Linda Nicole Blair
Paden Street Music and Curtain Call Records
Americana Singer-songwriter,
Solo Acoustic Musician
Links to Music
https://lindanicole.bandcamp.com/
https://www.reverbnation.com/nicoleblair
https://soundcloud.com/lnicole-blair
Contact
nblair1113@gmail.com
Blair’s songs are based on stories or poems characters from literature. A few of her favorites from each album: from Little Queenie, “Wild Nights,” based on a poem by Emily Dickinson; from No Limits, “Selling Bibles” a song which tells of a woman jilted at the altar; from By Your Side, “Wait and See” for its positive vibe; and from With Any Luck, three songs: “Montana,” “Better Woman,” and “Emily Misunderstood,” (this last based on a short story by William Faulkner, “A Rose for Emily.”) She envisioned “Better Woman” as a response to Clint Black’s 80s country hit, “Better Man.” In 2017, Blair wrote original songs for a play by a Tacoma, WA playwright which were later recorded in a stripped-down version for a fifth album, “Songs for Unsung Women.” A standout from this album is “Mrs. Hawkins,” based on R. L. Stevenson’s Treasure Island.
In 2016, Roots Music Report reviewer, Duane Verh, said of Little Queenie: “If Chrissie Hynde had bolted Akron for Nashville instead of London, her unbuffereLinda Nicole Blair is a singer-songwriter from Port Orchard, WA, born and raised in Laurel, Mississippi. Western Washington has been her home since 1991. Many of d emotion and incisive observations might have taken shape something like those of Ms. Blair. The Washington-based singer/songwriter takes on romantic love’s frequent left turns and rude awakenings with straightforward lyrics and vocals to match. “Wild Night” in particular evokes the soulfulness of the aforementioned Ms. H. Other instantly attractive tracks include “All the While”, “Lucky Man” and “Far Away.”
Five Albums of Original Music (2016 – 2023) (Bolded Titles indicate a link to a live performance)
With Any Luck, February 14, 2023: All songs recorded at Pacific Studios in Tacoma, WA and Paden Street Music in Port Orchard, WA: “Better Woman,” “Montana,” “Queen of the County,” “No One Tells You,” “Some Days,” “Heaven Help Us,” “Grace and Mercy,” “Redemption,” “St. Charles,” “Kick it Up,” “Emily Misunderstood,” and “Her Kind.” (Full band)
By Your Side, August 24, 2021: All songs recorded at Monkey Trench Studios and Paden Street Music in Port Orchard, WA. “By Your Side,” “The Best is Yet to Come,” “Dangerous,” “Leaving Mississippi,” “Dancing on the Edge,” “Ready to Fly,” and “Wait and See.” (Full band)
Songs for Unsung Women, 2017. Five original songs for the play “Unwritten Women” written by Elena Hartwell, November 2014. Recorded and produced at Monkey Trench Studios in Bremerton, WA. “Cold Hard Steel,” “Mrs. Hawkins,” “Lullaby of the Damned,” “Ichabod,” and “Keep Walking On.” (acoustic)
No Limits, October 2017. All songs recorded and produced at Monkey Trench Studios in Bremerton, WA. “Monday Morning Blue,” “Gotta Play,” “Big Bad Boss Blues,” “Alone,” “Selling Bibles,” “Prayer for Peace,” “I Have No Answer” (based on a poem by Edna St. Vincent Millay), “I’m a Girl,” “Higher,” and “Little Man (for Parker)”. (Full band)
Little Queenie, July 26, 2016. All songs recorded and produced at Monkey Trench Studios in Bremerton, WA. “Before the Winter Rains,” “Wild Nights,” “Tennessee Honey, Mississippi ‘Shine,” “All the While,” “Far Away,” “Until the Winter Rains,” “Gonna Make You Pay,” “Lucky Man,” “Nola Lullaby,” Waiting Out the Gray,” “Leave You Lonely,” “Rebel Soul,” and “Little Queenie.”
Original Instrumental Music
Instrumental Music, “Monday Morning Blue,” for opening and closing of the UW Tacoma podcast, Paw’d Defiance, 2019 to present.
Instrumental Music for promotional video for Arts in Community in Tacoma, 2019 (“Higher” from No Limits)
Interviews
Misery Point Radio, July 2023:
Audio: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/linda-nicole-blair/id1436548398?i=1000622824129
Video on Youtube: https://youtu.be/iazdk29Dp_A?feature=shared
Misery Point Radio, Video on Youtube, 2020: https://youtu.be/WHgp5m8rJO4?feature=shared
On the Edge, 2018: https://open.spotify.com/episode/3NJL1YTOgRJU9dXfRi3b8U?si=_xIKHtWSRwWN9PVBh4kESA
On the Edge, 2017: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5u7KTBjAPnQ69PPVZMVUs9?si=5pOkziJuTs2hoTU4i11hBQ
