Sophie B Hawkins Makes Café Carlyle Debut Next Month

Celebrated songstress Sophie B Hawkins makes her Café Carlyle debut, June 27 - 29. Sophie B Hawkins has been tugging at heartstrings for decades with her powerful storytelling, crafting dizzying tunes that idle between the potently forlorn and the strangely comforting. Inspiration for Sophie's touching music comes from her daily life and own personal journey over the last few years, raising her son, Dash as a single parent and giving birth to her daughter Esther in 2015. Sophie has become a strong voice and personality within the LGBTQ community, and will also be appearing at Pride Festival in New York next month. Born and raised in New York City, Sophie has always been an artist at heart. After attending Manhattan School of Music as a percussionist for nearly a year, Sophie left to pursue a professional music career.

She got her big break playing percussion for Bryan Ferry, and after he fired her she was inspired to write the hit single "Damn, I Wish I Was Your Lover". She released her critically acclaimed debut album Tongues and Tails in 1992, which earned her a Grammy nomination for Best New Artist. Sophie has since proven herself a resonant and enduring artist, earning six New York Music awards as well as an ASCAP award for longest running single, "As I Lay Me Down". She has performed with some of the biggest names in the industry, including Chris Isaak, Melissa Etheridge, and Sting. Over twenty years and six albums later, Sophie has come home to New York and is ready to enchant once more with her eloquent lyrics and breathtaking vocals.

Performances will take place Tuesday - Thursday at 8:45pm. Reservations made by phone at 212.744.1600 are $50 ($100 for premium seating, $30 for bar seating). Reservations can also be made online via Ticketweb. Café Carlyle is located in The Carlyle, A Rosewood Hotel (35 East 76th Street, at Madison Avenue).

Sophie B Hawkins is ready to make her return, armed with a new collection of songs that are set to once again become the soundtrack to your first-date or your break-up. After a stretch in Los Angeles the iconic singer-songwriter and New York native is back on the East Coast with a new album- a rich compilation of beautiful tunes, each telling its own powerful story through soaring melodies and evocative lyrics. The new album carries Sophie's signature style, painting beautiful scenes of love, heartbreak, self-awareness, and everything in between. "I'm Better Off Without You" is an empowering tale about betrayal and the strength that comes from it. She explains, "The worst thing that can happen, the thing I most feared, actually set me free." "Love Yourself" is a wonderful lesson of self-acceptance, in which Sophie learns to enjoy the peace of just being herself. "Consume Me In Your Fire" is a raw poem about being drawn to the fire and letting yourself burn, not worrying about anything else, because it's all transitional. With this new collection of gorgeously crafted songs, Sophie will further solidify her place as a storytelling legend, and her return is well worth the wait.

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About Café Carlyle at The Carlyle, A Rosewood Hotel

Originally opened in 1955, Café Carlyle is New York City's bastion of classic cabaret entertainment, a place where audiences experience exceptional performers at close range in an exceedingly elegant setting. Since composer Richard Rodgers moved in as The Carlyle's first tenant, music has been an essential part of The Carlyle experience. No place is that more evident than in the Café Carlyle.

Café Carlyle is known for talents including Woody Allen, who regularly appears on Monday evenings to play with thE Eddy Davis New Orleans jazz band. For three decades, Café Carlyle was synonymous with the legendary Bobby Short, who thrilled sell-out crowds for 36 years. His spirit lives on through the music at Café Carlyle.

Continuing the tradition of the 1930s supper club, Café Carlyle features original murals created by French artist Marcel Vertès, the Oscar-winning art director of the 1952 Moulin Rouge.

Photo credit: Shervin Lainez

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