Sophie Hunger grew up in Switzerland, Britain and Germany. In 2006 she recorded her first album “Sketches on Sea“ in her own front room and sold several thousand copies through direct sales. As a result of this album and its success she started working with musicians like Erik Truffaz, The Youngs Gods and Stephan Eicher. Soon her work attracted attention outside Switzerland: The Guardian described her as “Laura Marling, Beth Orton and Björk in one folk-rocking package”, Le Monde as “excellent” and the German Deutsche Musikexpress as “breath-taking”. Her first studio album “Monday’s Ghost” came out 2008 and reached Number 1 in the Swiss Album Charts, as did her next album “1983” in 2010.

But Sophie Hunger’s success has gone far beyond the borders of her home country: she became the first Swiss act ever to play the prestigious Glastonbury Festival. In spring 2011 Sophie Hunger won the Swiss Award and the Prix de la Création Musicale de France. Also in 2011 she toured North America together with Madeleine Peyroux and the band Tinariwen. In Germany Hunger also won acclaim for her fictional columns in the quality newspaper die Zeit.

In spring 2012 she produced and staged the one-man show “Bob Dylan - Be Part of My Dream“ (in the framework of the Grammy Museum Exhibition) at Le Cité de la Musique, Paris, which will be reprised at the Montréal Jazz Festival this summer. In addition, this summer will see her contribution to the play „Jakob Michael Reinhold Lenz” by Director Cornelia Rainer at the Salzburger Festspiele.

And finally in autumn Hunger is launching her new album in cooperation with producer Adam Samuels (Warpaint, Daniel Lanois, John Frusciante), which came together in Europe and America. The musicians featured on this album, among others are Josh Klinghoffer (Red Hot Chilli Peppers, PJ Harvey) Nathaniel Walcott (Bright Eyes), Steven Nistor (Daniel Lanois, Danger Mouse), as well as Michael Flury, Simon Gerber and Alberto Malo of the Sophie Hunger Band. The launch of this CD will be followed by a tour of North America and Europe, starting in October 2012.

Please find all show info on the Concerts page, more to be announced soon.

The Sophie Hunger trio is happy to announce an extensive North American Tour accompanying the fascinating TINARIWEN this November. (Watch their new video featuring TV on the Radio below). So, go check the tour dates as some trio headliner shows will be added during the next couple of weeks too. Following the invitation of the Cité de la Musique Paris, Sophie was asked to create an own piece accompanying next year’s exhibition on Bob Dylan, created by the Grammy Museum of Los Angeles. She will perform on 3 nights: 7th, 8th and 9th of March 2012. For this occasion Sophie just bought a 1954 Gibson J-50, which should be arriving some time this week, shallalalalla.
 

Finally, an amorous peck on the cheek to the coolest radio station in the world: KCRW Music Radio in Los Angeles who have included Sophie Hunger on their play list. So see you all very soon in LA, San Fransisco, Santa Cruz, Pomona, Tucson, Dallas, Austin, Houston, New Orleans, Orlando, Miami, Atlanta, Chapel Hill, Washington, Philadelphia, Boston, New York, Montréal...
 

USA Tour

We’ve been back on the road. Embraced the first days of spring in Brussels’ Botanique, at London’s Jazz Café, had some wonderful 4 shows in favourite DE and finally reached the shores of North America: New York & Montréal - it was such a blast, thank you all for being there and for all your kindness! Which is also why, upon returning, we decided to do an additional show in New York on July 2nd! Here you can check out some early transatlantic enthusiasts: The Jealous Lover, Best New Bands & After Ellen.

Also, high five ISRAEL! which has apparently been playing “let me go” a lot on the radio. Furthermore, we’re very pleased to announce additional dates in Canada this summer supporting the legendary Madeleine Peyroux on her Canadian tour and at London's Barbican on the 8th of July.

We’ve also been flattered to receive the Prix de la Création Musicale of France, for our reinterpretation of Noir Desir’s “le vent nous portera” :: Pure Charts by Charts In France. Thank you very much, France!

Please also take a look at our summer festivals and then hopefully we'll see you very soon in Germany, Czech Republic, England, Belgium, France, USA, Canada or Switzerland.

Next stop: PRAGUE - Bukowsky's via Palac Akropolis. You know what I mean...

Tour dates