Whitegrass In Kentucky

Hello and thanks for reading. Nakia here… Karla and I are in Lexington, KY. We’ve been invited to sing on the new Alejandro Escovedo record and so we’ll be here cutting backing vocals for the next few days. We arrived tonight and quickly settled into the amazing St. Claire Studio. It snowed before our arrival [...]

Remember This Christmas

After losing several loved ones close to me and seeing others around me losing family and friends close to them I got a bit down a few years back. When it really became evident that the war was going to continue keeping our troops away from their families that really put the straw on the [...]

Nakia Singing With Alejandro Escovedo At Austin’s Continental Club

Hey everybody! Nakia here…
Back in September, I posted a story about Alejandro Escovedo inviting me to sing with him at the recent Buick MacKane reunion show at Hole In The Wall. In that post I talked about bumping into Al at this year’s HAAM Benefit Day performance at Whole Foods. That day he mentioned he [...]

Goodbye Daddy – I love you.

This morning, I got a call that the I had been trying to prepare myself for… My father, Vincent Reynoso – “Taco” to anyone who know him – passed away at 5:44AM in the Birmingham, AL VA Hospital. He was 60 years old.
I would say that he “lost his battle” with pancreatic cancer, but to [...]

Nakia Sings With Alejandro Escovedo & Buick MacKane

Hi folks! Nakia here.
About a week ago I saw Alejandro Escovedo in an amazing early morning performance at Whole Foods in support of HAAM Benefit Day. It was phenomenal for sure. Afterward, I said hello and out of the blue, Al says, “When you gonna come sing with us?” to which I quickly replied, “When [...]

Nakia Tackles Health & Fitness

A note from Nakia…
Hello everyone! I wanted to take a moment to tell you about something new going on in my life. Recently, my Father was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. For those of you who know much about cancer, you know it sucks, but pancreatic cancer is up there pretty high on the level of [...]

Video: Nakia Live At 2009 Austin Music Awards

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 [...]