In a city of musicians, anyone wanting to be noticed must try to differentiate themselves. Some don't have to try. Catapulting the mid-south into the musical future, alterna-rocker SORAYA seizes the listener with the only definite being total sensory overload. Her new CD project, Chasing Mercury, was mixed by award-winning engineer/producer Chris Lord-Alge and produced by, Richard "Rico" Thomas.

The show will tear any that have settled back into complacency from their roots. Rarely is a musical performance truly an entire body experience and this lady guarantees to rock all present from their toenails to their split ends; taking all of the senses on the smoothest roller coaster ride imaginable, while still maintaining top speed.

SORAYA, who's music is both haunting and instantly hummable, has been wowing Nashville for the past year, opening for the likes of Bare Naked Ladies and performing in local venues. Her heavy-handed/groove-inspired rock is all attitude and the funky influences are evident. Unclassifiable, each of SORAYA's songs stand completely alone while perfectly complimenting the one before. Its easy to be encapsuladed in the waves of her music; but allowing oneself to do so, means the risk of missing her witty lyrics. A fortune cookie to attach onto an unforgetable showcase, each of her songs could exist in silence as an intelligent and hysterical diatribe on human existance.