SOSOS Music Official Website

In Late May of 2009, Sosos will appear on the next issue of Sounds Like Cafe, Vol. 26.

May of 2009 sosos will be featured in a new WGN America television series titled Around the world for free. The show airs Monday nights at 9pm and 12am. This show reaches over 5 million homes.

Local Music: "It's a setup - tennis and tunes" by Bill Meredith: printed in Palm Beach Post on February 20, 2009. Live music and tennis converge from Monday through March 1, as the Delray Beach International Tennis Championships add five South Florida bands to the festivities on the Beck's Main Stage. The idea's 2008 maiden voyage proved successful enough to spawn a soundtrack, Making a Racquet, that features The Resolvers, the Jacob Jeffries Band and Coexist Scientist. The CD is on sale during the Feb. 21-March 1 championships, which feature such top international tennis stars as Marcos Baghdatis, Guillermo Canas, Tommy Haas and Mardy Fish.

This year, winners of the ITC's 2009 local music search range from alternative (Stonefox, Trip Don't Fall) to classic rock and blues (The Flyers) and reggae (Spred the Dub) to jam band-folk (SOSOS). All will contribute tracks to the event's 2009 sountrack. "We use the ITC as a way to show how great a city Delray Beach is," says John Butler, ITC executive director. "That includes the local artisans, musicians and people in general. These bands really make us proud. They were all chosen from area showcases at City Limits, Dada, Elwood's and Bru's Room. We saw an increase in attendance by doing this last year, and we expect that to continue." "I expect a lot of people to come out, too," says vocalist/guitarist Mickey Vintage of the Deerfield Beach-based Spred the Dub. "We have a pretty broad audience of people from around the state. The Resolvers are friends of ours, and they said they had a really good turnout last year." See Stonefox (Feb. 23 and 28), Spred the Dub (Feb. 24 and 27), SOSOS (Feb. 25) and Trip Don't Fall (Feb. 26) from 6:30 p.m.-9:30 p.m., plus The Flyers (12-4:30 p.m. Feb. 28) and SOSOS (11:30 a.m.-2 p.m. March 1), all at Delray Beach Tennis Center, 201 W. Atlantic Ave., Delray Beach (561-243-7360). Tickets start at $15. On the Web: yellowtennisball.com

July 2008, Sosos signs deal with Rescue Records. Contract includes music appearances on NBC's "Friday Night Lights", and "Life", and "Jack and Bobby" on the WB network. So keep your ears peeled next time you are watching one of these shows!

Sosos will be included in the 2007 Roadtrip Nation series airing on PBS in the Fall. Christina Mitchell, aka Roatrip Evangelist, wrote: "Thank you for sharing your music with us and for being part of the movement. We're happy to let you know that your music will be included in Roadtrip Nation's new documentary series. Your contribution and your willingness to share your music with Roadtrip Nation will be an inspiration to the many viewers who will see the program. We are grateful and happy that you chose to be a part of the movement! We'll see you on the open road." Watch the episodes online. JaJ appears on Episodes 7 and 12, and Come Visit My Ear appears on Episode 5. The DVD is out now!

November 15, 2007 - Sosos premiers on XM/SIRUS Radio. Featured on R>A>D>A>R Report Channel 43.

"Home Grown Music" by Beth Feinstein-Bartl: On August 18th 2006, printed in the Sun-Sentinel Showtimes & posted online at southflorida.com Feinstein-Bartl writes "The guys who make up the sosos don't need electricity to rock the house. With what they refer to as "100 percent dead dry acoustic music -- free of amplifiers, reverbs, delays and so on," the Fort Lauderdale-based band generates its own brand of energy. "We base our band's premise around that if the power goes out, we should still be able to play and be heard," said Chris Monteleone, who plays guitar and melodica. The sosos, pronounced so-so's, have been together since 2003. Monteleone's brother, Kerry, plays acoustic bass. Other members include Chip Staples on drums and percussion; David Klein playing a West African drum called a djembe; and Josh Foster on piano and an old church pump organ. Mandolin, dumbek, harmonica, skeleton keys, shakers and other miscellaneous instruments are used to round out the blend of folk rock/funk tunes. The band has been busy of late with the recent release of its first CD, abigail. Chris Monteleone wrote and produced the album's 12 songs. The title track refers to a recurring dream Monteleone said he's had for 15 years."

"Local Scene" by Audra Hodges: posted October 2005 at www.losmag.com. Hodges writes "When I finally pried myself away from another somber star-studded network telethon to benefit the Hurricane Katrina recovery, I ventured out to see what was happening around town. I found that celebrities aren't the only ones who can put together a great fund-raiser. Many South Florida bands are donating the proceeds from their shows and setting up links to donate on their websites. Last month the Culture Room in Fort Lauderdale hosted the Jam for Humanity. 'Over 300 poeple showed up,' said concert promoter Mimi Bui, 'and we raised over $5,500.' Bands like Sweetleaf Syndicate, SOSOS, Teri Caitlin, Fourth Dimension, JP Soars and Billy Vasquez, Joel DaSilva of the Hep Cat Boo Daddies, and Super Jam with members of Crazy Fingers rocked the Room. 'The local musicians really pulled together and put on spectacular performances,' Bui said. The American Red Cross expects to put $2 billion into the Hurricane Katrina relief effort, said Ivana Lodovici of the Broward County chapter. 'These events get some attention on the problem,' Lodovici said."

South Florida City Link: "The forecast is good" by Dan Sweeny: posted September 14th 2005 at southflorida.com/citylink, Sweeney claims "my $10 didn't just buy a few gallons of water or a couple of MREs; it got me into an excellent show" and "SOSOS, the five-piece band, put on an excellent performance. Instead of the usual drums-and-bass rhythm section, the band had a drummer and a percussionist on djembe, which naturally gave the outfit a hippie vibe. Covers of Ben Harper's "Steal My Kisses" and The Beatles' "Don't Let Me Down" confirmed this. The band shines where it needs to; the guitar was front and center in the Harper cover, while the vocal harmonizing was good in the Beatles song."

Broward-Palm Beach New Times: "Rock 'n' Relief" by Jonathan Zwickel: printed September 8th 2005 volume 8 number 46. Zwickel wrote: "The truly dedicated know that music is more than a means to good times and a little escapism - at its best, it can be a powerful unifying force and a conduit for a community's conscience. This past sprint, the local music scene came together to raise money and awareness in the wake of the South Asian tsunami; now it's doing so again for the victims of Hurricane Katrina. Special thanks go out to the musicians and organizers of the following benefit events. These guys let us show our support and have a good time while we're at it: Sweetleaf Syndicate, the SOSOS, Teri Caitlan, Fourth Dimension, J.P. Soars and Billy Vasquez, and Joel Dasilva of the Hep Cat Boo Daddies", all performed at the Culture Room in Fort Lauderdale.