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Friday, October 2 / 6:00 - 7:00 PMKnoxville Visitors Center
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Join us for our next First Friday Live presenting JJ Niceley! Our Maker this week will be Matthew Israel!
Bio:
Nashville-based independent artist and poet-songwriter JJ Niceley announces her new EP Mystical Country, scheduled for a July 31 release. Marking a profound personal and artistic rebirth, this collection of songs serves as both a reflection of her roots and a bold step forward in her musical journey.
After years of writing, releasing albums, performing solo and with a band, going quiet and living on the land again, Niceley defines her current sound as “Mystical Country”. It describes the sound, the frequency, and the mythopoetic place she traverses in her work and life, a space that feels both grounded in rural reality and expansive enough to touch the ethereal.
Born on a dairy farm in East Tennessee at the end of a bygone era, Niceley’s artistry is undeniably shaped by the “out of time” childhood she experienced in the shadow of the Great Smoky Mountains. Raised by a river, surrounded by family lineage, tall tales, and the haunting essence of mountain music, she possesses a lyrical voice and creates songs that operate outside the bounds of standard songwriting.
The first track on the EP, “Gold Dust Redux”, features Niceley's signature gentle, earthy acoustic guitar work and intimate vocal delivery. A reimagining of the song “Gold Dust” from her last album, Not Lost, this song takes on a new life with additional drum programming and banjo. The second track “Grove on the Hill” marks an evolution from her Americana folk roots through the incorporation of haunting synth elements punctuated by reflective lyricism. Maintaining the warm vulnerability of her past releases, Niceley demonstrates beautifully how to metamorphose through tragedy to create a work that is both nostalgic and refreshing.
Produced by her partner in music and life Eric Davis, or Feathered Mason, and featuring contributions from Jason Goforth, Nat Smith, and Clint Mullican, Mystical Country is a collection that balances sorrow and light.
“Her voice is special. It has an ethereal quality that reinforces the “mystical” part of her art.”
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