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Nikki Talley

'to be a bird' out now!!!!!!

About Me



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...

nikki's music is available online @
www.nikkitalley.com & www.cdbaby.com/cd/nikkitalley

in WNC stores-
Karmasonics (downtown Asheville) & Rockin Robin Records (Brevard)

please feel free to request nikki on
88.7 FM Spindale www.wncw.org/Request.html and
103.5 FM Asheville www.wpvm.org (siren's muse & off the record!)

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 11/8/2005
Band Website: nikkitalley.com
Band Members: me mostly...
Influences: i definently don't sound like my influences, unless you threw all of these fabulous items into a blender and i drank what was poured into the salt-rimmed margarita glass, grabbed my guitar and started singing vicariously thru my sad lil character girls-BUT these are some of the artists i love & in some way they have definently had an impact on my life and are in no particular order of impotence~well except this one:MY MOM-the single most fucking amazing person i've gotten to know, and well then there's the rest of you dregs (aka artists)~bob dylan, arcade fire, tool, kate bush, jeff buckley, darkest hour, pj harvey, tori amos, joni mitchell, 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 (the piano! NOT symphony), liz story, yo la tengo, indigo girls, ani difranco, between the buried and me, loretta lynn, the carter family, the pogues, neutral milk hotel, blind melon, george winston, greg brown, smashing pumpkins, bouncing souls, go-gos, manu chao, laurie anderson, leonard cohen, melanie, nancy sinatra, dresden dolls, black sabbath, allison krauss, sade, air, the smiths/morrissey, nickel creek, ricky skaggs, the doves, shakira (mtv unplugged spanish stuff...fabulous-did you know she actually played guitar long before she ever drank pepsi?) kmfdm, lords of acid, brad, jon spencer & the blues explosion, the pixies, the amps, the breeders (dammit kim deal can you have more bands?!?) frank black, the muse, talking heads, sinead o'connor, radiohead, hedwig-steven trask, waylon jennings, fugazi, zeppelin, neil young, the postal service-(NOT death cab), 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, and of course Chris Gaines....what the fuck was garth thinkin? ha ha ha....i can't wait till one day i can afford my own alter-ego....cha-ching!$!$! heh heh...
Type of Label: None

My Blog

neglected baby birds, missing my music, change

CHANGE! i have been totally involved w/ planning a super huge personal engagement (literally) and have felt so overhwhelmed, happy, overjoyed, scared, nervous, distant....i feel so bad for my lil...
Posted by Nikki Talley on Fri, 10 Oct 2008 01:16:00 PST

cd release!!! over the MOOOOOON! i feel PIRATE?? ha ha ha

i sit here drinking wine, listening to robert plant & allison krauss singing harmony, watching my homegrown zinnias wave in the night breeze thru the windows-that also sneak in some perfumed air f...
Posted by Nikki Talley on Mon, 18 Aug 2008 06:33:00 PST

ok no more miss priss

i'm SO glad that i've gotten over my BITCH-ass attitude i had early...(god what was up  MY ass???) anyway, the night comes on wonderfully w/ THREE huge moonvine blossoms....tomm. i have an early ...
Posted by Nikki Talley on Thu, 14 Aug 2008 06:54:00 PST

making memories in this crazy busy life...

dear GODDESSSSS! i am so freaking busy right now...my head has been spinning out of control for the past month and hasn't STOPPED! i am sitting at the laptop here on a nice rainy/overcast wednesday mo...
Posted by Nikki Talley on Wed, 13 Aug 2008 05:19:00 PST

baby of my own

till i have a lil alien take over my body and make me into the mother goddess, i will continue to call me songs and albums my babies....this recent arrival is truly making me as giddy, radiant, relaxe...
Posted by Nikki Talley on Sun, 20 Jul 2008 06:04:00 PST

new record done just in time for blessing moon!

weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee eeeeeeee! over the moooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooon! seriously, i am so freakin emotional...i finished the album yesterd...
Posted by Nikki Talley on Sat, 19 Jul 2008 08:37:00 PST

busy bee, magicicadas, mt airy, album progressss

summer is finally here...my moonvines & morning glories are creeping up the porch... i've said before that an album is alot like childbearing...it needs the intial seed planted at the perfect time...
Posted by Nikki Talley on Fri, 20 Jun 2008 04:29:00 PST

new album progress, grey eagle gig, WHITE SQUIRREL

weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeehaw.....it's amazing what another's perspective, talent, energy, juju, magics, bag o' tricks (etc!) can do for my music....dear gussie! i have been hangin tough w/ my ...
Posted by Nikki Talley on Mon, 19 May 2008 11:18:00 PST

tennessee twilight zone, dog dolls, lovely ladies...

saturday!!!!!!!!!!! i have NOTHING TO DO! :D yayyy! since i didn't get the invite to L.E.A.F.  ( EAT ME! :P ) i'm chillllin today after a wonderful two days of gigs...i've had a GR...
Posted by Nikki Talley on Sat, 10 May 2008 01:07:00 PST

today’s simple pleasures....

i almost shed a tear when i came out of the building after i had just voted for a WOMAN to become the presidential nominee...wow...i thought of all the women who rallied together to make we women EQUA...
Posted by Nikki Talley on Tue, 06 May 2008 01:58:00 PST