I wanted to let you know about a show coming up in L.A. at Hotel Cafe on Oct 7th, 9:00pm, for Sheila Nicholls, who you probably remember from 2000- 2004, when she was on Hollywood Records. She had a song on the Hi Fidelity Soundtrack, and her second CD "Wake", was co-produced by Sheila along with Glen Ballard and had a couple tunes that hit the Top 40. She became disillusioned with the whole major-label/Disney thing at Hollywood Records and took 5 years away from the business, but continued working on new material.
The result is "Songs From the Bardo" her new CD. You can listen to it streaming at www.sheilanicholls.bandcamp.com and I can also send you a link to download it, or the actual CD. I've also attached a recent bio for you.
www.sheilanicholls.com is her new website. We also recently re-acquired the rights to her first two discs, "Brief Strop", which had the track "Fallen For You" that was in Hi Fidelity, as well as the Ballard co-produced CD "Wake", which included the Top 40 cuts, "Faith" and "How Strong". Both are now re-printed and available on her own label, Essex Girl Records, and all three CDs will soon be appearing on itunes, Rhapsody and all the usual digital distribution channels.
Here's how Sheila describes the new release, which is coming out on October 6th, also on her label:
My new CD, Songs from the Bardo... is a collection of songs mostly written and recorded over the last five years. With help of my now good friend Lynne Earls (pro tools queen), Jez Colin and some of the same great musicians, Luis Conte, Matt Chamberlain plus a bunch of amazing Brazilians in particular Andre de Santana, on bass. The songs range from completely acoustic to studio produced but all seem to sit in the strongest belief I hold true, that love is not a cliché but actually the most radical and potent untapped solution, and should be applied now in all directions before we no longer have a choice.
In this sphere many of the songs endeavor to reunite the micro with the macro, the intimate with the big picture, hope with the inconsolable (where none are afraid) coping mechanisms when love hits schisms (bardo) mantras to stave off frustration during the bush era (lay low) honest straight up political and social commentary (natural law and pointless tackles vision and pinking up) dropping first world facade in favour of the elemental (simplify) and unapologetic unadulteratedly abandoned love songs (city between and mighty love, celery bay)
