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Nicole Torres

for more, visit www.nicoletorres.com

About Me

Her "feverish eclecticism" and "engaging performances" are "likely to hijack the attention of anyone within earshot." Described as "bold, passionate and poetic," Nicole Torres is turning heads across the country both solo and with her band, The Affiliates. "This is sophisticated music, classically structured and yet containing various elements, rhythms and genres." Over the course of her seven independently released records she has incorporated flavors of jazz, reggae, pop, alternative and spoken word. Acoustic guitar drives the groove-centered, genre-bending songs with "simple rhythms played to clever effect." Electric drums and bass from John Minardi and Sparrow lay solid foundation for primal textures from flautist Chris Lawhead. Torres' voice, "at once velvet and disarming," demonstrates a "range and musical savvy that most American Idol contestants would die for." "She seems to grow to fill the stage she's on, possessing a stage presence well beyond her years." See Nicole Torres & The Affiliates today.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 3/1/2006
Band Website: nicoletorres.com
Band Members: nicole torres, john minardi, ben sparrow.
Influences: all sorts of them........... radiohead, bb king, miles davis, sublime, janis joplin, widespread panic, sweatshop union, heiroglyphics, gorillaz, ani difranco, del tha funkee homosapien, ella fitzgerald, patty griffin, saul williams, bad religion, bob marley, morcheeba, joan osborne, jewell, blind mellon, tonic, pearl jam, the verve pipe, billie holliday, counting crows, portishead, galactic, dan the automator, madonna, the thievery corporation, leo kotke, jeremy hoog, nina simone, the allman brothers, mason williams, alanis morissette, bush, system of a down, bad religion, bella fleck and the flecktones, R.E.M., the red hot chili peppers, gloria estefan, the offspring, and about a million others.
Sounds Like: there are appearant influences from jazz, reggae, folk, hip-hop, latin, rock, funk, and even bluegrass--but it doesn't fit in to any of those categories. it's a pretty eclectic hybrid. it's sincere and unique. it is liquid... it will fill whatever space it is given.
Record Label: Nico Records
Type of Label: None

My Blog

GREAT NEWS!!

SONGSTRESS NICOLE TORRES: A MUSICAL MUSEBy Don Bain She dances across the stage as the music starts in a dynamic yet unassuming manner. Nicole Torres is singing her introspective, self-aware and o...
Posted by Nicole Torres on Fri, 08 Feb 2008 03:05:00 PST

nicole torres & the affiliates featured in this month's colorado music buzz

Nicole Torres & The Affiliatesby Tommy [email protected] from the ear-candy shop of bubblegum Pop and mainstream monotony, a young doe-eyed songstress shares her own brand of bold, ...
Posted by Nicole Torres on Sun, 01 Jul 2007 01:24:00 PST

web page photo gallery

i finished the photo section on my website. i'm pretty excited about it. check it out.www.nicoletorres.com
Posted by Nicole Torres on Sat, 03 Jun 2006 03:48:00 PST

the balcony

me, my girlfriend, and a friend of ours were sitting on the balcony late last night. i got up to go inside to get something, but when i got to the door, it seemed to be locked from the inside. bummer....
Posted by Nicole Torres on Wed, 03 May 2006 02:49:00 PST

you know you've got a my space problem when...

the text message read: "no bites last night by the by."what i understood: "nobody hit your my space profile last night."what she meant: "no spiders bit me in my sleep last night for the first time in...
Posted by Nicole Torres on Tue, 02 May 2006 04:02:00 PST

still never know

i'm still not sure what i'm supposed to put in this thing. this morning the woman at the record store across the street let me buy a roll of quarters from her so i could do laundry. since they don't g...
Posted by Nicole Torres on Thu, 20 Apr 2006 12:21:00 PST

so--here goes.

alright. this is the first blog entry of my life. really. i had to try it because all the cool kids are doing it. besides, why not cast my sleepy soul into the abyss for the w...
Posted by Nicole Torres on Mon, 17 Apr 2006 08:35:00 PST