The Athens Blur Magazine Reviews Nakia’s Water To Wine

He’s been touted as one of Austin’s best vocalists, but even Austin can’t hold back a Texas-sized talent like Nakia for too much longer.

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 [...]

Honest Tune Reviews Water To Wine

As suspected, more press is coming in this week in conjunction with the official street date of Water To Wine. See today’s earlier post with the Texas Music Magazine review. Hot off the presses is this bright review from Honest Tune, which we have posted below. More to come soon! Written by Bill Whiting 04/06/2009 [...]

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 Official SXSW Showcase Info Released

We’ve been on pins and needles waiting to get this info to you, but the day has finally arrived! Today, SXSW officially released all of the showcase information for this year’s festival and man there is a LOT of info to digest, but here’s the official information on the showcase for Nakia & His Southern [...]

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 [...]