nakia's Virb Blog

Video Interviews With Roxwel.com & Paste Magazine

Fri, 3 Oct 2008 13:31:22 -0400

During ACL I had time to do several interviews. Two of my favorites were Roxwel.com and Paste Magazine. Take a look...

Nakia and His Southern Cousins - ACL Music Festival CoverageVideo Codes at www.roxwel.com

I had the Fresh Up Girls with me for the Roxwel interview an...

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Austin Chronicle: ABCs of ACL - N is for Nakia, Review & More...

Fri, 3 Oct 2008 13:17:00 -0400

The Austin Chronicle has posted several items about my appearance with Sharon Jones and our set on Sunday at the WaMu tent. Here's a quick sampling...
From the "ABCs of ACL" post:
N is for Nakia: The local soul grizzly danced on stage with Sharon Jones on Saturday and led ...

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Paste Magazine: Nakia Was Sharon Jones' "good man" During Song

Sun, 28 Sep 2008 00:06:55 -0400

I am still reeling from the high that this experience gave me, and I plan to write more about it soon, but for now, I will just start posting photos, press, and more as it comes in. Here's what Paste Magazine had to say about what happened today during Sharon Jones' set......

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News 8 Rooftop Performance Of Water To Wine

Fri, 26 Sep 2008 11:11:58 -0400

In case you missed it when News 8 Austin broadcast it earlier this week, here is a link to the live performance that Mac and I did for their Rooftop series with Andy Langer.
Nakia - Water To Wine - Live From The News 8 Rooftop

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News 8 Austin: Local Singer Says Playing ACL Is Dream Come True

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 18:56:26 -0400

Following our knock 'em dead performance at the Four Seasons as part of the KGSR ACL preview show, I was approached by a beautiful young reporter from News 8 Austin. Heidi Zhou said she had enjoyed our performance and heard a bit of my "story" and asked me if I would be in...

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KGSR's Live At Four Seasons ACL Preview Audio!!

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 17:31:30 -0400

Thanks to Dave over at Rawtime.com! He was tuned into KGSR this morning and was able to capture the audio stream of our performance. I have to tell you... We had SUCH A BLAST and we tore it up.
Check out the tunes On The Bus & Choose Your Poison along with the brief chat w...

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Papa Johnny... V

Wed, 24 Sep 2008 15:22:57 -0400

Please join me in welcoming John Michael Vogelsang, Jr (or "JJ") into the world!! The 6lb 2oz spittin' image of his Daddy was born this past Saturday and both he and his beautiful Mother, Kim, are healthy and doing great! Congratulations to Johnny and Kim. It's truly a bl...

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KXAN: Nakia & His Southern Cousins Take On ACL

Tue, 23 Sep 2008 13:49:06 -0400

Yesterday afternoon I had the pleasure of being interviewed by KXAN's Blair Shiff. We met up at Momo's on W. 6th and took some time to talk about the ACL Festival, my hometown, and KISS. Here's a bit from the interview...
"Nakia recalls the exact moment he found out he wou...

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Austin Chronicle: Nakia & His Southern Cousins, ACL '08 Pick For Sunday

Mon, 22 Sep 2008 11:25:54 -0400

Earlier this year, I had the pleasure of having my EP, Playing The Cards, chosen as a Texas Top 10 of 2007 in the Austin Chronicle staff picks by the lovely Margaret Moser. Today, AusChron has released the beginning of the ACL 2008 coverage and once again Margaret has give...

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The ACL Scheduling Widget

Sat, 20 Sep 2008 00:33:34 -0400

Are you a "cool kid?" I venture to bet you are.
Take a look at this very cool website where you can create a customized schedule for the Austin City Limits Music Festival and see who else is seeing the band you are planning to catch!
So far, over 200 folks have committed t...

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