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Nakia Remembers Michael Jackson
Posted on June 26, 2009
Yesterday’s news about Michael Jackson and Farrah Fawcett was devastating. The Internet was clogged with millions of people posting on every site known to man.
Nakia posted his response about MJ on Twitter and it was quickly picked up by ABC News who contacted him via phone for an interview about his memories of Jackson and how Nakia looked to him for inspiration in his own career. Here’s a portion of the article:
Nakia Reynoso will never forget the moment he saw Michael Jackson do the moonwalk for the first time. It convinced Reynoso that he, too, was destined for the stage.
So as reports filtered in Thursday evening about Jackson’s death, the 34-year-old Austin-based musician posted to Twitter, “RIP The Man In The Mirror, Michael Jackson — I still remember the day I bought my red leather zipper coat, sequin socks and glove.”
Reynoso was just one of millions of fans who descended on the Internet last night to celebrate, mourn and remember the passing of one of the planet’s greatest musical talents.
Read the whole story here… http://kiaurl.com/1s
No Depression Reviews Nakia’s Water To Wine
Posted on May 1, 2009
May Day brings a great new review from the esteemed, No Depression. Here’s an excerpt:
Soul music. With its categories and subcategories – from northern and neo to country and deep – it can be a tough concept to pin down. You might want to rely on a variation of that classic method for identifying porn: you know it when you hear it…
On the first half of this assured debut, Alabama-raised and Austin-based Nakia (last name Reynoso, but he goes by just the first) echoes various definitions of soul from over the years, some irrefutable and some fringe…The title track recalls the recordings made by R&B belter Barrence Whitfield in his second and third acts with Tom Russell and the Mercy Brothers, respectively. And “Make Love Mine Tonight” builds a bridge from Memphis to Detroit by imagining the husky, hooky work of Otis Clay at Hi smoothed a tad by an undercurrent of Smokey Robinson. I heard it. I know it.
Take a read through the whole review here.
Twangville: Nakia A Tremendous Talent
Posted on April 30, 2009
Another great review of the album just in today from Twangville! Here’s an excerpt:
Southern soul is a special thing. Alternatively inspirational and sinful, it is always engaging. Exhibit A is Austin soulman Nakia’s debut release. The Austin soulman book-ends his debut full release with “Choose Your Poison,” a down and dirty ode to guilty pleasures and “Safe Inside” a gospel ballad. In between are eight tracks that showcase the breadth of Nakia’s talent.
Click here to read full review.
Nakia Interviewed About Twitter By Statesman
Posted on April 25, 2009
Recently, the Austin-American Statesman interviewed Nakia about his use of the social networking phenomena, Twitter. Several other musicians are featured in the article including @benkweller @colinmeloy @trent_reznor and more. The article was published today and is available at newstands now. Here’s an excerpt…
”@nakia Help me spread the word… Nakia & His Southern Cousins at BD Riley’s 9pm,” read a typical Twitter update from Austin soul singer Nakia during this year’s South by Southwest Music Festival. He saw potential to draw an audience to his shows using the popular social media site.
Colin Meloy, frontman for the much higher-profile SXSW headliners the Decemberists, was not as industrious with his updates: “@colinmeloy Mmmm breakfast tacos at Curra’s!”
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Nakia’s Notes: Record Release This Saturday At Jovita’s
Posted on April 22, 2009
Howdy folks… Nakia here. I just sent out the latest edition of Nakia’s Notes and it’s all about my record release party taking place this Saturday night at Jovita’s. Here’s a quick sampling…
I won’t lie. There’s lots of places to see me and the band coming up soon, but today I would like to talk about the release of my debut album, Water To Wine. So this note will be short and sweet. More to come about new shows, including a trip out to Alpine, TX to play Railroad Blues on May 1st!
Read the whole thing by clicking here.
