"Intelligent lyrics, melodic ballads, beautiful performances both vocally and instrumentally – what more could one ask? All this can be heard on “Genuine”, the current album from German song stylist Sylkie Monoff. The award winning singer/writer spends her time in both her native country and Nashville where she collaborates with songwriters who have provided material some of “MusicCity’s” hottest stars. With thirteen totally original Monoff originals “Genuine” blows like a breath of fresh air on a country scene that is threatening to become somewhat stale. Selecting tracks for illustration is very difficult for each and everyone is worthy of special mention but pushed hard I would cite my favourites as “Can’t Be Worse Than L.A.” (a song I feel destined to become one of my all-time favourites) and “Right At Hello”, with the Native American chant, provided by War Scout, at the beginning and conclusion of the track evoking strong memories of the wonderful Buffy Sainte Marie. This really is one hell of an album, and I do not say that about many contemporary country artists, one deserves to be a big, big success."
(Pete Smith, The Advertiser/UK; Nov.09)

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 BIOGRAPHY:

Singer, songwriter, producer SYLKIE MONOFF may have been born in Germany, but her heart and soul have always had a strong connection to the USA.

Influenced by performers such as Emmylou Harris, James Taylor and Neil Young, as a teen SYLKIE performed throughout Germany with regional country-rock bands. She recorded and released her first record for Teldec. After marginal success, she decided to sharpen her writing skills and therefore focused on producing songs in her 8-track studio. Shortly thereafter, she was accepted to attend the Pop Music Program at the prestigious Hamburg Musikhochschule. After completing her studies in Hamburg, SYLKIE single-handedly landed a recording contract with BMG Ariola. Her debut EP consisted of 3 original compositions. This was followed by the recording of her album Harbor in the Night. She not only composed 10 of the 11 compositions, but also co-produced the album. The first single Don’t landed in the German airplay charts and two more singles followed. In 1997, SYLKIE’s composition All The Places, recorded by the British duo BND, charted in the German Top 100. It was released world-wide and went gold.

SYLKIE has toured throughout Europe playing support to artists such as Ian Matthews (Plainsong) and Supercharge and has performed with Julian Dawson, Grammy awarded guitarist Albert Lee and rock’n’roll legend Spencer Davies. She spends part of the year in Nashville performing and co-writing with various acknowledged staff writers such as Curtis Lance (Don’t happen twice, Kenny Chesney), Gilles Godard (Patty Loveless, Tracy Byrd, Ricky Skaggs, Blackhawk), Grammy winner Don Rollins (It’s 5 o’clock somewhere/Alan Jackson+Jimmy Buffett), Charley Stefl (The Fool, LeeAnn Womack) and Brent Baxter (Monday Morning Church/ Alan Jackson).

SYLKIE MONOFF has just finished her new album “GENUINE” in Nashville, a project she is especially proud of. She wrote all 13 songs and also produced herself, with the album featuring some of the world’s top studio musicians such as Nashville’s first-call drummer Eddie Bayers and guitarist Brent Mason. She says: “This time, my main goal was to work with people that are truly close to me. I wanted the album to sound like friends making music together and having a good time. And that’s what it was all the way! Nashville is like home. Finally, I can be musically who I really am and it feels so right.”
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DISCOGRAPHY:
Longing for you (Single + Maxi, Teldec/EastWest 1990)
Your eyes (EP, BMG 1992)
Harbor in the Night (Album, BMG 1993)
Don’t (Single, BMG 1993)
Here you come again (Single, BMG 1993)
Harbor in the Night (Single, BMG 1994)
The Puzzle Musikexpress-Compilation (Freibank 1999)
The Puzzle (EP, TROS/Wind River Music 2000)
Still believe in you (Single, Wind River Music 2002)
Genuine (new album 2009)
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PUBLISHED SONGS / CUTS:
Film: Georgette Meunier (1992)
BND: All the Places (Single; ZYX 1997)
BND: All the Places (Album HERE WE GO AGAIN; ZYX 1997)
BND: various compilations (1997-2001)
BND: All the Places (Re-release USA; 2005)
BND: All the Places (World of Hits of the 90's; ZYX 2005)
Prove me wrong: Rollins/Adkins/Monoff (Warner Chappell 2003)
For who you are: Charley Stefl/Monoff (Blue Water Music 2006)
Lulo Reinhardt: Autumn moon (w/ W. Schmitz; Toca 2006)
BND: All the Places (Dance Classics; ZYX 2007)
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As a singer Sylkie also appeared on:
David Becker Tribune: Nevsky Prospekt; Pinorrekk Records (1995)
David Becker Tribune: Germerica; Silverline Records (2002)
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AIRPLAY: Radio stations, DJs + program directors playing Sylkie's album GENUINE, especially

