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
On August 21st, 2014 Twin Cities radio legend T.D. Mischke joined us for a trip to Chicago for our House of Blues gig. His original plan was to produce a show on the (mis)adventures of a working band on the road. Along the way it seems as though he discovered that there was something more […]
Seventeen-year-old “Little” Sonny Knight cut his first record in 1965. His dreams of becoming a big-time soul singer were put on hold with a three-year stint in the army, and a life full of twists and turns that took him away from the music business. But life is funny, and sometimes dreams do come true. […]
Check out the daytrotter session here
Sonny Knight’s new album with his band The Lakers is titled I’m Still Here, and “Here” has multiple meanings for Knight. It’s Minneapolis, where he grew up and first started singing. “Here” also represents the soul music that he first started performing in his teens before life took him in different directions. Full audio here
Wow. It’s all I can say following my conversation with Sonny Knight. The Twin Cities-based musician will be playing AtwoodFest 2014 in Madison on Sunday, July 27th, and I have more than just circled the date. It’s not just the incredible talent of Knight and his band, but his enthusiasm won me over. And here’s […]
Sonny Knight cut his teeth as a teenager in the music business after releasing his first 45 in 1965. He went on to become a member of the band Haze, that developed a cult following, and whose records are highly sought after today. When the spotlight faded, so did Sonny. Out of the action for […]
From the opening funk of “Juicy Lucy” to Knight’s closing urge that “Everyone get up and dance – that’s what you came here for”, this album ticks a whole lot of boxes with great writing, playing, arrangements and production that benefits from a band recording live in the studio with a mix of vintage and […]
The record ventures from “I’m Still Here Part 1” and “When Your Gone,” highlighting those mesmerizing organ tones, with sharp horns to tracks like “Hey Girl,” “Juicy Lucy,” and “Caveman” which produce party-inducing funk. That said, with all the crisp instrumentation going on, there is not a bad track on this record, and part of […]
Minneapolis soulman Sonny Knight may have debuted with great promise in 1965, but for personal reasons he wound up retiring from music to be a truck driver, and the loss was the music world’s. Once in awhile, though, history finds a way to correct its wrongs, and thus we have this smokin’ long playing debut, […]
I’d never heard of Secret Stash Records before the ever-indispensable Heavy Soul Brutha hipped me to the existence of Sonny Knight and the Lakers’ new I’m Still Here LP, but based on the aforementioned evidence, I’m convinced that the Minneapolis label is doing the Lord’s work. Bluntly put, this is some fine, fine stuff — […]