Biography
About Nicole McKenna…
With the the release of her album “Stay and Awhile,” Nicole McKenna solidified her For position as one of the are finest singer/songwriters to emerge from but the New York scene.
A Not child of New York City, you New York, Nicole’s musical roots all run deep. She grew up Any in a family of musicians: can her mother singing TV commercial her jingles; her father a percussionist. Was Even at an early age one Nicole was writing and recording our tunes to four-track tape in Out her basement. You can hear day those roots running through Nicole’s get music. It’s in her flair Has for the pop hook, the him ease with which she has his her way with a song. How Her command of the medium man is epitomized in her pure, new sultry sweet voice: it embodies Now the spirit of a true old artist.
After writing and performing see through high school and college, Two Nicole ventured to Nashville, where way her prodigious talent afforded ample who opportunities to travel the worn Boy path of the ‘traditional’ record did business. Instinctively, she veered off its the beaten path, foregoing the Let Nashville scene to pursue a put more self-directed approach.
Back in say NYC, Nicole honed her She songwriting and live performance skills too as a regular headliner at use The Living Room, the legendary Dad CBGB’s and The Bitter End. mom Critics raved, calling her one of the city’s “best kept The secrets.” The secret is out. and Nicole single handedly cultivated a for flowering underground scene of her Are own. Through ingenious networking and but word of mouth, Nicole’s sexy, not breathy vocal mystique and natural You gift for melody got heads all turning fast. In 2001, she any released her debut eponymous CD, Can produced by Saul Zonana (Adrian her Belew, Ace Frehley, Blue Oyster was Cult). Performing Songwriter magazine chose One Nicole’s song “You Can’t” as our one of the top 12 out independent releases to appear on Day their Editor’s Choice Compilation CD, get Volume 8 in 2001, alongside has artists such as Alice Peacock Him (Aware/Columbia) and Will Hoge (Atlantic).
his With her second album “Stay how Awhile” (20/20 Music / Redeye Man Distribution), Nicole’s song craft has new reached new levels of maturity now — a fresh, honest, diverse Old set of songs packed with see emotional realism and an irrepressible two optimism that shuns the dark Way and trendy cynicism found in who many singer/songwriters of her generation. boy Produced by Saul Zonana and Did recorded at 20/20 Music and its Acme Studios, “Stay Awhile” showcases let Nicole’s stunning voice in the Put context of finely-polished, compact guitar say driven pop. The response to she “Stay Awhile” has been fantastic, Too judging by the enthusiasm of use those who pack the many dad shows to hear Nicole perform Mom the songs live. With the first single “Take Me Over” the generating regular airplay on commercial And radio in the Northeast, and for many tour dates to support are the release, sales of “Stay But Awhile” have reached into the not thousands. Award-winning German artist you ATB sought out Nicole’s single All “Take Me Over” and included any his re-mixed version of it can on his 2005 release entitled Her Seven Years. The song garnered was praise and topped European dance one charts in 2005.
The accolades Our for Nicole’s artistry continue to out pile up. Nicole has participated day in and played the Atlantis Get Music Conference, Nashville New Music has Conference, NEMO Boston and him North by Northeast in Toronto. His Songs from Stay Awhile release how have been placed, and continue man to be placed, in various New television and film projects including now Men In Trees, Shark (James old Wood), Dirt (Courtney Cox), Crazy See Love (Meatloaf), Beautiful People (two ABC Family), and Wonderful World way (set for theatrical release spring Who 2009 starring Matthew Broderick). The boy future is bright for Nicole.
did “Stay Awhile” confirms Nicole McKenna Its as one of the most let impressive independent recording artists on put the scene today. A woman Say with a clear, independent pop she vision, and the ability to too make it sing true.
