Danny Sohn is an award winning performer and Singer/songwriter based in Waldo, Fl, (North Florida Wetlands, in between Gainesville and Jacksonville).

He began his musical journey as a preschool Elvis impersonator, popular at family functions.   Since then he has spent many years tracing the origins of blues, Rock, Jazz, Country and Folk artists to develop his own version of Americana.

Sounds like:
Depends on who is listening: He has been compared to a varied list of artists.  Among them: country blues artist Lyle Lovett, fiery bluesman Sean Costello, and “Jim Croce meets James Taylor”.

Songwriting influences:
“I love the character driven writing of Randy Newman, the musicality of Paul Simon, the lyrical genius of Dylan and the brilliance of classic blues masters like Willy Dixon.”

He studied formerly with Rob Seals, founder of the Songwriting School in Los Angeles; and recently with Matt Meghan at Artichoke Music, Portland, OR, completing both Songwriting as Truth Telling and his Song Forms courses.

Recent Awards:

2017 Contestant, Grand Finals, West Coast Songwriters, Berkeley, CA 

2017 Portland Songwriter of the Year, West Coast Songwriters

2016 Portland Best Performance of the Year, West Coast Songwriters

2015 Contestant, Grand Finals, West Coast Songwriters, Berkeley, CA

2015 Portland Songwriter of the Year, West Coast Songwriters

2014 North West Acoustic Singer Songwriter Grand Prize