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Overnight Lows
Overnight Lows
Studio album by Sunny Ozell
Released	March 13, 2020
Length	41:32 min.
Label	Chitin Records

Take It with Me
Take It with Me
Studio album by Sunny Ozell
Released	July 31, 2015
Genre	Country, jazz, Americana, blues, pop music
Length	37:15 min.
Label	Man in the Moon Records
Producer	Ethan Eubanks

Sunny Ozell
Sunny Ozell
	Ozell in 2016
Born	December 23, 1978 (age 45); Reno, Nevada, U.S.
Occupation(s)	Singer, songwriter
Spouse	Sir Patrick Stewart (m. 2013)
	Musical career
Genres	Country, jazz, americana, blues, pop, country pop
Instrument	Vocals
Years active	1989–present
Labels	Man in the Moon
Website	Official website

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Sunny Ozell, Lady Stewart (born December 23, 1978) is an American singer and songwriter who resides in Los Angeles, California. She is married to the English actor Sir Patrick Stewart.

Early life

Ozell grew up in Reno, Nevada, in a musical household and began her classical training at an early age. Her parents did not play or perform themselves, but they had a passion for music and took music education seriously, getting Ozell to play the violin from the age of just four years old.^[1] She also started vocal training at the age of 11 years and soon after realised that music was the career path she wanted to pursue.^[2] From 13, she started working with an opera coach.

At university in Boulder, Colorado, she majored in English literature and sang in blues bands and soul-funk bands in her spare time throughout college. After graduating, she started performing in clubs around New York and became a part of the city's musical community with her blend of jazz, blues and American roots music, performing both original material and interpretations of works by other renowned blues, soul and country songwriters.^[1]

Music career

She considers Take It with Me (which mainly consists of covers of works from artists such as Howard Jones, Hank Williams, Randy Newman, T Bone Burnett and Tom Waits) to be her debut album.^[1] Both on Take It with Me and live, Sunny Ozell works with renowned musicians, including guitarist Aaron Lee Tasjan (Semi Precious Weapons, Drivin N Cryin), bassist Andy Hess (The Black Crowes, Gov't Mule, Uberjam), keyboard player Andrew Sherman (George Duke, Mariah Carey), pedal steel player Jon Graboff (Ryan Adams & The Cardinals), backing singer Nicki Richards (Madonna) and drummer Ethan Eubanks (Teddy Thompson, Crash Test Dummies, Joseph Arthur).^[1] Ozell performs frequently at Rockwood Music Hall and The Living Room in New York and has collaborated with musicians such as Jim Campilongo and Adam Levy of Norah Jones’ backing band, and Krystle Warren.^[3]

Musical style and influence

Ozell cites Gillian Welch and David Rawlings as influences, for their "simplicity and their total lack of pretension", but also American jazz singer Cassandra Wilson, in particular her 1993 album Blue Light ‘til Dawn.^[1] She is also inspired by soul music that is not limited in any way to the traditional definition of the genre (i.e. Motown or Stax Records).^[2]

Personal life

Ozell is married to English actor Sir Patrick Stewart. They met in 2008 at Franny's restaurant in New York where Ozell was working as a waitress^[4] while Stewart was performing in Macbeth at the nearby Brooklyn Academy of Music.^[5]

In March 2013, it was reported that Stewart and Ozell were engaged^[5] and they married on September 7, 2013, beside Lake Tahoe in Nevada with actor Ian McKellen officiating at the wedding ceremony.^[6] Through her marriage to Stewart she has two stepchildren.

Discography

Take It with Me (2015)

*Take It with Me* track listing
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Manhattan Island Serenade"	4:07
2.	"Family Tree"	3:55
3.	"Move Along Train"	3:23
4.	"Louisiana"	3:50
5.	"Git Gone"	2:48
6.	"Kill Zone"	3:52
7.	"Number One"	4:29
8.	"Only in the Movies"	3:11
9.	"No One Is to Blame"	3:43
10.	"Can't Help It"	3:19
11.	"Take It with Me"	4:56

Overnight Lows (2020)

*Overnight Lows* track listing
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Driving Highways"	3:48
2.	"Comes And It Goes"	4:11
3.	"All That I Am"	3:06
4.	"In The Sun"	4:22
5.	"Not Afraid"	3:48
6.	"Saint Ursula"	3:51
7.	"The Garden"	4:44
8.	"Hammer and Nail"	4:44
9.	"Downstream"	4:54
10.	"Take You Down"	4:04

