Sonia & Nigel are a multi-cultural acoustic duo featuring French-American Paris-born Sonia Wilson on vocals & ukulele and Kiwi-American virtuoso musician Nigel Gavin on 7-string guitar. After meeting and playing together for the first time at the Whare Flat Folk festival in Dunedin during Sonia’s first visit to New Zealand on a solo round-the-world trip in December 2014, the pair have since become a well-loved duo in the New Zealand folk music scene.
They weave French, Kiwi and American songs with their own original compositions and inspiration from their travels around the world.
Sonia & Nigel are:
Sonia Wilson (lead vocals, guitar, ukulele)
+ backing vocals (on the album)
Nigel Gavin (7-string guitar, ukulele)
+ 11-string glissentar, bass and electric guitar (on the album)
Guest musicians on the Sweet Paname album:
John Egenes (producer)
Tracey Collins (accordion)
Gunnar Ellwanger (backing vocals)
Helen Webby (harp)
Pascal Roggen (violin)
Anna Bowen (fiddle, backing vocals)
