ADRIAN NILES IS RESPECTED AND ADMIRED AS A UNIQUE ARTIST NOT ONLY FOR HIS IMPRESSIVE MUSICIAN-SHIP AND DEEP SOULFUL VOICE, BUT ALSO FOR HIS VISCERAL SONGWRITING ABILITY AND STYLINGS. ADRIAN'S ROOTS ARE DEEP IN BLUES, WHICH IS WHERE HE FINDS MOST COMFORT. NILES ALSO PREFERS A FOLK SENSIBILITY THAT HE FEELS UNLEASHES THE STORY-TELLER WITHIN.
BORN AND BRED ON BLUEGRASS, ADRIAN NILES GOT THE BUG FROM HIS DAD, LOREN. AS A BABY, ADRIAN WOULD BANG HIS HEAD OFF THE CRIB TO A RHYTHM. AFTER DOCTOR'S CONCERN AND YEARS PASSING ON, NILES GREW TO LOVE THE BLUES AND IT'S LEGENDS; MUDDY AND HOWLIN' BEING HIS FAVORITES HE BEGAN HIS STUDIES.
HIS FRESHMAN YEAR OF HIGH SCHOOL ADRIAN PLAYED JIMI LICKS IN A BAND OF FELLOW CLASSMATES/MUSICIANS. HE QUICKLY LEARNED HE WOULD HAVE TO FORGE OUT A PATH OF HIS OWN THROUGH THE DRIBBLE OF HAIR BANDS, AND GRUNGE OF THE EARLY '90S.
BOB DYLAN WAS REALIZED SHORTLY THEREAFTER AND, LIKE A BEACON POISED UPON A CELESTIAL PEAK, ADRIAN NILES FOLLOWED. AND SO THE JOURNEY CONTINUES; SPRAWLING OUT ATOP THE BARREN PLAINS OF "BIG LABEL PRODUCTIONS", WINDING THROUGH THE NARROW TRAILS OF FORMULATED SONGSTERS AND GLIDING ABOVE THE LISTLESS VALLEYS OF COVER BANDS.
NILES YEARNS WITH HIS MUSIC, HE LAMENTS AND REJOICES WITH LYRIC AND PHRASE. ADRIAN NILES HAS PROVEN THAT EVEN AMOUNG THE BLEAKEST OF LANDSCAPE, THERE'S A SPIRIT OF DESIRE TO BE FOUND.
HIS LATEST FULL-LENGTH RELEASE, ENTITLED 'THINGS GONNA BREAK', EPITOMIZES THE DEPTHS OF HIS CRAFT AND TALENT. WRITTEN, PRODUCED AND PERFORMED ENTIRELY BY NILES, ITS PROOF THAT ADRIAN NILES HAS A FINGER PRESSED FIRMLY ON THE PULSE OF THE AMERICANA MOVEMENT OF THE DAY.
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"A folk song is what's wrong and how to fix it or it could be
who's hungry and where their mouth is or
who's out of work and where the job is or
who's broke and where the money is or
who's carrying a gun and where the peace is.â€Woody Guthrie
