Here you will find links to media coverage about Sonny Knight And The Lakers as well as a short list of selected press quotes…
“New “old-school” soul music, it captures the singer sounding as vital as ever…a wonderful album.” –NPR’s World Café
“Sonny Knight is the goods with his vocal power.” – WBEZ’s Sound Opinions
“Do It Live perfectly captures the raw energy of their concerts…They are ferocious on stage.” – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
“A crackling soul and funk ensemble.” – WNYC’s Soundcheck
“Sonny Knight & the Lakers’ new album I’m Still Here on the Secret Stash label proves to groove!” – KCRW
Sonny Knight and the Lakers are coming home to Minneapolis with four shows at the Dakota Jazz Club. The band will perform two shows tomorrow, Dec. 18, at 7:00 and 9:00 p.m.; and two shows on Friday, Dec. 19, at 7:00 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. The venue will transform the main floor into a dancing […]
When we profiled him back in January, Sonny Knight said he was “ready to be doing not much of anything.” Instead, the once “lost” soul singer spent the year putting on 60-some high-energy, low-bottomed gigs with his young, funk-blasting band the Lakers, ending the year with four full-house shows at the Dakota last week that […]
Veteran Minneapolis R&B singer makes a striking comeback with young retro-soul band the Lakers, delivering plenty of good groove. Full article here.
Much like soul singers Charles Bradley and Lee Fields, Sonny Knight has been making music for nearly fifty years, but recently the 66-year-old performer has found a new zest for the stage with the help of his young whipper snapper band The Lakers. Together the group released their aptly titled debut album I’m Still Here […]
Secret Stash are quietly going about their business of making the hideously rare, previously unissued and brand spanking new releases available – what’s happening with the Valdons is amazing in itself. Sonny Knight’s album arrived with great expectations and I wasn’t disappointed… bluesy, funky and very black – just the way it should be. Loads […]
“The idea behind the live album is to capture the show we’ve developed on the road. The more we play it, the more it takes on a life of its own. Some of the songs that were our least favorite on the album have become highlights of the live show. I think that was just […]
Sonny Knight got more than he bargained for when he teamed up with some former members of the Minneapolis ’60s soul institution the Valdons. “I was singing with two former members of the Valdons in a group called the Bachelors doing Mills Brothers, Ink Spots and Platters stuff,” said Knight from his home in St. […]
43:45 Atwood sinkhole my list buried treasure for this show from Syd Arthur sound mirror mirror is the album Craig what’s your last treasure find a picture for me is going to be sunny Sonny Knight and his fabulous Lakers and they are fabulous I love this story you know the last decade or so […]
Excellent surprise that programming at New Morning, in this rather miserly return of original proposals, a step of the first European tour after the release of a very successful first album, Sonny Knight and his Lakers. Despite the low awareness of the group, the room is properly completed to host the first part, provided by […]
One of the more satisfying musical trends of the last 10 years or so has been the renewed interest in veteran soul artists who never found the fame they deserved the first time around. Sonny Knight is one of the many singers who has been enjoying the belated spotlight thanks to the soul revival. With […]