Name: Dwight & Nicole
Start: 2024-07-05T19:30:00-04:00
Location: Jimmy's Jazz & Blues Club

“𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒈𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝒗𝒐𝒊𝒄𝒆𝒔, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝑮𝑹𝑬𝑨𝑻 𝒗𝒐𝒊𝒄𝒆𝒔; 𝑵𝒊𝒄𝒐𝒍𝒆 𝑵𝒆𝒍𝒔𝒐𝒏 𝒊𝒔 𝒅𝒆𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓.”
— 𝑪𝑯𝑹𝑰𝑺𝑻𝑰𝑵𝑨 𝑨𝑮𝑼𝑰𝑳𝑬𝑹𝑨
“𝑨 𝒓𝒆𝒕𝒓𝒐 𝒔𝒐𝒖𝒍 𝒃𝒂𝒏𝒅, 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒎𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝒃𝒍𝒖𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒄𝒕, 𝒓𝒐𝒐𝒕𝒔 𝒓𝒐𝒄𝒌 𝒅𝒖𝒐 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑹&𝑩 𝒅𝒚𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒐 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒂𝒕 𝒐𝒏𝒄𝒆... 𝒔𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒆, 𝒉𝒚𝒑𝒏𝒐𝒕𝒊𝒄..."
— 𝑩𝑶𝑺𝑻𝑶𝑵 𝑯𝑬𝑹𝑨𝑳𝑫
𝑨𝒄𝒄𝒍𝒂𝒊𝒎𝒆𝒅 𝑺𝒐𝒖𝒍 & 𝑩𝒍𝒖𝒆𝒔 𝑩𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑫𝑾𝑰𝑮𝑯𝑻 + 𝑵𝑰𝑪𝑶𝑳𝑬 has been touring the Eastern U.S. since 2017, steadily on the rise ever since. The band has been nominated for nine Boston Music Awards, ten Daysie Awards, and ten New England Music Awards, winning “Band of the Year”, “Vocalist of the Year”, “Best Blues/R&B Band”, “Female Vocalist of the Year”, “Blues Act of the Year” and “Video of the Year”. They have opened up for their idols including Mavis Staples, who exclaimed “Dwight & Nicole are my favorite new band!” as well as Melissa Etheridge who said “Dwight & Nicole are absolutely the real deal... They are carrying the torch”.
𝑵𝒊𝒄𝒐𝒍𝒆 𝑵𝒆𝒍𝒔𝒐𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑫𝒘𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝑹𝒊𝒕𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒎𝒆𝒕 𝒊𝒏 𝑩𝒐𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒏, 𝑴𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒂𝒄𝒉𝒖𝒔𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒔 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒔𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒐𝒍, 𝒃𝒐𝒕𝒉 𝒄𝒖𝒕𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒕𝒆𝒆𝒕𝒉 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒐𝒄𝒂𝒍 𝒄𝒍𝒖𝒃 𝒄𝒊𝒓𝒄𝒖𝒊𝒕. They each fronted popular bands in the area, and discovered a shared obsession of Soul & Blues greats like the Staples Singers, Albert King, Lighting Hopkins, Jimmy Witherspoon, Roberta Flack & Etta James. They began singing together often, and developed a close friendship that grew over time. Eventually, forming Dwight + Nicole, which was in the early days, a duo group; Dwight on electric guitar, and Nicole on tambourine stomping their feet and singing in harmony. They began to tour regionally- writing together and developing their sound. After a move to Burlington VT, they met powerhouse drummer Ezra Oklan (Nicole Atkins, Elle King) and the group quickly formed a trio with Nelson picking up the bass.
𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 2018 𝑬𝑷, '𝑬𝒍𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒄 𝑳𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔', 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒆𝒅 𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒂𝒏𝒂𝒍𝒐𝒈 𝒕𝒂𝒑𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝑴𝒖𝒍𝒕𝒊-𝑮𝑹𝑨𝑴𝑴𝒀® 𝑵𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒅𝒖𝒄𝒆𝒓 𝑱𝒐𝒆𝒍 𝑯𝒂𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒕𝒐𝒏 (Aaron Neville, Tom Waits, The Meters, The Black Keys) at Studio G in Brooklyn, NY. Hamilton undoubtedly captured their sound and live energy. He also brought out their experimental side on 'Electric Lights'. The EP introduced the band to a new wave of fans as well as opportunities including their first major label distribution deal through Orchard / Sony Music. The year wrapped up with another Independent Music Award nomination, and the 'Electric Lights' EP landing on several ‘Best of the Year’ lists.
𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒔𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒅 𝑬𝑷 '𝑭𝒖𝒓𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓' 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒓𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒆𝒏𝒅 𝒐𝒇 2021, 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒄𝒉 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑩𝒖𝒓𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒕𝒐𝒏 𝑭𝒓𝒆𝒆 𝑷𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒄𝒍𝒂𝒊𝒎𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒔 “𝑶𝒏𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝑬𝑷𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑮𝒓𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝑴𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒊𝒏 𝑺𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒆”, and American Songwriter Magazine writes; “What’s so great about 'Further' is its sense of immediacy… there’s something about Ritcher and Nicole Nelson’s vocal performances that makes it feel so raw, so urgent”.
𝑰𝒏 2023, 𝑫𝒘𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 + 𝑵𝒊𝒄𝒐𝒍𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒄𝒄𝒍𝒂𝒊𝒎𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒍𝒃𝒖𝒎, '𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑱𝒂𝒈𝒖𝒂𝒓, 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑹𝒂𝒗𝒆𝒏 & 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑺𝒏𝒂𝒌𝒆', 𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒆𝒅 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝑯𝒂𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒕𝒐𝒏 𝒊𝒏 𝑵𝒐𝒓𝒘𝒂𝒚 𝒂𝒕 𝑶𝒄𝒆𝒂𝒏 𝑺𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒔 𝒔𝒕𝒖𝒅𝒊𝒐.
“They’re retro, they’re groovy, they’re good songwriters... soulful, lo-fi sound... thoughtful song-smithing."
— 𝑨𝑴𝑬𝑹𝑰𝑪𝑨𝑵 𝑺𝑶𝑵𝑮𝑾𝑹𝑰𝑻𝑬𝑹
“Dwight & Nicole are a tour-de-force that demand much wider success. Poignant, hard driving... and heavenly”
— 𝑩𝑶𝑺𝑻𝑶𝑵 𝑮𝑳𝑶𝑩𝑬
“Notes of R&B and hip-hop with a smoothness that feels like cruising through the city on a summer night. The band layers on funky elements on guitar and organ, culminating in a mix of vocal harmonies and rich instrumentals that leave you feeling enchanted.”
— 𝑮𝑳𝑰𝑫𝑬 𝑴𝑨𝑮𝑨𝒁𝑰𝑵𝑬
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