Nicole Atkins

With her throaty vibrato and lushly orchestrated pop songs, Nicole Atkins brings to mind a blend of Roy Orbison, Loretta Lynn, and Jenny Lewis. The New Jersey singer-songwriter’s music is at times vaudevillian, at others psychedelic, a little bit country, a dash from early musicals, all under a cloud of pop-noir, often all coming in the very same song. She tours in support of her new album Slow Phaser, a tour de force of hi-def late-night pop. Slow Phaser marks her most ingenious and indelibly modern collection to date. Produced by Tore Johannson – with whom she partnered on her now classic 2007 debut, Neptune City – the album is a milestone for the acclaimed singer/songwriter, her restless creativity fully realized via the addition of some surprising colors to her already diverse paintox.