Sonya’s song set to go global after nearly 15 years!

A WARRINGTON mum of two is set to see a song she wrote as a 15-year-old old schoolgirl go global!
Now aged 29, Sonya Hurst from Burtonwood has been singing and composing music since being a little girl.
Despite a varied style including pop, jazz, rock and gospel – it is country music which is her true love.
With a range of experience in her teens including performing as a solo artist in pubs, clubs, holiday camps and events she also enjoyed performing in residential homes.
Sonya, who has two sons, left college in 2004 with a triple grade distinction in Music practice and went on to perform dinner music and some session singing/backing vocals in her spare time, while continuing to write songs and play piano. She is classically trained to grade 8 with the ABRSM.
She is currently performing in boy/girl duo TKO while working on recording some of her own music.
But it is her country songwriting that is creating quite a buzz at the moment and her first single ‘Emily’ which she wrote when she was 15 years-old is set to be released on all major digital music distributors this Friday (May 15).
She is already enjoying rotation on several radio stations across the globe with her recent tracks.
“The most exciting part of all this for me is that people all over the world are listening to songs I have written myself!” said Sonya.
“It’s very surreal to think that people in Australia and America are hearing my songs on the radio. I have always dreamt of going to Nashville and my biggest ambition as a young girl was to sing at the Grand ole Opry. I love country music and always have, I was inspired by people like LeAnn Rimes and
grew up listening to Charlie Landsborough and Patsy Cline. Now I’m enjoying being able to do what I love most and my goal is to keep on doing that.”
You can keep up to date with Sonya via social media and listen to her singing on Reverbnation.