Sylkie Monoff

Sylkie Monoff

Sylkie Monoff with Keith Urban at The Grand Ole Opry - 2012
Background information
Born Wuppertal, Germany
Genres Rock, alternative country, Americana, folk
Occupation(s) Musician, singer-songwriter, producer
Instruments Guitar, vocals, harmonica, piano
Labels BMG, ZYX Music
Website sylkiemonoff.com

Sylkie Monoff is a German born Singer-Songwriter and has appeared in films.[1]

Life

Born in Wuppertal,[2] she studied music at the Hamburg Conservatory.[3] Her debut album Harbor in the Night BMG Ariola spawned the radio hit "Don’t".[4] The English group BND[5] recorded her song "All the Places", which landed in the top 50 sales charts in Germany and was also awarded Gold (50,000 sold) status in Poland.[6] Her single "The Puzzle" was produced by Mark Schulman[7] (drummer for Pink, Cher, Foreigner).

Her latest album Genuine which reached #1,[8] features Nashville’s top studio musicians including, Eddie Bayers and Brent Mason.[9] She has shared the stage with Albert Lee, Julian Dawson, Iain Matthews, Spencer Davis, Howard Carpendale and Melissa Etheridge.[10] She has also appeared in the films Manta, Manta (by Oscar-winning producer Bernd Eichinger)[11] and King Ping. She has also won "Best International Country Artist" by the Independent Music Network.[12] She continues to write and record in Nashville.[13]

Albums

Singles

Filmography

References

  1. ↑ http://www.countrystarsonline.com/CSO/reviews2009.htm
  2. ↑ Wuppertal
  3. ↑ http://rainbow-entertainment.dk/de/verzeichnis/kunstnere/sylkie-monoff/
  4. ↑ http://rainbow-entertainment.dk/de/verzeichnis/kunstnere/sylkie-monoff/
  5. ↑ http://www.swr.de/swr1/bw/-/id=233362/nid=233362/did=1055462/1r05lf4/index.html
  6. ↑ http://rainbow-entertainment.dk/de/verzeichnis/kunstnere/sylkie-monoff/
  7. ↑ http://rainbow-entertainment.dk/de/verzeichnis/kunstnere/sylkie-monoff/
  8. ↑ http://www.cmt.com/artists/sylkie-monoff/biography/
  9. ↑ http://www.home-of-rock.de/Archiv/CD-Reviews2/Sylkie_Monoff/Genuine.html
  10. ↑ http://www.cmt.com/artists/sylkie-monoff/biography/
  11. ↑ Manta, Manta
  12. ↑ http://www.musicnewsnashville.com/winners-announced-for-independent-music-network-awards/
  13. ↑ http://www.cmt.com/artists/sylkie-monoff/biography/
  14. ↑ http://www.wz-newsline.de/lokales/wuppertal/stadtleben/king-ping-ein-heisser-ritt-durch-wuppertal-und-viele-genres-1.1441506
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