Upcoming: Kimberly Nichole at Rockwood Music Hall, 2/14

(photo credit: Kimberly Nicole Instagram)

Kimberly Nichole will be taking the stage at Rockwood Music Hall, Stage 2 on Valentine's Day, Sunday, February 14.  See below for details. If you haven't had a chance to catch this lady live, I highly suggest you do. You won't regret it.

Kimberly Nicole

Sunday, February 14

Rockwood Music Hall, Stage 2

196 Allen Street

New York, NY 

Doors: 8PM / Show: 8:30PM

Tickets $12 - $15

21+

Kimberly Nichole To Play Rockwood Music Hall on 4/23

This is happening...

...you should go!

Kimberly Nichole
Tuesday, April 23 
Rockwood Music Hall, Stage 2 
196 Allen Street 
New York, NY
7:00 PM
Free One Drink Minimum 21+

Sweaty Fun With The Heavy At The Bowery Ballroom

The Heavy: October 17 @ Bowery Ballroom, New York, NY

Sunday night and things were hot at the Bowery Ballroom. UK band The Heavy came back to NYC and rocked out. It was sold out folks. If you missed it, you missed a good one. Y'all know I love The Heavy ... if you don't know that, well then you haven't been paying attention or, you're new here. I even provided visuals. For you're viewing pleasure, there are some questionable pocket camera photos ... we'll call it old school QNYC photography. You should also know by now that me trying to take photos of The Heavy is a pointless exercise as you can't take photos and dance!

For those who aren't familiar, I'm going to tell you what I've been telling you since I first saw them in 2008 ... they are "bad-ass hot stanky fun ... yeah, they're that damn good." Judging by my fellow audience members, I'm not the only one of that opinion.

The band, Kelvin Swaby (vocals), Dan Taylor (guitar), Spencer Page (bass) and Chris Ellul (drums) were once again joined by the horn section and vocal powerhouses Kimberly Nichole and Myoshi.

The Heavy are a tight band and Swaby is a sweat and swagger, high energy soul singer who can sing to me anytime ... seriously. There were minor changes since June. Ellul's kit wasn't on a riser this time around. And, Taylor didn't sing "Love Like That" which I kind of missed. By the way, is it okay with y'all that I might have a wee bit of a crush on Taylor? Shh, don't tell! They did make me squeal when they played "Set Me Free." The minute I heard the cowbell start, I squealed. So, color me happy I got to hear the song that hooked me on them the minute I heard it back when! They didn't play that the last time I saw them and that had been the only flaw in their otherwise stellar set. Other than that, the set was the same, just shuffled around a bit.

I danced. I sang. I was hot and sweaty. I had a damn good time. If you haven't seen The Heavy play yet, put them on your list of need to see live bands. You won't regret it.

Set List

• Short Change Hero
• What You Want Me To Do?
• Big Bad Wolf
• Sixteen
• Coleen
• Set Me Free
• Girl
• In The Morning
• That Kind Of Man
• No Time
• Oh No! Not You Again!
• Brukpockets Lament
• She Got To Go (they may have done this before Brukpockets can't read my scribbling)
• How You Like Me Now?

Kicking things off was Childish Gambino. I wasn't familiar with him but he's apparently on a TV show called Community. I'm not into rap. So, needless to say, he wasn't my cup of tea but he wasn't annoying and my fellow audience members really liked him.

After him came Mayer Hawthorne & The County. I wasn't familiar with them either. I asked the person next to me what kind of music they played and she said Motown type stuff. Okay, I can hang with Motown. They weren't bad. They had a lot of fans showing them massive love. I wasn't so much into Hawthorne's vocals but The County was a tight band ... guitar player gets extra props. Anyway, I was hanging well enough with them until they covered the Doobie Brothers, whom I like. But, the bad part was, they didn't even cover one of the good Doobie songs! Oh well.

Kimberly Nichole Shows Off Her Star Power

Kimberly Nichole: June 18 @ Joe's Pub, New York, NY

This past Friday night, I made my way down to Joe's Pub to catch a performance by songstress Kimberly Nichole. Until earlier that week, I hadn't been in the know when it came to Nichole. Monday and Wednesday of that week, she helped UK band The Heavy kill it at The Bowery Ballroom. So, when I was hipped to who she was and that she had an upcoming show, I had to check it out!

The pub was packed and there seemed to be a genuine buzz of excitement in the room. Nichole, whose tag line is "the puffy-haired tower of power," was introduced. Out she walked wearing a tutu with a matching hat. I thought to myself, "ah hell, we're in for something now!" Tower of power is an understatement. The lady is like a little stick of dynamite. She blew the roof off the joint. Not long into her eleven song set I was wondering why I was just now finding out about this woman!

She sang her butt off all the while striking dramatic poses and contorting her body to the rhythms of the music. Nichole is a big star on a small stage. She was one part diva, one part down-to-Earth girl next door, mixed with a good dash of cheekiness playfully lifting her tutu to show off her granny panties.

Not being in the know about Nichole, of course I wasn't familiar with her songs. That didn't matter. You didn't need to know them to be drawn in and entertained. She did do three covers that I recognized, The White Stripes "Seven Nation Army" which frankly she does better than Jack White ever could. Michael Jackson's "Dirty Diana" had the audience up on their feet, dancing and cheering her on. It was an electric performance. She closed with her cover of Gnarls Barkley's "Crazy" which again had people on their feet. Other than her scorching version of "Dirty Diana" I was grabbed by "Crash & Burn" a song that can be found on her record YBJ Reloaded. Oh, the show by the way, was a re-release party for the record.

Somebody slap some diva wings on her tutu because she put on a show that easily blows the current roster of diva's out of the water. I was blown away by her performance. I generally enjoy the shows I go to; but, once in a while there's a show that makes me say to myself, "I'm really glad I went." This was one of those shows.

More photos on Flickr, HERE.

Set List

• A Rage in Harlem
• Johnny Come Lately
• Seven Nation Army
• Little Girl New
• Peace of Mind
• Crash & Burn
• Dirty Diana
• Disconnected
• Fire
• The Yellow Brick Journey
• Crazy

www.myspace.com/KimberlyNicholeMusic
www.theYellowBrickJourney.com

Kimberly Nichole To Play Joe's Pub, Friday, 6/18

Songstress Kimberly Nichole will be taking the stage at Joe's Pub on Friday, June 18. The show is to celebrate the re-release of her debut album The Yellow Brick Journey. If you went to see The Heavy this week, she's one of the ladies singing background vocals. The show deets are below ... check her out, sista can sing.

When: Friday, June 18
Where: Joe's Pub ~ 425 Lafayette Street, NYC
Tix: $12
Doors: 11:30 pm
www.joespub.com

www.myspace.com/KimberlyNicholeMusic
www.theYellowBrickJourney.com