T. Nile - lead vocals, banjo, acoustic 12string, and electric guitars, harmonicas, accordion, mandolin, bells
Joanna Chapman-Smith, vocals, mandolin, percussion, melodica
Drums (depends on the show)
Bass (depends on the show)
Influences
Fever Ray,
Bat for Lashes,
Bon Iver,
Iron and Wine,
Jose Gonzalez,
Chromeo,
Sigur Ros,
Sufjan Stevens,
Twilight Hotel,
Rue Royale,
Kings of Convenience,
Gillian Welch,
The Album Leaf,
Mason Jennings,
Feist,
Julie Doiron,
Anthology of American Folk Music,
Emmylou Harris,
Jamie Lidell,
Fruit Bats,
Damien Jurado,
The Knife,
Fleet Foxes,
Toots and The Maytals,
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan,
Jah Cure,
Sly and Robbie,
Ben Rogers,
Paulo Nutini,
Whitest Boy Alive
Sounds Like
roots music, freak folk, postrock, americana, alt.country, slowcore, new folk, gypsy, reggqe, rock, folk music.
Roots Music with Pop sensibilities... "Vancouver's Tamara Nile could well be the biggest roots noise out of these very rootsy parts since Neko Case and the Be Good Tanyas.
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T. Nile burst onto the scene a couple of years ago out of her native BC with a hypnotic debut CD. Since then she's been catching the attention of everyone she plays for with strong writing and captivating performances.
Leading Music Journalist Larry Leblanc loves The Cabin Song EP!
"To say I was overwhelmed by your EP "The Cabin Song" would be an understatement. I am gob-smacked to use a British saying ... (just came back from the UK yesterday).
The tracks are beautifully recorded and the arrangements flawless but the standouts are your precise and wonderful vocals and an overall warmth to the CD.
You deserve every ounce of respect you can squeeze from his industry and you have more talent than 95% of the people out there.
Just beautiful" ~Larry Leblanc, music industry journalist
"T.Nile has been turning some heads in the indie-folk world in this country and abroad with her brazen blend of roots, rock, country and everything in between. Her music jumps out at you while you listen to it, and in the most simple terms imaginable, it's staggeringly good." -Tom Power, Deep Roots, CBC.
"Obviously the 2009 version of T. Nile is a quantum leap in heartfelt emotion
and sonic texture over the 2006 version of T. Nile that I recently first
heard"
~Jeffrey Morgan
CREEM Magazine - Canadian Editor
"Come from Galiano Island with a banjo on her knee, Vancouver's T. Nile could well be the biggest roots noise out of these very rootsy parts since Neko Case and the Be Good Tanyas."
~ John P.McLaughlin
after the Vancouver Folk Festival Main-Stage performance:
"Between Aimee Mann and Ozomatli, there was a little feature showcase with one of the performers from later this weekend named T. Nile, and she was fucking brilliant! Great singing, harmonies, original songwriting, and banjo! "
~Bradvertize Blog
"Tamara Nile is one of those young fresh talents that comes along only once in awhile - an accomplished songwriter and musician, she has that rare ability to connect with the audience from the start and keep them engaged." ~Phyllis Stenson, Artistic Director
Harrison Festival Society, Sept 8 2008
"As for T. Nile, her set was as refreshing as a splash of water... she served up a mouth watering menu of rustic and groovy ditties... her vocals were sweet, carefree and tangy..."
~Sandra Sperounces, Edmonton Journal review of Edmonton Folk Music Festival, Aug. 12, 2007
after the Edmonton Folk Festival:
T. Nile -" a newcomer for me, and definitely a singer and songwriter to watch"
~Richard Flohil
"Eclectic songs, rooted in tradition but looking forward. One of Canada's musical gifts to the 21st century."
~Gary Cristall
T. Nile — At My Table (self-released) :: "And this banjo-fueled folk rock sounds like it was raised on the right acoustic side of Led Zeppelin III's tracks"
Jeffrey Morgan’s Media Blackout
by Jeffrey Morgan (CREEM Magazine - Canadian Editor)
3/5/2008
"...The music is outstanding. Haunting in some
places, rootsy and upbeat in others. An interesting juxtaposition of traditionally conflicting styles..."
~Bill Hurley
"Today, I bought a banjo.... (at first) I was worried that a banjo would fulfill my folk fix but leave me wanting on the rock side of things, but I forgot how wicked T. Nile is and how intense Sufjan’s banjo riffs can be."
"Unity Behind Diversity | Searching for beauty in the dissonance- Blog"
T. Nile's “Cabin Song”
EP is the follow up to her highly acclaimed debut album “At My
Table” and the precursor to a sophomore LP set for release within
the next year. With Cabin Song, Nile continues to build and create a
contemporary folk sound that is uniquely hers and these seven new songs
deliver on every promise that “At My Table” made.
The title track spins a yarn of
ache filled memories complete with French lullabies and welsh cakes
while “Reverie” mixes a gritty dub influenced bass line with
the shimmering notes of T. Nile's banjo. “Lake Irene” and
“Boats Against A Dock” tell instrumental tales of gold
mine ghost towns and lumbering tug boats and the cinematic journey of
“Sunrises” that travels through lush wet-coast dreamscapes
is a foil to the anthemic foot stomp of “Rock Whatcha Got”.
T. Nile has spent most of the
last three years once the road since releasing At My Table in 2006.
From the outdoor festivals and clubs that dot the Trans Canada Highway
and its many tributaries, T Nile has also made stops at packed halls
and theatres in Germany, Denmark and Alaska. Along the way she was named
the "Best New/Emerging Artist" at the Canadian Folk Music
Awards, the "Critic's Favorite New Discovery" in Penguin Eggs,
and was nominated for "Best Contemporary Vocalist" at the
most recent Canadian Folk Music Awards.
All of this is many miles down
the road from her humble beginnings in a tiny cabin on Galiano Island
but not so surprising for someone who got her musical start accompanying
her father, a multi-instrumentalist sidewalk entertainer, through North
America and Australia at the age of 6. Nile will continue down that
road in preparation for next year's LP release, and in support of “Cabin
Song”, by touring Canada, USA and the EU, showcasing in Toronto (NXNE),
In New York, and Nashville. 2009 will also see Tamara playing at the
legendary Winnipeg Folk Festival, Mission Folk Festival and Yellowknife's
own, Folk On The Rocks.
I think you may know my good friend Brian Goldschmied as well. He's a photographer/videographer....I'm pretty sure he was telling me about you over dinner one night :)
Hey darling! Thanks so much for being a friend:) I hope you like our music and that you'll keep in touch. How was your weekend sweetheart? Get up to anything crazy? I hope things are well with you and to hear back real soon. Cheers hun!
that looks like a Country Gentleman yer pickin there lady....thought you were all 'folkies' and such - but it looks like you rockout every once in awhile? It must be tough offering your heart and soul to 'the crowd' like that...keep it up.
