<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><font face="Century Gothic, sans-serif"><b>Please
help to get the word out….they are an amazing duo</b></font></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><font face="Century Gothic, sans-serif"><b>A
last minute house concert with Disappear Fear will be held at Off
the Avenue Studios</b></font></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><font face="Century Gothic, sans-serif"><b>1546
Knowlton Street in Northside</b></font></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><font face="Century Gothic, sans-serif"><b>7pm
</b></font>
</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><font face="Century Gothic, sans-serif"><b>March
8, 2007……</b></font></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><font face="Century Gothic, sans-serif"><b>Thanks….Maureen</b></font></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><font color="#0000ff"><u><a href="http://www.disappearfear.com/">www.disappearfear.com</a></u></font></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><font color="#770000"><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font size="2">Perhaps
in a past life, SONiA was one of the original troubadours, a</font></font></font></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><font color="#770000"><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font size="2">poet-musician
roaming Europe in the 11th-13th centuries, singing songs of</font></font></font></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><font color="#770000"><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font size="2">courtly
love. She certainly is a contemporary troubadour, crooning folk</font></font></font></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><font color="#770000"><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font size="2">songs
about romantic love, often forbidden.</font></font></font></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br>
</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><font color="#770000"><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font size="2">Whether
in the bomb shelters "Miklats" in Israel or summer camps in</font></font></font></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><font color="#770000"><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font size="2">Palestine,
colleges, festivals or venues around the world SONiA is always</font></font></font></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><font color="#770000"><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font size="2">striving
to disappear fear and spread her message of Peace. She has been</font></font></font></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><font color="#770000"><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font size="2">nominated
for a Grammy and has won numerous awards for her albums. She named</font></font></font></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><font color="#770000"><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font size="2">her
last studio CD "No Bomb Is Smart" and has used every
opportunity she has</font></font></font></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><font color="#770000"><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font size="2">to
let people know that War is not the answer. She Loves Out Loud and
Proud</font></font></font></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><font color="#770000"><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font size="2">and
donates 18% of all downloads of her music to end World Hunger. Jeep</font></font></font></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><font color="#770000"><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font size="2">named
her as one of 8 troubadours for their new National Campaign and video</font></font></font></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><font color="#770000"><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font size="2">of
the tour is currently on MTV.</font></font></font></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br>
</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><font color="#770000"><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font size="2">When
sisters SONiA & CiNDY [Rutstein] of Baltimore Maryland created
the</font></font></font></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><font color="#770000"><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font size="2">Folk-Pop
duo disappear fear and signed with Rounder Records in 1994 for the</font></font></font></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><font color="#770000"><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font size="2">release
of their self-titled CD. The CD won multiple awards including the</font></font></font></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><font color="#770000"><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font size="2">GLAAD
Award for Best Album, a GLAMA award, and Top Release of the Year by</font></font></font></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><font color="#770000"><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font size="2">Mix
Magazine. The next release, "Seed in the Sahara", was
produced by</font></font></font></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><font color="#770000"><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font size="2">Springsteen's
piano player, Roy Bittan and won the GLAMA for best band. In</font></font></font></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><font color="#770000"><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font size="2">1998,
with CiNDY off the road as a full time Mom, Rounder released "Almost</font></font></font></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><font color="#770000"><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font size="2">Chocolate",
SONiA's first solo CD under her own name. During that year SONiA</font></font></font></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><font color="#770000"><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font size="2">toured
Europe (Denmark, Sweden, and the Netherlands) and Australia for the</font></font></font></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><font color="#770000"><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font size="2">first
time. "Me,Too" her 1999 release won Female Artist of the
Year at the</font></font></font></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><font color="#770000"><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font size="2">GLAMAs.
"Me,Too" was also later chosen by the HRC (Human Rights
Campaign)</font></font></font></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><font color="#770000"><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font size="2">along
with songs by U2 and many others for their compilation CD. "Me,Too"</font></font></font></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><font color="#770000"><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font size="2">was
also chosen by the Philadelphia Folk Festival for their 40th Year</font></font></font></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><font color="#770000"><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font size="2">Anniversary
CD (along with Ritchie Havens). Following another solo release</font></font></font></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><font color="#770000"><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font size="2">"Live
at the Down Home", SONiA decided it was time to bring back the</font></font></font></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><font color="#770000"><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font size="2">harmonies
which disappear fear has always been known for and added Laura</font></font></font></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><font color="#770000"><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font size="2">Cerulli
on vocals, percussion and drums. With Laura and other musicians</font></font></font></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><font color="#770000"><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font size="2">SONiA
& disappear fear released DF05 in 2005 and received rave reviews
in</font></font></font></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><font color="#770000"><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font size="2">SING
OUT as well as other publications around the United States..</font></font></font></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br>
</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><font color="#770000"><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font size="2">In
2007, the Grammy nominee, will release a brand new CD to el mundo
(the</font></font></font></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><font color="#770000"><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font size="2">world).
'La Tormenta Santa" will feature 13 songs: 7 sung in Spanish, 3
in</font></font></font></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><font color="#770000"><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font size="2">Hebrew
and 3 in Arabic and English. The music will match the words in</font></font></font></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><font color="#770000"><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font size="2">poetry
about Love, Peace and Equality; themes familiar to SONiA's writing</font></font></font></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><font color="#770000"><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font size="2">since
the creation of her band, "disappear fear". Some of the
songs have</font></font></font></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><font color="#770000"><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font size="2">been
previously performed in English. The music will be classified as
WORLD</font></font></font></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><font color="#770000"><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font size="2">and
Folk-Pop (with a deeper meaning). Latin and Middle Eastern rhythms
and</font></font></font></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><font color="#770000"><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font size="2">instrumentation
along with lush string arrangements and harmonies are</font></font></font></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><font color="#770000"><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font size="2">featured
on this CD. SONiA & disappear fear will begin the new year with
a</font></font></font></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><font color="#770000"><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font size="2">'border
to border' tour of the USA starting in their home town of Baltimore</font></font></font></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><font color="#770000"><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font size="2">to
Spokane to San Diego to Dallas.</font></font></font></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br>
</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><font color="#770000"><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font size="2">SONiA
also recently wrote the soundtrack for the documentary Autumn's</font></font></font></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><font color="#770000"><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font size="2">Harvest,
directed by Dave Marshall. The short film chronicles the life of</font></font></font></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><font color="#770000"><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font size="2">Douglas,
a migrant worker who is HIV positive. The film is currently being</font></font></font></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><font color="#770000"><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font size="2">shown
at film festivals around the world.</font></font></font></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br>
</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><font color="#770000"><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font size="2">SONiA
& disappear fear will continue to share their music around the
world</font></font></font></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><font color="#770000"><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font size="2">in
2007 with tours in the USA, Canada, Europe, Australia and the Middle</font></font></font></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><font color="#770000"><font face="Verdana, sans-serif">East</font></font></p>