A-u-s-t-r-a-l-i-a: Collingwood Radio/Al Watts; 2CGR Radio/Griz Kitchener; WYN FM Radio/Trudy Burke, Ollie Kirby; 974 Radio/Gerry Warren; Easy FM/Chris Jeremy; Inner FM Radio/Barry Wass; QBN FM Radio/Parko Parkinson; 2Way FM Radio/Smoky Sheldrick; 2nurFM/Warren Fuller; 2ccrFM 90.5/Glenys + John Marcus; 2You FM/Ross Murphy; 3 MDR/Pete Windle; 103 Bay FM/Del Moller; 4Who 99.7fm/Ralph Cooper; Opal FM 89.7/Ann Brown; Radio Eastern 98.1/Brian Amos; Yarra Valley FM99.1/Rod Bradey; Phoenix FM 89.5/Eddie Ford; 2ssrFM/Bob & Rhonda Francis; QBN FM 96.7/Ron Parkinson; Cowboys + Outlaws Radio/Wayne Hockings; MELTON 979 FM 97.9/Alex McMurray; 100.3 Bay Fm/Bob Atkins; WICR Shoutcast Radio/Peter Absolute; Yarra Valley FM 99.1/Graeme Godkin; Coast FM/Chris Hill; WICR Fratton/Andrew Mousley; 101FM Honky Tonk Blues/Henry Prokop; Phoenix FM89.5 Eaglehawk/Peter Sheahan; CHR-FM 96.5/John Slaven; Global Indie Country/Paddy Mc Ardle; WICR Melbourne/Teddy Pirhonen; ACMLA/Smoky+Paula Sheldrick;QBN 96.7 FM/Beth Brown; 2You FM/Lorraine Pfitzner; Tank Radio 103.1FM/Terry Phippen; Country Radio Network 88.4fm/Peter Arbon;  

A-u-s-t-r-i-a: ECMA/Kurt Gabriel; VSF Radio Wien/Crazy Joe; Cult Radio/ Andreas Kurzmann & Juliane Gruber; Country Time/Fred Luehne

B-e-l-g-i-u-m: Radio Terre Franche/Etienne Berthels; Radio Ariane/Lucien Knape; Cool FM/Myriam Perdaens; Radio Beeiaard/Urbain v. Geerteruy; Golden Flash Radio/Ray Pieters;

C-a-n-a-d-a: 107.7fm Vancouver/Paddy McArdle

D-e-n-m-a-r-k: Radio Dandelion/John Anderson; Radio Gladsaxe/Otto Waldoft; Radio Roskilde/Dann Hansen; Faroya Radio/Petur Rouch; Albertslund NaerRadio/Anne-Lykke Elling; Radio JetFM/Bjarne + Kathy Hesselbjeerggaard; Cool Country World/Winnie Hansen; Radio Sindal; FCMR; Radio Tøsen; Radio K; Radio Humleborg; Radio Aktiv; Radio Sydvest; Radio Djursland; Radio Amager; Radio Randers; Frederik 7. Kanal; Radio DNR; Radio Øst; Radio Globus Guld; Radio Rønde; Radio Kattegat; Radio 1049; Radio Halsnæs; Radio Jet FM; Radio Lollands

F-r-a-n-c-e: ISA Radio/Mike Penard; Radio Arverne/Jean Michelon; Triangle FM/Brette Dominique; Radio Galaxie/Michel Gandon; Radio Arc-en-Ciel/Marion LaCroix; Radio Lyon 1ère/Jacques Dufour; IDFM Radio Enghien/Patrick Molis

