Sonja Kristina Linwood
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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. At one point, she was married to Stewart Copeland of The Police.
She helped run and performed at the Troubadour Folk Club in the late 1960s. She also performed in the stage musical Hair.
Curved Air had a changing line-up over its nine albums (1970 - 1976 and 1990), but Kristina was the common factor. The original line-up also featured Francis Monkman on guitar (who was to later join classical guitarist John Williams in his rock experiment Sky), and Darryl Way, an early exponent of the electric violin. The first album, Airconditioning (1970), received much media attention, due to it being the first ever picture disc released in the UK. Their simply-titled Second Album (1972) was ornately packaged in an intricate folding sleeve. However, the quality of the band's music itself transcended the hype over the then novel packaging. Kristina co-wrote much of the band's material with Way, including their one major single hit "Back Street Luv".
Since Curved Air, 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.
[edit] 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/
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