Sophie Ballantine Hawkins is an American singer-songwriter, musician and painter. Born in New York City, she attended the Manhattan School of Music for a year as a percussionist before leaving to pursue a music career. She achieved critical and commercial success with her first two albums, producing a string of single hits including 'Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover', 'Right Beside You', and 'As I Lay Me Down'. However, a dispute with her record label Sony Music over her third album, Timbre, caused her to establish her own independent label, Trumpet Swan Productions, which has published her subsequent recordings.
Genres: Rock Music • Pop Music
Occupations: singer-songwriter, singer, songwriter, guitarist, composer, painter, recording artist