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NICOLE HART BAND WILL PERFORM LIVE ON SIRIUS/XM BLUESVILLE ON AUGUST 13TH WITH BILL WAX
TREASURE HITS 5 ON XM/Sirus BB King's Bluesville Picks to CLick NATIONWIDE!
TREASURE DEBUTS AT 14 ON LIVING BLUES CHARTS NATIONWIDE!
TREASURE 11 weeks on the Weekly Blues Root Charts NATIONWIDE!
IN ROTATION ON MUSIC CHOICE AMERICA NATIONWIDE
NICOLE WINS "FEMALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR" 2009 5TH ANNUAL LOS ANGELES SOUTH BAY MUSIC AWARDS!
Coming to national attention in 2008 on the Blues, Roots, Soul & R&B scene, Nicole Hart made an impressive beginning completing three highly successful tours: she was the featured female performer of Jacksonville Beach, Florida's “Springing the Blues”; the featured female headline act of Laconia, New Hampshire's Big Three Motorcycle Week; she performed many more prominent festivals, including the Jersey Shore Red Bank Jazz & Blues Fest, among other renowned venues on the national circuit. Her initial independent CD release, “NICOLE HART & THE NRG BAND, LIVE!” received airplay on radio stations worldwide & continues to receive airplay to this day.
During a recording session for 2008 Blues Foundation Nominee Albert Castiglia, she met up with Blues Leaf Records label president Joseph Morabia, who soon signed her to the label. Her 2009 Blues Leaf release, "TREASURE," debuted on the Living Blues charts at 14, and is currently in rotation on XM/Sirius Satellite Radio and Cablevision's Music Choice. In May 2009, Nicole became an award-winning vocalist, being recognized as "Female Vocalist of the Year" by the 5th Annual Los Angeles South Bay Music Awards.
"TREASURE" features a duet with labelmate Castiglia, is produced by Grammy award winner Jack Kriesberg (Paquito D’Riviera, Elvin Jones), is mixed and mastered by Grammy award winning engineer Ben Elliott (Eric Clapton, Keith Richards), is distributed by Allegro and available nationwide at Barnes & Noble, Borders Bookstores, J&R Music World, Amazon.com, CD Universe, on this website and at every performance.
As a modern day Blues woman, Nicole straddles a diverse musical terrain defined by such icons as Koko Taylor, Susan Tedeschi, Janiva Magness, & Bonnie Raitt. Hart’s impressive resume also includes work in television, film & live performance outside the realm of Blues.
“As an artist, I am influenced by all great music, and inspired by many of the greatest artists of our time. I aspire to create a feeling & a depth of integrity representing those influences, while also conveying a viewpoint toward the world of my own."
Longtime collaborator, music director & keyboardist extraordinaire, Lance Ong, who produced her previous CD, shines as musical arranger for "TREASURE" & played baby grand & B-3 organ. His credits include a Grammy Award-winning record with Andre Crouch, a first round Emmy nomination for CBS Sports, and recordings with David Sanborn, The Pointer Sisters, Grand Funk Railroad, Michael Murphy, Frankie Beverly and Maze, Anne Murray, Johnny Halliday and Sylvie Vartan, Trini Lopez, Erykah Badu & many others. His masterful command of the keyboards is undisputed, and as arranger and collaborator for Nicole Hart’s Blues Leaf debut, "‘TREASURE”, his piano & organ work is at its finest yet. Hart and Ong were married on August 8th, 2008.
Electronic Press Kit: http://www.nicolehartband.com/contact.htm
Artist Management: FM Management Int, LLC, Mark Meding917.797.8462
Artist Rep: Harty Wiedemann, TA733
850.875.2587, 850.559.7265, Tallahassee, FL
www.bluesdiva.net
For booking the Greater NYC, NY CT, NJ areas: 201.696.0971
Thanks for all your support and belief in us. We are humbly grateful.
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