G-e-r-m-a-n-y: SWR3/ Robby Gierer,Thomas Mueller, Elke Theurer; SWR1 Baden/Joerg Lange; SWR1 RP/Werner Koehler; HR1/Manfred Staiger, Henning Eichler; Hitradio Ohr/Peter Oehler + Uwe Carsten; Radio 7 Ulm/ Matthias Ihring; BR3/Jim Sampson; Ems Vechta Welle/Gerd Stassen; Radio Ostfriesland/Stefan Speckmann; Radio Wuppertal/Yvonne Peterswerth; Radio Rhein Welle/Rolf Hierath; Radio Free FM/Friedrich Hog; Radio Euroherz/Doc Schulze; Radio Impuls/Peter Fichte; CMR Krefeld/Dieter Trenkler; Localradio Bremen/Locke & Brain; Radio ISW-FM/Hansjoerg Malonek; Radio Weser Welle/Werner Fehlhaber; Radioland/Nic v.Vogelstein

H-o-l-l-a-n-d: Radio Eagle/Arno Bierings; BRTO Radio/Alex Pijnen; Radio Compagnie/ Martin v.d.Laan; Radio Rucphen/Ries Verwijmeren; Vechtdal FM Radio/Jos Robben; Peelstar Radio/Bart v.d.Wijst; Radio Barneveld/Timen v.Ark; Radio NOF/Albert deVries; Golfbreker Radio/Marcel Bos; Stadsradio Helmond/Erwin + Diny Schapendonk; WICR Boot Scootin' Country/Wies Boonstra; Radio suc6FM/Giel Aarts; Radio Windschoten/Johanna v. Bodde; Radio Landsmeer + Purmerend/Michael v.Bruggen; Crossroads Radio/Jos v.d.Boom; Radio Parkstad/Thomas Kaldijk

I-c-e-l-a-n-d: Country Radio of Iceland/Halbjoern Hjartarson

I-r-e-l-a-n-d: Tallaght FM/David Byrne; Highland Radio/Tommy Rosney

I-s-r-a-e-l: WICR/Sandra Amitai

I-t-a-l-y: Radio Gold/Pietro Scazzola; Radio Voce Spazio/Massimo Ferro

N-e-w Z-e-a-l-a-n-d:CO Radio/David Miller; Radio Southland/Noel Parry; 88.3FM Oamaru Heritage Radio/Wyn Machon; 88.4fm/Paddy McArdle; TLC Radio/Ann Pascoe, Peter Shaw, Bob Dyer, Anne George & Robert Dew: TLC Radio 107.7 FM Otahuhu, Auckland; TLC Radio 107.1 FM Huntly, Waikato; TLC Radio 107.7 FM Stratford, Taranaki; TLC Radio 107.5 FM Te Atatu South, Waitakere City (WCCR); TLC Radio 107.1 FM Napier, Hawkes Bay; TLC Radio 88.1 FM Marton, Rangitikei; WICR/Lloyd Reeves;

N-o-r-w-a-y: Radio Sotra/John Bjoersvik; Maria's Country Show/Maria Tulloch

S-c-o-t-l-a-n-d: Radio Six International/Tony Currie

S-p-a-i-n: CMR/Rafel Corbi

S-w-e-d-e-n: Radio BSK/Sven-Olaf Svensson; Radio Avesta/Olof Lindgren; Radio Lindingo/Janne Lindgren

U-n-i-t-e-d K-i-n-g-d-o-m: Kingstown Radio/Tom Robinson; Wycombe Radio/Brian Sharman; West Sound Radio/Tommy Truesdale; CMR Nashville Radio/Paul Davis; BBC Merceyside/Spencer Leigh; Oban FM Radio/Len Ford; Seahaven FM/Andrew Reeve; Forest FM/John Butcher; BBC Radio Shetland/James Pearson; Black Diamond FM/Graham McLeod; Radio Stafford/ Tony Crooke; Trust AM Radio/John Morris; Warminster Radio/Ricky Lee; Jump Radio/Loui Banco; Apple AM/Tony Smedley; Radio Basingstoke - CMR Nashville/Lee Williams; Cool Country Radio/Patricia Barkley; Manx Radio/David Callister; Forest FM/John Butcher; WICR Norfolk/John Robinson; Cool Country World/Stephanie Robinson; 88.4FM/June Potter

U-S-A: Cool Country Radio (OH)/Connie Bennington; WFSS (NC)/Peggy Mitchell; WKDF (TN); WICR Broadcast Country Radio (NY)/Dean Wilt, Lilianna LeBlanc; KOVE (WY)/Jaybo Jackson; KWYW 99.1 (WY)/Rusty Barton; KTAK/Larry Herron (WY); WICR Radio (KY)/Mark Maxwell; Don's Variety Show/Donald Burdick (TN)