I don't know what distinguishes one breathy female Indie artist from another. Haven't made up my mind about Nadia Ackerman, just yet, but I do like this Christmas single. Might be it's all about the song writing. This one sounds like something the folks at Nettwerk might put out. And that's a very good thing indeed.
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Australian born Nadia Ackerman, now living and working in New York City, started out singing Jazz standards after years of study. She released an EP, "Some Other Time", in 2006 that essentially went nowhere. The switch to an Indie pop sound seems to suit her, though--a switch she found inevitable when she began writing songs of her own at a very prodigious rate. "The Circus Is Back In Town", Nadia's first release in the Indie pop mode and her first full-length album, showed a lot of potential and generated a little buzz. It got her an appearance on Jimmy Fallon and, perhaps more important for paying the bills, a gig singing the new UPS "That's Logistics" commercial theme (that's what Brown could do for her).
It would be a shame if this Christmas single, possibly the best recording on Nadia's young resume, were to slip away unnoticed. And that's why I'm here, I guess.
Nadia's lament about a Christmas apart comes across as entirely genuine in it's emotion, and the instrumentation more than does its part in establishing a melancholy holiday feel. Nadia's no Rickie Lee Jones, but that is the first singer "What Is Christmas?" called to mind for me, followed by thoughts of Leigh Nash, Norah Jones and Ingrid Michaelson. None of them quite fit--perhaps Nadia will make her own way afterall--but you get the general idea.
One thing's for sure. You won't get cheated. You get a song that runs over 7 minutes for your 99 cents. And its really quite a good one.
AMAZON MP3
ARTIST SITE
Australian born Nadia Ackerman, now living and working in New York City, started out singing Jazz standards after years of study. She released an EP, "Some Other Time", in 2006 that essentially went nowhere. The switch to an Indie pop sound seems to suit her, though--a switch she found inevitable when she began writing songs of her own at a very prodigious rate. "The Circus Is Back In Town", Nadia's first release in the Indie pop mode and her first full-length album, showed a lot of potential and generated a little buzz. It got her an appearance on Jimmy Fallon and, perhaps more important for paying the bills, a gig singing the new UPS "That's Logistics" commercial theme (that's what Brown could do for her).
It would be a shame if this Christmas single, possibly the best recording on Nadia's young resume, were to slip away unnoticed. And that's why I'm here, I guess.
Nadia's lament about a Christmas apart comes across as entirely genuine in it's emotion, and the instrumentation more than does its part in establishing a melancholy holiday feel. Nadia's no Rickie Lee Jones, but that is the first singer "What Is Christmas?" called to mind for me, followed by thoughts of Leigh Nash, Norah Jones and Ingrid Michaelson. None of them quite fit--perhaps Nadia will make her own way afterall--but you get the general idea.
One thing's for sure. You won't get cheated. You get a song that runs over 7 minutes for your 99 cents. And its really quite a good one.
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