Nakia Performs Water To Wine On Fox 7’s Good Day Austin

This morning I woke up WAY earlier than normal to load up in the piano and make an appearance on Fox 7’s Good Day Austin to help promote the South Padre International Music Festival next weekend. Earlier that morning Tim Hayden, the festival’s producer, had been on talking about the festival and I was asked [...]

Nakia Is G Style Magazine September/October Cover Boy!

I was looking through my posts and suddenly realized that in all the ACL prep and craziness I totally missed the opportunity to post about this amazing honor. But here I am – making up for it. I hope!
In Austin, we are really fortunate to have this great new magazine called L Style/G Style. It’s [...]

Nakia’s Notes: Save Austin Music, Nakia Plays Houston THIS Saturday Night!

Hi there!
First – Thanks for reading and supporting the band and me… In addition to our residency on Thursdays at Momo’s on W. 6th St. I have a few upcoming shows to tell you about so you can come out, bring your friends, and have a good time! Also at the bottom I’ve got [...]

Video Interviews With Roxwel.com & Paste Magazine

During ACL I had time to do several interviews. Two of my favorites were Roxwel.com and Paste Magazine. Take a look…

Nakia and His Southern Cousins – ACL Music Festival CoverageVideo Codes at www.roxwel.com

I had the Fresh Up Girls with me for the Roxwel interview and they looked lovely, didn’t they?
Paste’s Kevin Keller asked a [...]

Austin Chronicle: ABCs of ACL – N is for Nakia, Review & More…

The Austin Chronicle has posted several items about my appearance with Sharon Jones and our set on Sunday at the WaMu tent. Here’s a quick sampling…
From the “ABCs of ACL” post:
N is for Nakia: The local soul grizzly danced on stage with Sharon Jones on Saturday and led his Southern Cousins in one of my [...]