Mariee Siou

Her father Gary Sobonya is a mandolin player of Polish and Hungarian descent, and her mother Felicia is of Spanish, Paiute, and Indigenous Mexican descent. Siou grew up in Nevada City, California, where she wrote verses since she was a young child. At 17, she traveled to Patagonia to volunteer at a school for Indigenous children where she taught herself to play the guitar, The album had a Native American theme to it, filled with references to nature and the Native American people. Since the debut of her first album, she has drawn comparisons from Joanna Newsom to Joni Mitchell, and she has toured through North America and Europe. ==Gift for the End==

Gift for the End, Mariee Siou's second album, was recorded between April 2010 and August 2011 in Placerville's Monsoon Studios and in the Nevada City's Sun Dial studios. Guest musicians were mostly friends and family members, and it was produced and arranged by Mariee's partner Sean Kae. A review on allmusic.com commented positively on influences from Joanna Newsom, Bert Jansch, and Nick Drake. Gift for the End was released in Europe on March 5, 2012, on the Almost Musique label, and in the USA in April 2012 on Whale Watch Records. ==Discography==

• Pray Me A Shadow (self released, 2004) • A Bundled Bundle of Bundles (self released, 2006) • Faces in the Rocks (Grass Roots Records, 2007) • Two Tongues at One Time/Buried in Teeth 7" (Grass Roots Records, 2007) • Gift for the End (Almost Musique Records, 2012) • Bonnie & Mariee (Spiritual Pajamas, 2012) • Grief in Exile (Night Bloom Records, 2019) • Circle of Signs (Self released, 2023) ==References==