Austin-American Statesman Reviews Water To Wine

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 [...]

Mark Murray Interviews Nakia For ATXLive.com

We just got word from the folks over at ATXLive.com that their interview of Nakia conducted by KVUE’s Mark Murray is online now. Check it out! The interview was done just moments before Nakia took the stage for this annual birthday bash at Jovita’s in South Austin. Some of that footage is included in this [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Nakia Was Sharon Jones’ “good man” At ACL Fest

PHOTOS Please note… If you use any of these photos, please attribute them to the folks who were kind enough to take them and post them. They are listed for each photo. Austin360.com posted a pic of Sharon & Nakia in their Day 2 Gallery. Image number 42 of 74. An amazing photo by deneyterio [...]

News 8 Rooftop Performance Of Water To Wine

In case you missed it when News 8 Austin broadcast it earlier this week, here is a link to the live performance that Mac and I did for their Rooftop series with Andy Langer. Nakia – Water To Wine – Live From The News 8 Rooftop

News 8 Austin: Local Singer Says Playing ACL Is Dream Come True

Following our knock ‘em dead performance at the Four Seasons as part of the KGSR ACL preview show, I was approached by a beautiful young reporter from News 8 Austin. Heidi Zhou said she had enjoyed our performance and heard a bit of my “story” and asked me if I would be interested in being [...]

KGSR’s Live At Four Seasons ACL Preview Audio!!

Thanks to Dave over at Rawtime.com! He was tuned into KGSR this morning and was able to capture the audio stream of our performance. I have to tell you… We had SUCH A BLAST and we tore it up. Check out the tunes On The Bus & Choose Your Poison along with the brief chat [...]

KXAN: Nakia & His Southern Cousins Take On ACL

Yesterday afternoon I had the pleasure of being interviewed by KXAN’s Blair Shiff. We met up at Momo’s on W. 6th and took some time to talk about the ACL Festival, my hometown, and KISS. Here’s a bit from the interview… “Nakia recalls the exact moment he found out he would play ACL. “Probably the [...]