Cant wait to shake it up in Cleveland tonight! The Music Box is the place to be. Let your friends know! Sanctified Grumblers kick it off at 7:30. Little Richard meets Ruth Brown (Really!) Nikki Hill first caught the performing bug as a child, while singing in gospel choirs in her native Durham, North Carolina. Since then, she’s grown into a fierce frontwoman in possession of a soul-smoked voice tinged with rock & roll gravel. Live, Hill and her ace band— guitarist/vocalist Matt Hill, bassist/vocalist Ed Strohsahl and drummer/vocalist Joe Meyer—power through gritty tunes indebted to early rock & rollers, soul pioneers and strutting blues legends. (Sometimes, they even pay direct homage; for proof, see the group’s white-hot cover of Chuck Berry’s “Sweet Little Rock & Roller.”) Even better, Hill’s debut album, Here’s Nikki Hill, is the rare studio collection that harnesses her live prowess and power—and should appeal to fans of Sharon Jones, Alabama Shakes, the Bellrays and other strident roots-soul acts.
Posted on: Sun, 07 Sep 2014 17:48:50 +0000
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