Sonja kristina biography james

Award-winning, trailblazing Rock Icon, singer Sonja Kristina, began exploring and performing aged 13 in 1960s folk clubs.   

Sonja’s father was a criminologist and puppeteer and the headmaster of a school for delinquent boys.

Her mother was the daughter of the Swedish silent movie-star and theatre tragedian, Gerda Lundequist.

At 15 Sonja was studying drama whilst sharing billing with such luminaries as Sandy Denny, Al Stewart and Buffy Saint Marie.

Sonja,a barefoot hippie wild-child whose friends in the late ‘60s were radical revolutionaries, Hells Angels, writers and poets, and celebrated musicians, played Chrissie in the Original London Cast of Hair in 1968 .In 1970 Sonja Kristina became the voice of Curved Air.

Curved Air soon became renowned for their virtuosity and thrilling shows.

Their albums were top 20 best sellers, as was the hit single Back Street Luv. The influential original members were electri