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.

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 [...]

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 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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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
Austin, Texas’ Nakia [...]

Texas Music Magazine Reviews Water To Wine

The Spring 2009 issue of Texas Music Magazine just shipped to subscribers this week and should be arriving on your local newsstands any day now. Check out this fantastic review below from Editor, Richard Skanse, of Nakia’s debut album, Water To Wine. Pick up a copy today to read it and lots of other great [...]

Backline Show Interviews Nakia

Backline Show’s, Josh Sheperd, sat down with Nakia last week to talk post-SXSW recovery, Twitter, and the release of Nakia’s debut full-length album, Water To Wine.
Check out the full interview here.

Nakia’s SXSW Day 2 Recap

Howdy folks! Nakia here. I will be taking some time each day before I head out to try and make sense of what happened the day/night before during SXSW.
So, here’s a recap…
I got a haircut at Bird’s from Sarah. She’s a frakkin’ nutjob and I love her to death! Go see her and say hi [...]

Nakia Set To Perform This Friday At Ace’s Lounge – Win Tickets!!

Nakia & His Southern Cousins head downtown to Austin’s infamous 6th to perform at Ace’s Lounge this Friday night, March 6th at 9PM. You may remember this venue as the Hard Rock Cafe. Well, the folks from Ace’s have taken over and turned this joint into one of Austin’s hottest spots to hang!
Nakia will [...]

Nakia’s, Water To Wine – Streaming FREE on Nakia.net For Two Weeks

Hola to everyone out there! Nakia’s birthday (Friday, February 20th) is upon us. So, as a gift to everyone out there, he has decided to stream the entire new album on his website for FREE!!
“In the digital age we are living in and the countless ways you can actually hear the music I am putting [...]

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