Nia-Nubian

NIA-NUBIAN SINGER/SONGWRITER: Welcome to a musical opus with substance. Nia Queen confronts todays R and B mould with a collection of songs that speaks to the social conscience of todays materialist and self centered world.Nia draws on an electric repertoire of black music that transcends genres and eras Aretha Franklin,Mary J Blije,Ella and Erica Budu are just a few of the influnces which helped to shape Nias musical presence today.The themes explored include a simplicty of life,justice and the experience of 'urban life' in the 'concrete jungle'. Nia shows us there is more to musical subject content then falling in and out of love,there is a whole range of emotional and political experiences that shape our lives and thankfully Nia documents these with a smooth,passionate,melodic vocal presense.Nia-Nubian is a women of substance, her lyrrics allows you to think about what is going in the world around u on a grass roots level. Her music has been called urban , powerful, thought provoking and concious.Nia-Nubian, born Denise Blake in the inner city of North West London, or as her nephew from BMD says "Northweeezee", was bought up into a household full of music, politics,and black conciousness.Nia has been influenced by many artist, which include's the great Stevie Wonder. Phylls Hyman, Bobby Womack, Marvin Gaye, Bob Marley, Bob Andy,Miles Davis, Curtis Mayfiels and Nas, Barry White, Antony Hamilton, Musiq Soulchild,Terry Callier,Hill St Soul, Indie Arie, Nina Simone,Mary J bLIGE,The Re-birth,Sunshine Anderson, and Lauren Hill, to name but a few. All these people have sang songs with a socially concious message, this is what has influenced Nia.