Release of Sonja Lee's first CD a long time coming

Fans began asking Bellingham vocalist Sonja Lee for a recording not long after her band began performing in 2009. But that winter an auto accident injured both Sonja and her bassist, Robert "Goldtooth" Ray. Goldtooth eventually had to have shoulder surgery. Once he recovered, recording began fall 2011.

Sonja's band includes Goldtooth on upright bass, Thomas Harris on saxophone, Julianne Thoma on piano and Grant Wilson on drums. Matthew Ray van den Heuvel began playing guitar with the band in fall 2011 and is featured on the eight tracks recorded in early 2012.