What they're saying!

Ms. Perkins has an attractive soft whispery voice that is full of subtleties and is quietly expressive. She swings naturally at every tempo and makes each note count. Sonya's phrasing is very much her own and on “Imagination” she reshapes the melody, making it sound contemporary and modern.
This is an impressive EP that makes one look forward to Sonya Perkins' full CD and to her future recordings.
---Scott Yanow,  Jazz Historian & Journalist

After listening to Bring My Lover Near, an infectious EP by Sonya Perkins, I am happily anticipating the upcoming release of her full album, Make Me Your Lover, one that will include the fine tracks from her EP.  She has an appealing voice and her jazz-influenced phrasing brings a special dimension to each selection on the program.
---Joe Lang, Jazz Journalist


"Sonya Perkins provides distinctive jazz-infused takes on great material on her debut CD titled  ...and you linger.   Her unique voice is terrifically expressive. There are some clear upbeat highlights such as a rollicking Memphis, an exuberant Lil' Darlin', and a flat out funny No Soap, No Hope, No Mouse, No House Blues. Her terrific duet of You Go To My Head with Marlon Saunders is refreshingly un-tortured.... Pat Firth on piano, Ryan Vaughn on drums, Nathan Eklund on trumpet, and John Lenis on bass provide the kind of support and imagination that any singer would envy."
---  Michael Miyazaki , Miyazaki Cabaret Update

"Sonya Perkins is a great artist and she never fails to amaze me with her selections and unique interpretations of the Great American Songbook".
---Joe Regan Jr., Jazz & Cabaret Journalist    

"Ms. Perkins sings for all those romantic loves lost and found, the roads less and often traveled..."
---Karl Stober,  ejazz news.com 

"Sonya Perkins brings joy and love of everything she sings to her audience! "
---Trudi Mann, Curator and Producer