Mandi Perkins is a Canadian songwriter and lead singer of the band of Verona.

Biography

Mandi Perkins was born and raised in

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, Ontario, Canada.Steve Leggett
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archive). She attended

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where she graduated with a degree in English literature. Following graduation, she moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career in music while attending law school. Perkins toured the country and performed regularly on the Sunset Strip, Silverlake and in Echo Park at such venues as The Roxy, The Viper Room, The Satellite, The Echo and The Troubadour. She completed her first independent full-length album, ''bleeding the line ...,'' in 2007 with producer Warren Huart.Through the Looking Glass With Mandi Perkins
Pop Matters, September 16, 2008. She then began working with music producer Jeff Rosen, who introduced her to executives at

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, which signed her to a record deal. Mandi immediately began work on her major label debut album, ''Alice in No Man's Land.'' All the lyrics on ''Alice in No Man's Land'' were written by Perkins and the album was produced by Warren Huart and mixed by Michael Brauer. After the collapse of the RCA Victor label and the firing of her label head, ''Alice in No Man's Land'' only saw a limited digital release. In the first half of 2009, Perkins played the

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festival and did a club tour in the United States. Perkins asked for a release from her contract with Sony in June 2009Mandi Perkins Parts Ways With Sony Music
. Pop Dirt, June 30, 2009. and started a new band named of Verona in July 2011.

Discography

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Perkins, Mandi Canadian women singers Canadian women songwriters Living people Singers from Toronto University of California, Berkeley alumni Writers from Toronto Year of birth missing (living people)