigh

Me (in my Steelers hat) Matt Shafer (Uncle Kracker) and Wyatt Durrett after the show in Pittsburgh!

06/27/11 - Sonia Leigh Gets Her Photoshoot On


Check out this behind-the-scenes look at Sonia’s last photoshoot! Stay tuned- there are a lot more pictures to come!