Great Things Happening In 2009

Hi!

Well, the fireworks came and went and the new year is well underway. The band returned to our Thursday night Momo's gig a couple of weeks ago to a full house and plenty of fireworks of our own! Thanks to everyone for making 2008 such a great year for Nakia & His Southern Cousins. We couldn't have done it without ya! Now we've got another year full of great things already in the works, and hopefully some more of life's great surprises along the way. Let's talk about some stuff going on now that I want to put a bug in your ear about...

PLEASE VOTE - AUSTIN MUSIC POLL IS OUT NOW!!

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Every year, the Austin Chronicle puts on the Austin Music Awards during SXSW and you have the final say on who they pick for the winners in EACH CATEGORY!! With less than two weeks left to vote, I wanted to send you a quick reminder and offer up just a few suggestions for the ballot. Call it, the official Nakia endorsement if you will.

Remember, anyone can vote - whether you live in Austin, TX or not! However, ballot stuffing is a no-no, so please only vote once and then forward this email on to someone you think might not have voted yet. With so much amazing talent to choose from each year, (if you are in the Austin area) I encourage you to go out and see some live music this next week - perhaps specifically pick some shows you've always been curious about but were too busy to catch, or see something you would never see just to expand your palette a bit and help to make your votes really count! Below you will find a sample of categories that I would be thrilled for you to consider me for, but whether it's me, my band The Southern Cousins, or someone else... Remember, this is the Live Music Capital of the World and we would appreciate your vote. Thanks and see you soon!

BEST IN AUSTIN:

AUSTIN BAND OF THE YEAR: OKKERVIL RIVER
AUSTIN MUSICIAN OF THE YEAR: ALEJANDRO ESCOVEDO
AUSTIN SONG OF THE YEAR: JUST US KIDS - JAMES MCMURTRY
ALBUM OF THE YEAR: KGSR BROADCASTS VOL. 16
BEST NEW AUSTIN BAND: STEREO IS A LIE

BEST PERFORMING BANDS:

ROCK: WHITE DENIM
BLUES: MIKE MILLIGAN & THE ALTAR BOYZ
ROOTS ROCK: SHURMAN
LATIN CONTEMPORARY: GRUPO FANTASMA
TEEN/U18/KID BAND: THE FIREANTS
NONE OF THE ABOVE: WHITE GHOST SHIVERS

BEST AUSTIN MUSICIANS:

FEMALE VOCALS: THE FRESH UP GIRLS(KARLA MANZUR & JESSIE ENGLAND)
MALE VOCALS: NAKIA
ELECTRIC GUITAR: MAC MCNABB
BASS: JOHNNY V
DRUMS/PERCUSSION: ED JARUSINSKY
KEYBOARDS: DEREK MORRIS
SONGWRITER: MICHAEL FRACASSO

Guy Juke's Poster For Nakia's "Go South" Show At Jovita's

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CONCERT POSTER:
BAND: NAKIA & HIS SOUTHERN COUSINS
CLUB: JOVITA'S
DATE: 11/15/08
ARTIST: GUY JUKE
CLICK POSTER TO SEE FULL SIZE VERSION!! (Only a few posters are still available for purchase at our shows!)

THU. 1/22 - GROUNDED IN MUSIC GALA W/PATTY GRIFFIN

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Nakia to play with Patty Griffin at Grounded In Music Gala

I am honored to have been asked to sing a special acoustic set at 7PM at the Grounded In Music Gala fundraiser being held at the Gibson Guitar Showroom at Penn Field in South Austin. Grounded In Music is an amazing charity that you should definitely get involved in and this event is a great way to start. Come early to hear me sing with Derek accompanying me on the grand piano and then prepare to be blown away by the amazing Patty Griffin who is set to headline the night's festivities!! You should get tickets now over at Front Gate Tickets !

SAT. 1/31 10PM - GO SOUTH WITH NAKIA AT JOVITA'S!!

Poster By Jim Franklin

Nakia & His Southern Cousins Go South again! Join us and our very special guest, Charlie Terrell & The Murdered Johns (8PM) as we continue our new tradition at Jovita's at the end of each month! Get there early to get a seat! You should RSVP now over at Do512 !

Get Directions: 1617 S. 1st St. Austin, TX - (512) 916-4928

This show is family friendly and remember they serve food and drinks here at Jovita's so come with a big appetite for some great Mexican food and some great music. Jovita's does have a nice big lot to park in, a HUGE dance floor and best of all... It's Saturday! So no excuses! Make sure to get there early and check out Charlie's amazing live show as well! Charlie Terrell, like yours truly, is a native of Alabama, and his music is like taking a ride on a backroad with the devil in an old Cadillac!

I can't tell you enough how much I appreciate each and every person who read the emails, come out to the shows, vote for us in polls and contests, tell their friends about us and share the music... It makes everything I do seem worthwhile and that makes me truly happy.

As I said before, there are a lot of great things coming up very soon in 2009. Water To Wine will be released commercially on April 7th and the advance press has already begun to come in. Click here to read what Austin Monthly has to say about me and the record. In conjunction with the release we are currently planning a full tour from here to LA and back so get ready to tell your friends in West TX, AZ, and CA too that the Southern Cousins are coming to rock their socks off! We're set to play the SXSW Music Festival in March - official info on that to come soon - and we have a lot of other festivals planned as well. We are still playing private events as well and as always if you're interested, please contact Roggie Baer to book us.

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