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| Nicki Bluhm @ The Independent 6/8/2018 photo by Marc Fong |
Just over two years ago Bay Area native Nicki Bluhm packed her bags and uprooted to music city A.K.A Nashville Tennessee.
Over the years this city born country songbird gained popularity as Nicki Bluhm andThe Gramblers, finding success with their "Van Sessions" youtube videos: where they would perform cover songs in a van while driving between gigs.
Weathering a divorce, the leading lady decided to start a new, on her own, on more than one front. Along with her move across country, she also wrote and recorded her next album without The Gramblers.
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| Nicki Bluhm @ The Independent 6/8/2018 photo by Marc Fong |
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| Nicki Bluhm @ The Independent 6/8/2018 photo by Marc Fong |
After six years with her namesake band, Bluhm wrote the life-chronicling songs for To Rise You Gotta Fall over a two year period before recording it's tracks at the legendary Sam Phillips Recording Studio in Memphis.
To Rise You Gotta Fall received rave reviews before it was released on June 1st. One week after it's release date Nicki Bluhm returned to San Francisco for a sold-out show at The Independent on June 8th. Doors to the intimate show opened at 8:30 last Friday night followed shortly by opening act Mapache at 9:00.
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| Nicki Bluhm @ The Independent 6/8/2018 photo by Marc Fong |
Miss Nicki Bluhm emerged like a country dream in suede tassels and turquoise, starting her headlining set with the honky tonk tune "Things I've Done". Songs from To Rise You Gotta Fall made up about half of her 13 song set including the album's title track early on and "It's Ok Not To Be Ok" at the end while the rest consisted of songs from her days with The Gramblers plus her rendition of "Son of a Preacher Man".
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| Nicki Bluhm @ The Independent 6/8/2018 photo by Marc Fong |
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| Nicki Bluhm @ The Independent 6/8/2018 photo by Marc Fong |
Her heartfelt disposition led the show as her soulful vocals filled the small venue, sweetly caressing emotions in the room as she poured hers out on stage. Her homecoming show was a warmly welcomed one both for Nicki Bluhm herself and all of her hometown fans who made it out to see her last week.
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| Nicki Bluhm @ The Independent 6/8/2018 photo by Marc Fong |
Nicki Bluhm's got a couple more shows on the West Coast before heading over to the East Coast then back Tennessee to wrap up this leg of her To Rise You Gotta Fall tour.
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| Nicki Bluhm @ The Independent 6/8/2018 photo by Marc Fong Nicki Bluhm set-list 6/8/20181. Things I've Done 2. Battlechain Rose 3. To Rise You Gotta Fall 4. Jetplane 5. How Do I Love You 6. I Hate You 7. Son of a Preacherman 8. Can't Fool the Fool 9. Nothin' 10. Mr. Saturday Night 11. Little Too Late 12. Ravenous 13. It's Ok Not To Be Ok |