Git Gone (single) (2015)

"Gone Girl" single track listing
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Git Gone" (Radio Mix)	2:42

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Introducing Sunny Ozell". Songwriting Magazine. August 25, 2015. Retrieved November 25, 2015.
^ ^a ^b "Sunny Ozell exclusive interview – her debut album, marriage to Patrick Stewart & more!". Female First. July 27, 2015. Retrieved November 24, 2015.
^ "Sunny Ozell: 5 Things To Know About Patrick Stewart's New Wife". Hollywood Life. September 9, 2013. Retrieved November 25, 2015.
^ "Patrick Stewart and His Fiancée on Meeting at Franny's and Convincing Ian McKellen to Officiate Their Wedding". Grub Street. March 21, 2013. Retrieved November 25, 2015.
^ ^a ^b "Ian McKellen to Lead Wedding for Patrick Stewart". The New York Times. March 19, 2013. Retrieved November 25, 2015.
^ "Sir Patrick Stewart and Sunny Ozell admit they ordained Ian McKellen ONLINE before wedding". Daily Express. July 9, 2015. Retrieved November 25, 2015.

External links

[songwritingmagazine-1] "Introducing Sunny Ozell". Songwriting Magazine. August 25, 2015. Retrieved November 25, 2015.

[femalefirst-2] "Sunny Ozell exclusive interview – her debut album, marriage to Patrick Stewart & more!". Female First. July 27, 2015. Retrieved November 24, 2015.

[3] "Sunny Ozell: 5 Things To Know About Patrick Stewart's New Wife". Hollywood Life. September 9, 2013. Retrieved November 25, 2015.

[4] "Patrick Stewart and His Fiancée on Meeting at Franny's and Convincing Ian McKellen to Officiate Their Wedding". Grub Street. March 21, 2013. Retrieved November 25, 2015.

[nytimes-5] "Ian McKellen to Lead Wedding for Patrick Stewart". The New York Times. March 19, 2013. Retrieved November 25, 2015.

[6] "Sir Patrick Stewart and Sunny Ozell admit they ordained Ian McKellen ONLINE before wedding". Daily Express. July 9, 2015. Retrieved November 25, 2015.

