Nakia Singing With Alejandro Escovedo At Austin’s Continental Club

Hey everybody! Nakia here… Back in September, I posted a story about Alejandro Escovedo inviting me to sing with him at the recent Buick MacKane reunion show at Hole In The Wall. In that post I talked about bumping into Al at this year’s HAAM Benefit Day performance at Whole Foods. That day he mentioned [...]

South Austin Monster Mash Halloween Show

Ghouls, ghosts, monsters, Fresh Up Girls!! Come out Halloween night to Jovita’s to experience the Southern Cousins at their most sinister. Jovita’s will be transformed into a dark and eerie Mexican graveyard. Wear a costume to compete in the costume contest which will include a Best Fresh Up Girls category! Bring the whole family & [...]

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 [...]

Video: Nakia Live At 2009 Austin Music Awards

If you missed it then we can only tell you it was like a religious experience. Here’s a recap from the Austin Chronicle. This video will hopefully give you some insight, but seriously, it was outta sight! Here’s Nakia & The Fresh Up Girls singing the Ray Charles classic, “Yes, Indeed!” with Suzanna Choffel, Ruthie [...]

Help Share Nakia’s SXSW Schedule With The World!

Nakia is super busy during this year’s annual SXSW in Austin, TX with appearances on the radio, at the Apple Store, the Austin Music Awards, and of course his official showcase on Friday night at BD Riley’s on 6th St. Here’s a graphic Nakia threw together tonight so folks know where he’ll be. Please take [...]

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 [...]

Lots of new videos! Nakia performs Water To Wine live at KGSR.

Over the last week we have uploaded about 8 new videos to the Video section of the website including this one from this morning’s performance of Water To Wine on KGSR’s Sound Of Our Town with Bryan Beck. Our good friend Mark Murray from KVUE filmed it for us!

First Reviews Coming In For Water To Wine

Nakia got a nod from Sharon Jones at this past year’s ACL by pulling him onstage for an impromptu duet. An Austin local, Nakia produces an album that is southernly delicious and joyous accompanied by his back-up band The Southern Cousins and his back-up singers The Fresh Up Girls. He echoes a soulful voice that is deep into American roots music and Water to Wine is fully potent of this sound.

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 [...]