Sanawon is a duo from

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. The band's name is Korean for ''fierce''. After touring extensively as a solo artist and promoting her own A.I.R. (Asians in Rock) tour with

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, singer-songwriter

Jenny Choi Jenny Choi is an American singer and cellist, who founded the Asians in Rock tour, and is the lead singer of the two-piece Chicago band, Sanawon. For many years she performed solo at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign (where she ...

recruited the help of longtime drummer Philip Stone to create an indie/pop band. The duo are referenced in the

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song, 'The First Time I Met Sanawon'. Sanawon have toured with bands such as

, Colossal,

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, Ida, and Beauty Pill. Jenny Choi provided

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and backing vocals for several songs on Sundowner's 2007 debut album, Four One Five Two.

Discography

*''The Promise'' (2011,

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) *''Bonfire Night'' (2007, Ona Records) *''Tiny Airplane'' (2005,

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)

References

External links

Official website
(defunct) at the

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