Sylkie Monoff
Sylkie Monoff | |
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Background information | |
Born | Wuppertal, West Germany |
Genres | Rock, alternative country, Americana, folk |
Occupation(s) | Musician, singer-songwriter, music producer |
Instrument(s) | Guitar, vocals, harmonica, piano |
Labels | BMG, ZYX Music, SYWA Nashville, AVA Records |
Website | sylkiemonoff |
Sylkie Monoff is a German born Singer-Songwriter and Music Producer and has appeared in films.[1]
Life
[edit]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).
Monoff's 2010 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. She has also appeared in the films Manta, Manta (by Oscar-winning producer Bernd Eichinger)[10] and King Ping. Monoff has won "Best International Country Artist" by the Independent Music Network.[11]
In 2020, the digital re-release of Sylkie Monoff's album "Harbor In The Night" ranked in the Top 50 of the Apple Music Country Album Charts in Germany.
Monoff's single "Still Believe In You" is on the Grammy® Awards 2022 ballots in two categories, "Best Country Song" and "Best Country Solo Performance". She wrote and produced the track. It was released on Monoff's own label SYWA Nashville. In addition, she is currently nominated for the Independent Music Network Award 2022 as "Comeback Artist Of The Year". Monoff continues to write and record in Nashville.
Albums
[edit]- Harbor in the Night (1993/2013 BMG)
- Vocals on Nevsky Project (David Becker Tribune) (2003 Pinorrek Records)
- Genuine (2010, Monoff Music)
- Harbor in the Night (2020 SYWA Nashville) (Digital Re-Release)
- Vocals on Germerica (David Becker Tribune) (2024 SYWA Nashville)
- Backing Vocals on The Fury (Antonio Vergara) (2024 AVA Records)
Singles
[edit]- Your Eyes (1992 BMG Ariola)
- Don't! (1993 BMG Ariola)
- Here You Come Again (2013 GMO The Label)
- Like Rain (2017 GMO The Label)
- The Puzzle (2018 Monoff Music)
- Like Rain (2020 Re-release SYWA Nashville)
- Still Believe In You (2021 SYWA Nashville)
- Lover's Merry-Go-Round Duet with Colin Gordon-Farleigh (2024 Sheer Joy Music)
- Love Don't Need A Reason Why (2024 SYWA Nashville)
Other Collaborations
[edit]- Lyricist for Nikolaus Utermoehlen's [[1]] film music for crime drama Georgette Meunier - Die Gottesanbeterin [[2]] (1989, DFFB German Film + TV Academy Berlin Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin, Filmcooperative Switzerland)
- Composer, Lyricist of All The Places by BND, album + single releases, various mixes (1997 + 2006, ZYX Music)
Filmography
[edit]- 1991: Manta, Manta
- 2013: King Ping[12]
References
[edit]- ^ "Walmart One Login".
- ^ Wuppertal
- ^ "Sylkie Monoff |". rainbow-entertainment.dk. Archived from the original on 2014-11-29.
- ^ "Sylkie Monoff |". rainbow-entertainment.dk. Archived from the original on 2014-11-29.
- ^ "SWR1 Baden-Württemberg | SWR.de". www.swr.de (in German). Retrieved 2020-09-28.
- ^ "Sylkie Monoff |". rainbow-entertainment.dk. Archived from the original on 2014-11-29.
- ^ "Sylkie Monoff |". rainbow-entertainment.dk. Archived from the original on 2014-11-29.
- ^ "Country Music – Music News, New Songs, Videos, Music Shows and Playlists from CMT". CMT. Retrieved 2020-09-28.
- ^ "Home of Rock - CD-Reviews - Sylkie Monoff - Genuine". www.home-of-rock.de. Archived from the original on 2014-09-06.
- ^ Manta, Manta
- ^ "Winners Announced For Independent Music Network Awards - Music News Nashville". www.musicnewsnashville.com. Archived from the original on 2014-11-29.
- ^ Zeitung, Westdeutsche (October 2013). "King Ping: Ein heißer Ritt durch Wuppertal und viele Genres". Westdeutsche Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 2020-09-28.