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Magazine has described Niecie as a raw and soulful ..rocking
blues powerhouse. Produced by Grammy Lifetime Achievement
Award winner former Allman Brothers Johnny Neel, Niecies
music has topped charts all over the world landing on Billboard,
RMR and Living Blues charts. The multi-talented Niecie has been
sharing her high-energy music around the world for more than
three decades. Releasing six albums and several singles thus
far, Niecie has stayed true to her blues roots and has grooved
her way into the hearts of fans all across the globe.
Niecies
illustrious career has had many special moments and accolades,
including being voted Fan Favorite by the L.A. Music Critics
Award and named one of the Top 25 Women In Music by Blues-E
News Magazine. Niecies Queen Of The Hill release won USA
Female Album Of The Year at the International Singer Songwriter
Awards and Willow Tree, a cut off that release won USA Best
Blues Original at the Red Carpet Awards in the Netherlands.
Deeply rooted in the blues / rock traditions, Niecie makes music
on her own terms. Niecie is a stand-alone talent. Well known
for her incredible live performances, Niecie is also a force
to be reckoned with in the studio. Here is a powerful voice
with an original style all her own. Her versatility as a songwriter
is equally impressive.
What
gives the blues its soulful power is its ability to cut through
the gloss and spit shine polish to deliver raw, uncut, unfiltered
emotional truth. You can't sing the blues if you don't know,
because the blues will strip you down and leave you exposed
by the side of the road. Born and raised in the Motor City,
Niecie's uncompromising vocals contain the knowing scars of
that truth, and the result is a sound that infuses elements
of her own story into every song she sings, making it her own.
She never gave a song a choice. That's just Niecie.
Exposed
to much of the best that the music world has to offer simply
by growing up in Detroit, Niecie developed her own style by
absorbing bits and pieces from what she heard as a youngster
who was laser-focused on having her own career one day. Whether
it was rock, Motown, blues, or jazz, if it had something Niecie
could use, she latched onto it.
Throughout
the course of Niecie's career, she has performed in every state
in the US except for 8. Niecie has blown the crowds away at
festivals worldwide including the Cancun Jazz Festival, Jackson
Bluesfest, Blues On The Hill, East Port Bluesfest, to name a
few. Niecie is no stranger to the most renown clubs on the circuit
having performed at the House of Blues, B.B. King's, Hard Rock
Café, Manny's Car Wash, and several guest appearances
at Buddy Guy's Legend. Niecie is acclaimed for her high energy
performances and leaving it all on the stage. Compared to top
entertainers Blues Blast Magazine dotes If you are an
entertainer that is going to go by one name (like Sting, Cher
or Bono), you had better have the talent to back it up, and
Niecie passes this test easily.
How
Niecie fell into the blues is quite a story. During a gig with
a rock band while on tour in Lincoln Nebraska, Niecie stepped
outside on set break. As fortune would have it, she didnt
know that her set had been overheard by none other than bluesman
extraordinaire Magic Slim, who also happened to be on break
from his gig at the Zoo Bar. Slim approached Niecie and said,
Girl, you need to sing the blues, and invited her
to join him on stage at the Zoo Bar. The rest, as they say,
is history.