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+| genre = [[Country music|Country]], [[jazz]], [[Americana (music)|americana]], [[blues]], pop, [[country pop]]
 | years_active = 1989–present
-| label = Man in the Moon Records
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-'''Sunny Ozell''' (born December 23, 1978) is an American singer and songwriter who resides in [[Brooklyn]], [[New York (state)|New York]]. She is married to the British actor [[Patrick Stewart]].
+'''Sunny Ozell, Lady Stewart''' (born December 23, 1978) is an American singer and songwriter who resides in Los Angeles, California. She is married to the English actor Sir [[Patrick Stewart]].
 ==Early life==
 Ozell grew up in [[Reno, Nevada]], in a musical household and began her classical training at an early age. Her parents did not play or perform themselves, but they had a passion for music and took music education seriously, getting Ozell to play the violin from the age of just four years old.<ref name="songwritingmagazine">{{cite journal |url = http://www.songwritingmagazine.co.uk/interviews/introducing-sunny-ozell/25973 | title = Introducing Sunny Ozell|journal= Songwriting Magazine | date= August 25, 2015| access-date= November 25, 2015}}</ref> She also started vocal training at the age of 11 years and soon after realised that music was the career path she wanted to pursue.<ref name="femalefirst">{{cite web|url = http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/music/interviews/sunny-ozell-exclusive-interview-music-patrick-stewart-more-844645.html | title = Sunny Ozell exclusive interview – her debut album, marriage to Patrick Stewart & more!|work= Female First | date= July 27, 2015| access-date= November 24, 2015}}</ref> From 13, she started working with an opera coach.
-At university in [[Boulder, Colorado]], she majored in [[English Literature]] and sang in [[blues]] bands and [[soul music|soul]]-[[funk]] bands in her spare time throughout college. After graduating, she started performing in clubs around New York and became a part of the city's musical community with her blend of [[jazz]], blues and [[Americana (music)|American roots music]], performing both original material and interpretations of works by other renowned blues, soul and [[country music|country]] songwriters.<ref name="songwritingmagazine"/>
+At university in [[Boulder, Colorado]], she majored in [[English literature]] and sang in [[blues]] bands and [[soul music|soul]]-[[funk]] bands in her spare time throughout college. After graduating, she started performing in clubs around New York and became a part of the city's musical community with her blend of [[jazz]], blues and [[Americana (music)|American roots music]], performing both original material and interpretations of works by other renowned blues, soul and [[country music|country]] songwriters.<ref name="songwritingmagazine"/>
 ==Music career==
-[[File:Sunny Ozell + Band live at Rockwood Music Hall NYC (Sep 2015).jpg|thumbnail|Ozell live at Rockwood Music in New York City, 2015]]
+[[File:Sunny Ozell + Band live at Rockwood Music Hall NYC (Sep 2015).jpg|thumbnail|Ozell on stage at Rockwood Music in New York City, 2015]]
-She considers ''Take It with Me'' (which mainly consists of covers of works from artists such as [[Howard Jones (musician)|Howard Jones]], [[Hank Williams]], [[Randy Newman]], [[T Bone Burnett]] and [[Tom Waits]]) to be her debut album.<ref name="songwritingmagazine"/>
+She considers ''Take It with Me'' (which mainly consists of covers of works from artists such as [[Howard Jones (British musician)|Howard Jones]], [[Hank Williams]], [[Randy Newman]], [[T Bone Burnett]] and [[Tom Waits]]) to be her debut album.<ref name="songwritingmagazine"/>
-Both on ''Take It with Me'' and live, Sunny Ozell works with renowned musicians, including guitarist [[Aaron Lee Tasjan]] ([[Semi Precious Weapons]], [[Drivin N Cryin]]), [[bass (instrument)|bassist]] [[Andy Hess]] ([[The Black Crowes]], [[Gov't Mule]], Uberjam), keyboard player Andrew Sherman ([[George Duke]], [[Mariah Carey]]), [[pedal steel guitar|pedal steel]] player [[Jon Graboff]] ([[Ryan Adams & The Cardinals]]), backing singer [[Nicki Richards]] ([[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]]) and drummer [[Ethan Eubanks]] ([[Teddy Thompson]], [[Crash Test Dummies]], [[Joseph Arthur]]).<ref name="songwritingmagazine"/>
+Both on ''Take It with Me'' and live, Sunny Ozell works with renowned musicians, including guitarist [[Aaron Lee Tasjan]] ([[Semi Precious Weapons]], [[Drivin N Cryin]]), bassist [[Andy Hess]] ([[The Black Crowes]], [[Gov't Mule]], Uberjam), keyboard player Andrew Sherman ([[George Duke]], [[Mariah Carey]]), [[pedal steel guitar|pedal steel]] player Jon Graboff ([[Ryan Adams & The Cardinals]]), backing singer [[Nicki Richards]] ([[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]]) and drummer Ethan Eubanks ([[Teddy Thompson]], [[Crash Test Dummies]], [[Joseph Arthur]]).<ref name="songwritingmagazine"/>
-Ozell performs frequently at [[Rockwood Music Hall]] and [[The Living Room]] in New York and has collaborated with musicians such as [[Jim Campilongo]] and [[Adam Levy]] of [[Norah Jones]]’ backing band, and [[Krystle Warren]].<ref>{{cite web|url = http://hollywoodlife.com/2013/09/09/sunny-ozell-patrick-stewart-wife-married-age-difference/ | title = Sunny Ozell: 5 Things To Know About Patrick Stewart's New Wife|work= Hollywood Life | date=September 9, 2013| access-date= November 25, 2015}}</ref>
