Amid the beauty of the great Northwest and its indicative rain, a singer songwriter has blossomed by the name of Loni Rose. While she may call Seattle home, she has been busy generating global attention. Her pop-country songs have found their way into the films such as American Pie, Lovewrecked, Garth Brooks Produced Movie Unanswered Prayers as well as television shows like America’s Next Top Model, Providence and The Hills.
In 1999 through her connections with Seattle’s KISS 106.1 FM, she secured a coveted spot on the Lilith Fair Music Festival playing alongside female songwriters Sarah McLachlan and Sheryl Crow. On that success she continued to perform to receptive crowds with Chris Isaak, Shawn Mullins, Shawn Colvin, Nelly Furtado, Blues Traveler and Smashmouth.
Deciding it was time; Loni entered the studio and delivered the critically acclaimed album - the Shine Sessions. Produced by Dwight A. Baker in Austin Texas at Matchbox Studios, the album featured Sammy Hudson and Davey French of the Rock band Everclear and Jason Halbert from The Kelly Clarkson Band. Most recently, the video for “Wrong Way Back” was featured on Great American Country’s “The Next GAC Star.” In November of 2008 her album, the Shine Sessions, garnered an invitation for Loni to join the elite group of “Editors Picks” at CD Baby.
On blind faith, Loni decided to enter a contest presented through the website sonicbids.com. The contest immersed her in a competition with 20 other artists where she would represent the Seattle market with no allowance for self-promotion. Pioneered by a Fortune 500 company promoting exclusively to their 6 million registered consumers, Loni’s talent rose to the top, and she won by 200,000 votes with surprisingly only 1% coming from her own region. Upon her success, Loni went on to record an album with legendary producer, Elliot Mazer. Riding this wave she has been embraced by the Nashville songwriting community collaborating with the likes of Shawn Mullins, Chuck Cannon, George Teren, Jeff Trott, Joe West, Carolyn Dawn Johnson, and Trey Bruce.
