The Niki Barr Band

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CD RELEASE SHOW ANNOUNCED!:
To celebrate the release of the band's new record 'Bloom', we're throwing a HUGE CD release show at the 8x10 in Baltimore, MD on Saturday, May 24th ! You can be the first to have the new record AND see the band perform the new songs LIVE. We're giving you plenty of notice to save-the-date, so we better see each and every one of you there!!

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NBB IN WALL STREET JOURNAL!:
Get yourself to your nearest Wall Street Journal carrier and pick up the March 24th issue! The Journal will feature an article titled "Rock in a Hard Place" in their Weekend Edition, which talks about the Niki Barr Band's support for our troops and their Armed Forces Entertainment tours. You can even hear a Podcast & listen to songs at Wall Street Journal Online! Check it out!
ARTIST OF THE WEEK ON XM!:
The Niki Barr Band has been selected as Artist of the Week on the Radar Report on XM Satellite Radio. The Radar Report is a special feature highlighting XM’s most notable bands each week. XM Radio will be featuring the band this Thursday, March 22nd. on the Radar Report at 10pm ET. The Radar Report Encores every Friday at 2pm ET and every Saturday at 6am ET The show airs on: XMU, XM Radio Channel 43, XM Radio Online, Direct TV Channel 831 and on AOL XMU. XM 43 is located on XM Satellite Radio in the United States and Canada. For more info, check out http://www.xmradio.com or http://www.radiounsigned.com. If you don't have XM, you can listen online with a free account for 14 days. Simply go to http://xmro.xmradio.com and use the following code: XMB4MD.
NBB ADVANCES TO QUATERFINALS ON MUSIC NATION!!:
We are very pleased to announce that the Niki Barr Band is Music Nation's Week 3 winner in the Rock category, as chosen by the judges! They have advanced to the quarterfinals and are one step closer to a deal with Epic Records. We want to thank all of you who voted for the "Wasted Time" music video! Visit Music Nation to find out more about the contest!
BACK TO SOUTHWEST ASIA!
We're proud to announce that the Niki Barr Band will be returning to Southwest Asia to perform for our troops, thanks to the Armed Forces Entertinment. The tour dates are set for March 24th-April 18th. Though the exact locations will be kept confidential, please be sure to let your friends and family members serving in Southwest Asia know that the band will be returning to perform for them!
NIKI BARR BAND: BIOS
Niki Barr: With their magnetic stage presence; strong, memorable lyrics; and their superior musicianship, the Niki Barr Band is quickly becoming a hot topic in the music industry and amongst national and international fans!The Niki Barr Band play rock n roll, pure and simple. Front woman Niki Barr has been on stage in one way or another since a very young age. One of her performances caught the attention of Mike Marucci of Marucci Artist Management Inc. and a short time later, the 15 year-old singer had a manager.By age 16, Niki had already begun recording with producer/mixer/engineer Jim Ebert (Butch Walker, Marvelous 3, Meredith Brooks) on several demos that would become her first EP, The Other Side of Me.She's now 24 and for such a young woman, Niki has accomplished more than many artists twice her age. Niki has had the pleasure of working with some of the biggest names in the recording industry, including songwriters/producers The Matrix, Wizards of Oz, Mathew Gerrard, Butch Walker, Aaron Johnson, and Stephen Lironi.Niki released her first full-length record in 2004, titled “Lush” - produced by Jim Ebert. Shortly after, she filmed a music video for her single “Wasted Time”, directed by Andrew Paul Bowser, which was released as a DVD. The single, “Wasted Time” became the 1 single on Sky Radio in the UK for over 6 weeks.In 2006, Niki released another EP, titled “Go”, teaming up, once again with Jim Ebert as producer. The single “Go” sat atop Sky Radio’s Pulse Rated charts for over 8 weeks in the UK.Itching to move beyond her “solo singer/songwriter” label, Niki joined with bassist Scott Ensign, guitarist Island Styles, and drummer BJ Kerwin to begin performing, writing, and recording as the Niki Barr Band.It is worth noting that the Niki Barr Band is no stranger to rigorous touring. The band just completed their 3rd (and Niki’s 10th) Armed Forces Entertainment Tour, which took the band to locations around the world, performing for the US Troops in the Middle East, Japan, UK, and many other countries throughout Europe and Southeast Asia. The tours sparked the interest of Billboard, Rolling Stone, The Wall Street Journal, and Time Magazine, who featured stories of the band’s tours overseas. Shortly after their return from their most recent tour in the Middle East, the band appeared on the nationally acclaimed NPR Radio show “Border Crossings” with host, Larry London.With the music industry at a stand still, the band looks above and beyond, continuing to write and release new music, and bringing their audiences (new and old) the energetic, soulful performances NBB fans have grown to love and new audiences quickly fall in love with.The band will soon release a live DVD of the band’s recent AFE tour in the Middle East, as well as a new EP on their own label, NBE. Both will be available in early 2008!
Island Styles: Island was born in Baltimore MD. Inspired heavily by his family, he started getting into music almost the day he was born. His father being a vocalist/drummer and his mother being a vocalist/guitarist helped him tremendously in finding his musical talent. By the age of three he was singing in various churches and banging on his father's drum set. Not much longer after that, his parents bought him his first guitar (A 1/4 size classical acoustic). Around the age of 12, he started lessons from his very musically accomplished uncle James Young. Around this time he also became influenced by his father's rock band "Doug Farris & Company". Frequent lessons, listening to the right influences, and practicing for hours on end every day since then has gotten him to the degree of musicianship that he has today.
Scott Ensign: Scott is a big bad dude who plays the Bass in the band. Enough said.
BJ Kerwin: BJ Kerwin was only 9 years old when he picked up his first set of drum sticks. Now, at 23, he hasn't looked back. "I started playing because I was always around it," says Kerwin. "Both my dad and my uncle have been professional drummers. And like any kid who's always around instruments, you eventually just start banging on shit." After picking up the drums, Kerwin tried his hand at guitar at age 12, and became hooked on music. He was soon forming bands and moonlighting in friends' projects left and right, recording his own songs and playing shows all over the D.C. Metro area. He later attended Full Sail in Orlando, Fla., to hone his recording skills and learn the tricks and the trade of the entertainment business. Upon returning from the muggy expanses of Florida, Kerwin hooked up with the Niki Barr Band in early 2006 and jumped at the chance to join on as a rhythm guitarist. However, the Band was soon in need of a drummer, and Kerwin stepped in to fill the slot, cementing the Band's line-up. "Working with Niki is fantastic," says Kerwin. "It's always great to work with a well-organized group of professionals who are all committed to the same goals. She is a fantastic song writer which makes for an interesting set to watch and play every night."