nikki-guitar, banjo, piano, charango, voice
jason sharp-guitar, bass
bryan white-bass
richard foulk-drumkit
river guerguerian-percussion
TO BE A BIRD:
nikki-guitar, banjo, charango, piano, voice
jason sharp-guitar, bass
aaron price-guitar, bass, banjo, keyboards
richard foulk-percussion
tim gardner-fiddle
michael guggino-mandola & mandolin
Influences
my mama's guitar playing, banjo picking, singing & songwriting...
she introduced me to bob dylan, joni mitchell, the carter family, greg brown, leonard cohen, jimmy hendrix, judy collins, laurie anderson, nancy sinatra, the rolling stones, neil young and many others who've shaken & shaped the music world.
musical inspiration:
arcade fire, tool, kate bush, jeff buckley, darkest hour, pj harvey, tori amos, alice in chains, songs:ohia, the comas, superchunk, sonic youth, dead can dance, loreena mckennit, bjork, the cure, natalie merchant, dan hicks and his hot licks, danny elfman, chopin, liz story, yo la tengo, indigo girls, ani difranco, between the buried and me, loretta lynn, the pogues, neutral milk hotel, blind melon, george winston, smashing pumpkins, bouncing souls, go-gos, manu chao, melanie, dresden dolls, black sabbath, allison krauss, sade, air, the smiths/morrissey, nickel creek, ricky skaggs, the doves, shakira (mtv unplugged spanish stuff...fabulous) kmfdm, lords of acid, brad, jon spencer & the blues explosion, the pixies, the amps, the breeders frank black, the muse, talking heads, sinead o'connor, radiohead, hedwig-steven trask, waylon jennings, fugazi, zeppelin, the postal service, fiona apple, skankin pickle, propaghandi, the gits, leo kotke, brenda kahn, mercury rev, patty griffin, nusrat fateh ali khan, wesley willis, reverend horton heat, man or astroman, the mount airy fiddler's convention...this list goes ever on as i discover more music daily!
non-music inspiration:
nature, relationships gone awry, birds, laughter, touchy subjects, post-it notes, wine, love, sadness, big cities, small towns, dirt roads, busy highways, solitary travel, partnerships, things with wings, magic...
nestled in her home in western north carolina, nikki has released her third album 'to be a bird'...her latest record includes jason sharp on guitars & bass, aaron price on guitars, bass & vocal harmonies, michael guggino (of steep canyon rangers) on mandolin, tim gardner (of high windy band) on fiddle in addition to nikki herself playing guitars, banjo & charango...her vocal ability is amazing, haunting and beautiful...'to be a bird' is a reflection of her rootsy upbringing...the heartfelt songs are simply stunning...
Thanks, Nikki. You sounded good. Glad to see you're keeping busy. I'd love to visit Asheville someday. Except for a few places like the brewery, I'm absolutely dying in O-town. Peace, Bob
Nikki Talley, How's it going? I just wanted to let you know that my debut CD "Like I'm Beautiful" is now available on iTunes, on sale for only $5.94 this week!
Hope that you enjoy and have a blessed day! Kelly Murray
Nikki, I'll try to make the brewery show - if I don't get booked somewhere. They're very supportive of original music there. Plus, the beer's excellent! Peace, Bob "Stormcrow" Sanders
Hey Nikki, My two new CD's "Ascension" & "Singles" are now available in digital format at iTunes, Napster, Amazon, etc... and physical autographed CD's at btkeys.com/purchase_audio_tracks. I think you'll enjoy them! Thanks for your support and please pass along to your friends :) bt
I am so excited you are coming to ATL!! I moved down here about 7 months ago, when 'To Be a Bird' was first getting major airplay on WNCW, and I've got to say I miss that station terribly. There's NOTHING like it down here. See you in a couple weeks!! Hooray!
No, it's not Halloween yet, but it'll be here before you know it. Can't wait to have you back in town. The Milltop will be rockin', to say the very least. In the meantime, I hope you enjoy an awesome summer. We just spent a week at Black Rock Mountain in northeast Georgia (52 degrees a couple of mornings! ah) Godspeed.
what a weekend... glad to be part of the crew now, my dear! thought i'd say hey here on myspace, though the world seems to live on Facebook these days, eh? ;-)
Hope you are well in Asheville. I live down the mountain in Greenville, SC. I have a new free album download up this week. Hope you enjoy...Peace & Best Wishes!!
Shit! ain't nuthin like the buttockess! thanks for giving it a listen and hopefully it drew you to glisten- if you speak to laura at 88.7 would you please sneeze in her direction, of'course making sure to cover the course...