New Review From Austin.com
Posted on April 22, 2009
And the press keeps rolling in! This time from the website, Austin.com. Here’s a sampling of what they had to say…
In turning water to wine, Jesus took what is already a valuable, nourishing resource and transformed it to something—while maybe not as necessary—something better. Let’s just run with that allegory and say that’s pretty much what Nakia does on his so-named debut.
In this case, southern rock will stand in for the water. Necessary for life? Why not. But Nakia & His Southern Cousins transform a southern rock base into a meritage of gospel-tinged soul. Vintage soul. The truth is Nakia has uncorked a blend (enough already with the wine puns) that has been missing from much of today’s soul music, which often relies as heavily on funk as soul. Nakia (pronounced nuh-kee-yah) eschews this easy trap. You will never find a comparison to James Brown. You will find Otis Redding, Al Green, Little Feat, or the Allman Brothers.
Click here to read the full review.
Win Tickets & CDs To Nakia’s Record Release Party
Posted on April 19, 2009
The Austin Chronicle’s “Chrontourage” is giving away several pairs of tickets to Nakia’s record release party along with copies of the new CD to some lucky winners!
Just visit this link and fill out the information now to win a pair of tickets and a copy of Water To Wine!
Austin-American Statesman Reviews Water To Wine
Posted on April 19, 2009
With the official street date of Nakia’s debut full-length, Water To Wine just last week, the Austin-American Statesman has reviewed the album for today’s Sunday edition. Alongside fellow Austin soul rockers, Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears, the Statesman concludes that the Austin soul scene is “in good shape.” Here’s a quick blurb from the review:
Thousands of Austinites might best recognize Nakia as the unassuming fellow pulled on-stage for a dance with soul diva Sharon Jones at the Austin City Limits Music Festival 2008. She’s not the first genre devotee to see something special in Nakia….Nakia’s rich voice and lyrics that lay bare the record’s themes of discrimination, love, loss and spirituality. “On the Bus” features an Otis Redding whistle, while “There Goes the Neighborhood” is a dizzyingly brilliant array of instrumentation and insightful lyricism. The slightly bitter “Elizabeth Lee” and “Outta My Head,” meanwhile, are frustrated odes to a lost love in the best tradition of Southern blues.
Read the full review on Austin360.com here.
Honest Tune Reviews Water To Wine
Posted on April 6, 2009
As suspected, more press is coming in this week in conjunction with the official street date of Water To Wine. See today’s earlier post with the Texas Music Magazine review. Hot off the presses is this bright review from Honest Tune, which we have posted below. More to come soon!
Written by Bill Whiting
04/06/2009Austin, Texas’ Nakia blooms like a bright spring flower on his debut, Water to Wine.
Co-written with Austin native Michael Fracasso (piano, guitar), Water to Wine starts with the Fracasso-penned, soul-stirring anthem “Choose Your Poison.” Nakia reaches back to his roots to capture the down-and-out blues of album’s high point, “Elizabeth Lee,” and Mac McNabb’s expert instrumentation colors the steady rocking “There Goes the Neighborhood.” Fracasso and Nakia team up on the rhythm and blues marvel “Outta My Head.”
Water to Wine is graced by the producing and engineering genius of McNabb and his astute sense of studio dynamics. When the group crosses the epic threshold of “World of Love,” it is truly hard to top the beauty and fortitude of Nakia’s Southern soul music.
Water to Wine is out now.
Texas Music Magazine Reviews Water To Wine
Posted on April 6, 2009
The Spring 2009 issue of Texas Music Magazine just shipped to subscribers this week and should be arriving on your local newsstands any day now. Check out this fantastic review below from Editor, Richard Skanse, of Nakia’s debut album, Water To Wine. Pick up a copy today to read it and lots of other great reviews and stories!
