Mandi Perkins is a Canadian songwriter and lead singer of the band of Verona.
Biography Mandi Perkins was born and raised in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.Steve Leggett, Mandi Perkins at AllMusic (Wayback Machine archive). She attended UC Berkeley where she graduated with a degree in English literature.Christian John Wikane, Mandi Perkins. Pop Matters, September 16, 2008. Following graduation, she moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career in music while attending law school.
Perkins toured the country and performed regularly on the Sunset Strip, Silverlake and in Echo Park at such venues as The Roxy, The Viper Room, The Satellite, The Echo and The Troubadour. She completed her first independent full-length album, bleeding the line ..., in 2007 with producer Warren Huart.Through the Looking Glass With Mandi Perkins. Pop Matters, September 16, 2008.
She then began working with music producer Jeff Rosen, who introduced her to executives at Sony Music, which signed her to a record deal. Mandi immediately began work on her major label debut album, Alice in No Man's Land. All the lyrics on Alice in No Man's Land were written by Perkins and the album was produced by Warren Huart and mixed by Michael Brauer. After the collapse of the RCA Victor label and the firing of her label head, Alice in No Man's Land only saw a limited digital release.
In the first half of 2009, Perkins played the South by Southwest festivalHitting the Right Note . NBC Los Angeles, April 2, 2009. and did a club tour in the United States.Mandi Perkins. Billboard, May 30, 2009.Seductive Canadian singer takes over the Blue Room stage. Chico Enterprise-Record, June 30, 2009. Perkins asked for a release from her contract with Sony in June 2009. Pop Dirt, June 30, 2009. and started a new band named of Verona in July 2011.
Discography
Release date Title Label 2003 Mandi Perkins (EP)Mandi Perkins biography, MTV.com. (Wayback Machine archive dated December 3, 2015.) Self-released Demo 2003 The Mandi Perkins Band (EP) Self-released Demo May 18, 2005 Broken Window (EP) Self-released Demo August 14, 2007 Bleeding the Line De Novo Music August 4, 2008 Alice in No Man's Land Sony BMG 2009 Everybody Knows EP De Novo Music
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