Video: Nicole Atkins on Letterman 10-30-07

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I saw Nicole Atkins play with The Pipettes last fall, and she and her band The Sea impressed me well, with a fantastic voice, good songs and a smart guitar look about her . photo by Dfactor Seems she's impressed quite a bunch of other folks with her smokey, sultry rock songs - she's going on tour in a few weeks, and will start her tour at a Jan. 25 Bowery Ballroom show. She played a short set at Barnes & [...]

What with her recent American Express commercial and now an appearance on The David Letterman Show (two nights ago), it looks like ECEU favorite Nicole Atkins is really out there and starting to make a name for herself. And I say: fantastic. A talent like hers deserves a whole lot of attention. Here she is performing "The Way It Is" on Letterman last Tuesday night... Bonus Atkins: [...]

Someone mentioned early 90's band Madder Rose to me earlier this week, and I've been thinking about them ever since. Their album, Panic On, is one of the greatest alternative rock records from that decade. Lead singer Mary Lorson actually lived in my college town, and a good friend of mine babysat her children. Small world. Lorson is in another great band these days called Saint Low. But her

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Saw the end of this last night and finally found it online today. Things I took note of from this clip What a weird intro...way to put her on the spot Dave Nicole has had a makeover since i last saw her perform live...looking less like an alt-country brunette version of Jenny lewis more like a grown up indie version of Kelly Clarkson Her major label is pulling out all the stops with the strings section and piano She pulls off the song live just as good [...]