Austin is stuffed to the gills with aspiring songwriters, but Nakia isn’t one of them. Sure, he can write a tune, but like Ruthie Foster and Malford Milligan, he’s first and foremost a gifted singer who just wants to sing the hell out of a great song. The soulful Alabama transplant wrote or co-wrote four songs on Water to Wine, including the rafter-shaking title track; but he really goes to town on the six contributions by Michael Fracasso — most notably on “There Goes the Neighborhood, ” a slyly phrased but searing comment on prejudices. Producer/guitarist Mac McNabb and a crack team of Austin’s best musicians keep the tracks tight and punchy, but it’s Nakia’s full- throated, gritty howl that lights this fire. Someday, Nakia’s vocal chops are going to be front and center as part of the next great supergroup to come out of Austin (a la the Arc Angels or Storyville). But until then, this one-name solo artist is doing just fine with a little help from his friends. — RICHARD SKANSE
Backline Show Interviews Nakia
Posted on April 3, 2009
Backline Show’s, Josh Sheperd, sat down with Nakia last week to talk post-SXSW recovery, Twitter, and the release of Nakia’s debut full-length album, Water To Wine.
Check out the full interview here.
Nakia’s Notes: Live Tonight At Jovita’s
Posted on March 27, 2009
So now that the dust has settled from SXSW it’s time to get right back into it and I couldn’t think of a better place to do that than Jovita’s on S. 1st Street.
If you’ve been out to one of our monthly shows at Jovita’s you already know that it’s a great family friendly Mexican restaurant with the best staff in town. They’ve got a great big stage and an even bigger dance floor! They also have free parking!
Tonight’s show will feature a couple of the guys from Dertybird starting out the evening at 8PM doing an acoustic set. As usual, the Southern Cousins take the stage at 10PM for a non-stop 2-hour set of our trademark heart poundin, sweat pourin, foot stompin, show stoppin, hot rockin, brown-eyed, southern soul!!
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Video: Nakia Live At 2009 Austin Music Awards
Posted on March 19, 2009
If you missed it then we can only tell you it was like a religious experience. Here’s a recap from the Austin Chronicle. This video will hopefully give you some insight, but seriously, it was outta sight! Here’s Nakia & The Fresh Up Girls singing the Ray Charles classic, “Yes, Indeed!” with Suzanna Choffel, Ruthie Foster, and Carolyn Wonderland!
Don’t forget… Nakia’s got THREE shows tomorrow (Friday 3/20) during SXSW… Including the Front Gate Tickets Party with Deer Tick & Delta Spirit (10AM), RajiWorld +1 Party (4PM), and the official SXSW showcase at BD Riley’s (9PM).
Can’t see this video? Click here…
Nakia’s SXSW Day 2 Recap
Posted on March 15, 2009
Howdy folks! Nakia here. I will be taking some time each day before I head out to try and make sense of what happened the day/night before during SXSW.
So, here’s a recap…
They had some great folks on their line up including Ben Kweller (@benkweller) and Ray Wylie Hubbard. Confirmed that there is a review of Water To Wine coming out in the April issue of the magazine, exchanged numbers with Ray Wylie about doing some co-writing, and gave Ben props for a set well played. Roggie and I met up with Whitaker from Loophole Management - a fellow Alabamian - and then headed out for a regroup.
That party was sick! It was packed to the gills and some freak magician pour a crazy mix of milk and OJ and liquor through his nose and out of his mouth only to have people drink out of it… WFT!!??
Tonight, we are playing the Austin Tweetup at Ace’s Lounge we go on at 11PM. You can RSVP by going here. Hope to see you there!
Nakia
Nakia At Antone’s Tomorrow Night With Carolyn Wonderland & Gary Clark, Jr.
Posted on March 13, 2009
Holy Smokes Folks! We just got word that Nakia has been asked to perform at set tomorrow night at the legendary Antone’s - Home of the Blues!
Nakia takes the stage at 10PM following his good friend Carolyn Wonderland who kicks things off at 8PM. Gary Clark, Jr comes on after Nakia at 11:30.
This is going to be one hellava night so get your tickets now by visiting the Antone’s website and make sure to head over to Do512.com and let them know how much you “Like” this event!
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