+Ozell performs frequently at [[Rockwood Music Hall]] and [[The Living Room]] in New York and has collaborated with musicians such as [[Jim Campilongo]] and [[Adam Levy]] of [[Norah Jones]]’ backing band, and Krystle Warren.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://hollywoodlife.com/2013/09/09/sunny-ozell-patrick-stewart-wife-married-age-difference/ | title = Sunny Ozell: 5 Things To Know About Patrick Stewart's New Wife|work= Hollywood Life | date=September 9, 2013| access-date= November 25, 2015}}</ref>
-Ozell has begun preliminary recording sessions on the followup album to ''Take It with Me''. The focus will be on original material.<ref name="songwritingmagazine"/>
 ===Musical style and influence===
-Ozell cites [[Gillian Welch]] and [[David Rawlings]] as influences, for their "simplicity and their total lack of pretention", but also American jazz singer [[Cassandra Wilson]], in particular her 1993 album ''[[Blue Light 'til Dawn|Blue Light ‘til Dawn]]''.<ref name="songwritingmagazine"/> She is also inspired by soul music that is not limited in any way to the traditional definition of the genre (i.e. [[Motown]] or [[Stax Records]]).<ref name="femalefirst"/>
+Ozell cites [[Gillian Welch]] and [[David Rawlings]] as influences, for their "simplicity and their total lack of pretension", but also American jazz singer [[Cassandra Wilson]], in particular her 1993 album ''[[Blue Light 'til Dawn|Blue Light ‘til Dawn]]''.<ref name="songwritingmagazine"/> She is also inspired by soul music that is not limited in any way to the traditional definition of the genre (i.e. [[Motown]] or [[Stax Records]]).<ref name="femalefirst"/>
 ==Personal life==
-Ozell is married to English actor [[Patrick Stewart]]. They met in 2008 at Franny's restaurant in New York where Ozell was working as a waitress<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.grubstreet.com/2013/03/patrick-stewart-sunny-ozell-frannys-waitress-wedding.html | title = Patrick Stewart and His Fiancée on Meeting at Franny's and Convincing Ian McKellen to Officiate Their Wedding|work= Grub Street | date= March 21, 2013| access-date= November 25, 2015}}</ref> while Stewart was performing in ''[[Macbeth]]'' at the nearby [[Brooklyn Academy of Music]].<ref name="nytimes">{{cite news |url = https://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/19/fashion/weddings/ian-mckellen-to-lead-wedding-for-patrick-stewart.html | title = Ian McKellen to Lead Wedding for Patrick Stewart|newspaper= [[The New York Times]] | date= March 19, 2013| access-date= November 25, 2015}}</ref>
+Ozell is married to English actor Sir [[Patrick Stewart]]. They met in 2008 at Franny's restaurant in New York where Ozell was working as a waitress<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.grubstreet.com/2013/03/patrick-stewart-sunny-ozell-frannys-waitress-wedding.html | title = Patrick Stewart and His Fiancée on Meeting at Franny's and Convincing Ian McKellen to Officiate Their Wedding|work= Grub Street | date= March 21, 2013| access-date= November 25, 2015}}</ref> while Stewart was performing in ''[[Macbeth]]'' at the nearby [[Brooklyn Academy of Music]].<ref name="nytimes">{{cite news |url = https://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/19/fashion/weddings/ian-mckellen-to-lead-wedding-for-patrick-stewart.html | title = Ian McKellen to Lead Wedding for Patrick Stewart|newspaper= [[The New York Times]] | date= March 19, 2013| access-date= November 25, 2015}}</ref>
-In March 2013, it was reported that Stewart and Ozell were engaged<ref name="nytimes"/> and they married on September 7, 2013, beside [[Lake Tahoe]] in [[Nevada]] with actor [[Ian McKellen]] officiating at the wedding ceremony.<ref>{{cite news |url = http://www.express.co.uk/celebrity-news/590077/Sir-Patrick-Stewart-Ian-McKellen-marrying-Sunny-Ozell-ordained-online | title = Sir Patrick Stewart and Sunny Ozell admit they ordained Ian McKellen ONLINE before wedding|newspaper= [[Daily Express]] | date=July 9, 2015| access-date= November 25, 2015}}</ref>
-In marriage to [[Patrick Stewart]], she has two stepchildren.
+In March 2013, it was reported that Stewart and Ozell were engaged<ref name="nytimes"/> and they married on September 7, 2013, beside [[Lake Tahoe]] in [[Nevada]] with actor [[Ian McKellen]] officiating at the wedding ceremony.<ref>{{cite news |url = http://www.express.co.uk/celebrity-news/590077/Sir-Patrick-Stewart-Ian-McKellen-marrying-Sunny-Ozell-ordained-online | title = Sir Patrick Stewart and Sunny Ozell admit they ordained Ian McKellen ONLINE before wedding|newspaper= [[Daily Express]] | date=July 9, 2015| access-date= November 25, 2015}}</ref> Through her marriage to Stewart she has two stepchildren.
-She is an [[atheist]].<ref>[https://www.bramptonguardian.com/whatson-story/6212482-atheist-patrick-stewart/ Atheist Patrick Stewart]</ref>
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+| title3 = All That I Am
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+| length10 = 4:04
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+|headline="Gone Girl" single track listing
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+| title1 = Git Gone |note1=Radio Mix
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