Jennifer Niceley

Bio:

"Jennifer Niceley's songs are the soulful soundtrack to shadowy nocturnal excursions on a still and sultry summer night, languid, down home reflections that glow from within like fading embers in the darkness. There's nothing hurried here, just the drifting ebb of poetic folk musings with an Americana touch paired with her distinctive, utterly natural vocal style: a gift for bending and shaping notes from a rural drawl to a supple and expressive Billie Holiday-meets-Patsy Cline torch swing, gentle barings of the soul with a lithe, graceful sway. Raised on a Tennessee farm, Jennifer imbues her songs with a feel for the spacious expanses of earth and sky, an appreciation for the wonder of the natural world and the clear understanding of the importance of quietly, determinedly shaping one's own artistic voice in the most personal way imaginable. Beneath the surface of her music is a subtle tension, a darkness and mystery that hangs in the air, an intensity that draws the listener -- not wanting to miss a word or inflection -- ever closer. Understated shuffles that begin with strummed acoustic rhythms intertwining on a half-step beat with brushed percussion...country waltzes and roadhouse ballads that move with a nimble lilt...blues songs reworked and reimagined for 3am melancholy on a rainy night. Jennifer Niceley has both a timeless soul and a near-spiritual sensuality, hidden from direct view but peeled back, layer by layer, line by line, in her inspired live performances and recordings, rare qualities that make her music an exceptionally rich and rewarding experience. Like the title of one of her newer songs -- "Nightbird" -- Jennifer Niceley takes us on a flight over a rural patchworked dreamscape of dusty roads and moonshadows." Dave Curtis (Direct Current Music) .. ....

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Contact: littlesureshot.niceley22@gmail.com

Member Since:

January 27, 2005

Members:

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