BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Hawkins’s debut album, Tongues and Tails, was released in 1992. It achieved both worldwide commercial success and critical acclaim, earning her a Grammy nomination for Best New Artist in 1993. The single “Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover” went to #5 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles’ chart in the USA, and was also a top 20 hit in the UK. As a result of this success Sophie was asked to perform “I Want You” during “Bobfest” a concert held on October 16, 1992 in Madison Square Garden honoring Bob Dylan’s 30th Anniversary as a musician.

Whaler, her second album, was released in 1994. Produced by Stephen Lipson, it also contained a US Top 10 hit, “As I Lay Me Down,” and made gold status. Three singles from the album made the UK top 40, including “Right Beside You” which peaked at #13. It reached number 2 in the Dutch Top 40.

A 1998 documentary by Gigi Gaston, titled The Cream Will Rise, followed Hawkins during one of her tours and captured her struggle to deal with past troubles with her family, including her mother and brother. Music and riffs by Hawkins were included throughout the film.

Also in 1998, Hawkins’s record company at the time, Sony Music, delayed the release of her third album. Its executives were unhappy with the finished product, and wanted Hawkins to rework some of the material. In particular, they were insisting that Hawkins remove a banjo track from one of the songs. Hawkins refused to accommodate them, citing artistic integrity as her main reason. After a lengthy battle between Hawkins and the company, the album, Timbre, was eventually released in 1999, though Sony declined to promote it. Hawkins subsequently left the label and founded her own label, Trumpet Swan Productions. In 2001, Timbre was re-released on Hawkins’ label, now as a 2-disc set that contained new songs, demos, remixes, and videos.

Her first independently recorded and released album, Wilderness, was released in 2004.

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And here’s Sophie’s latest record:

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Tapping into the same passion-filled storytelling and colorful eclecticism that inspired her 1992 platinum-selling debut TONGUES AND TAILS, this long-awaited album (Sophie’s first in over a decade) sees the singer/songwriter reflecting on what has been a trailblazing, revolutionary career while embarking on a new creative chapter of independence and positivity.

Hawkins was Grammy nominated for her platinum-selling debut album TONGUES AND TAILS, and its iconic lead single ‘Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover’. Her smash hit ‘As I Lay Me Down’ shattered records as longest-running hit single on the Billboard charts in American music history. A truly essential singer-songwriter, Sophie’s 7th album FREE MYSELF is rooted in Hawkins’s raw yet poetic lyrics and her distinctive, captivating vocals.

Rooted in Sophie’s raw yet poetic lyrics as well as her captivatingly distinctive vocals, FREE MYSELF features some of her most emotionally powerful material to date.

Read The Latest Interview:

https://sophiebhawkins.com/sophie-b-hawkins-talks-about-her-new-album-free-myself/