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 Named One Of Austin’s Fortunate 500 By Statesman

Recently, the Austin-American Statesman published a list of their Fortunate 500. The list was sectioned off to include everything from Food, Nightlife, Education, Movies, and of course… Music – which Nakia’s album, Water To Wine, was “fortunate” enough to be chosen to be listed among some of Austin’s finest musicians and music-related business folks. Here’s [...]

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 [...]

A Great Week To Catch Nakia Live!

This week is a great week to catch Nakia live. 3 full shows + 2 media appearances = Kick Ass!
Here’s the lowdown on what’s going on this week…

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L Style G Style Sept/Oct 2009 Release Party (ACL-centric issue) CLICK HERE TO RSVP NOW!
DATE: Wednesday, August 26th
WHERE: Antone’s – Home of the Blues
TIME: Doors Open at 6pm [...]

Nakia Live At Luna Saturday August 15th

Saturday night, San Antonio is in for some serious soul shakin’ heart poundin’ rock and roll. Join us at Luna on 6704 San Pedro Avenue from 9PM – 12AM for a very special evening with Nakia & His Southern Cousins. What better place to host the band than one of San Antonio’s best nightclubs and [...]

KGSR Is Playing Water To Wine! Keep Your Requests Coming In

From Nakia’s Notes 07/22/09…
Hi there!
Great news… KGSR has been playing “Water To Wine!” Please take a moment and call 512-390-KGSR to request it. They are also taking requests via Twitter. You may follow them:@KGSR and make sure to follow me: @nakia too!
Read this entire edition of Nakia’s Notes by clicking here.

Nakia Live At Jovita’s Saturday Night With Wiretree

Hey y’all… Nakia here. This Saturday night’s Jovita’s show is a very special one for me because this will be my father’s first time seeing me with the Southern Cousins and his first time to visit Austin, Texas. I hope you’ll join me in giving him a very special Austin welcome this Saturday night. It [...]

Land Shark Rocks Contest! Vote For Nakia & His Southern Cousins!

Nakia & His Southern Cousins have been chosen to compete in the Land Shark Lager, Land Shark Rocks Battle Of The Bands Contest! This is a great opportunity for the band to win a prize package worth $100,000 and have their music heard by millions of people! Please help them win by taking a few [...]

Nakia Plays Spoon Aftershow At Stubb’s This Friday Night

Nakia & His Southern Cousins will perform a special aftershow as part of the Spoon 3X Festival at Stubb’s this Friday night, July 10th. The show is free if you are already attending the Spoon show, so make sure to stick around! The band goes on around 11:30pm. If you haven’t purchased tickets, you can [...]

Nakia Remembers Michael Jackson

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 [...]

No Depression Reviews Nakia’s Water To Wine

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: [...]

Twangville: Nakia A Tremendous Talent

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 [...]

Nakia Interviewed About Twitter By Statesman

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 [...]

Nakia’s Notes: Record Release This Saturday At Jovita’s

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 [...]

New Review From Austin.com

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 [...]

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