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Bassist and keyboardist Drew Nelson has made an appearance on some recordings from the Baltimore-based music group Sonna since 2001; this isn’t exactly the same Drew Nelson who fronts his personal blues music group from Ottawa, Ontario.

An indie rock-band from Baltimore, Maryland, Sonna were founded in 1998 by guitarist/vocalist Chris Mackie, drummer/guitarist Jim Redd, and bassist Paul Petersan. Guitarist Jeremy DeVine, who set up the Temporary Home label in 1996, became a member of immediately after the group’s development. Since a lot of Sonna’s materials was …

The leader of the award-winning Canadian blues band, the guitarist Drew Nelson had to cover a transistor radio under his pillow like a lad — an important tool in hearing the varied musical sounds his strictly religious parents were in any other case enforcing a blockade against. He ultimately traveled …