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 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 [...]

The ACL Scheduling Widget

Are you a “cool kid?” I venture to bet you are. Take a look at this very cool website where you can create a customized schedule for the Austin City Limits Music Festival and see who else is seeing the band you are planning to catch! So far, over 200 folks have committed to attending [...]