Mariee Sioux (born February 4, 1985) is an American folk
singer-songwriter. Her father Gary Sobonya is a mandolin player of
Polish and Hungarian descent, and her mother Felicia is of Spanish,
Paiute, and Indigenous Mexican descent.Sioux grew up in Nevada City,
California, where she wrote verses since she was a young child. At 17
she traveled to Patagonia to volunteer at a school for indigenous
children where she taught herself to play the guitar, and in 2006 she
debuted her first self-released album A Bundled Bundle of Bundles. A
year later, in 2007, she released her first studio album Faces in the
Rocks which featured her delicate acoustic guitar music alongside the
Native American flute by Gentle Thunder, and mandolin played by her
father Gary Sobonya. The album had a Native American theme to it,
filled with references to nature and the Native American people. Since
the debut of her first album, she has drawn comparisons from Joanna
Newsom to Joni Mitchell, and she has toured through North America and
Europe.She released a cover version of The Cure's "Lovesong", on the
Manimal Vinyl tribute record to The Cure, entitled Perfect as Cats.
singer-songwriter. Her father Gary Sobonya is a mandolin player of
Polish and Hungarian descent, and her mother Felicia is of Spanish,
Paiute, and Indigenous Mexican descent.Sioux grew up in Nevada City,
California, where she wrote verses since she was a young child. At 17
she traveled to Patagonia to volunteer at a school for indigenous
children where she taught herself to play the guitar, and in 2006 she
debuted her first self-released album A Bundled Bundle of Bundles. A
year later, in 2007, she released her first studio album Faces in the
Rocks which featured her delicate acoustic guitar music alongside the
Native American flute by Gentle Thunder, and mandolin played by her
father Gary Sobonya. The album had a Native American theme to it,
filled with references to nature and the Native American people. Since
the debut of her first album, she has drawn comparisons from Joanna
Newsom to Joni Mitchell, and she has toured through North America and
Europe.She released a cover version of The Cure's "Lovesong", on the
Manimal Vinyl tribute record to The Cure, entitled Perfect as Cats.
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