MARIA AND THE COINS’ 3rd annual Holly Jolly Show with JOSH CLEVELAND BAND and NIKKI LEMIRE
Icehouse, 2528 Nicollet Ave, Minneapolis
Nikki Lemire spins her life around her music, making space to perform in multiple fields and genres. Her songwriting features her expressive vocals over layered and hypnotic accompaniment. She dives deep into moving themes surrounding motherhood, love and loss. Employing modern harp techniques, loop and electric pedals, her songs sit somewhere between the old folk bedrock of Joan Baez, the musical innovation of Joni Mitchell, and the influential pop stylings of Billie Eilish and Taylor Swift. Nikki artfully shapes the music to her words, creating a sound that refuses to adhere to any one particular genre, somehow feeling old and new at the same time. Nikki also won second place with her song "Let the Rain Come In" during the Duluth Dylan Fest 2023 Songwriting Competition.
Recently Nikki has been performing as an opener and recording collaborator with various songwriters including Charlie Parr, Matthew French, Taylor James Donskey, Molly Maher, Sarah Morris, Katy Tessman and Maygen & The Birdwatcher. Nikki also performs periodically with David Harland, Molly Maher’s Guilded Quadriga, Katy Tessman and the Turnbuckles, Mae Simpson Music, as well as Doyle Turner & Ted Hajnasiewicz known as the International Treasures.
In addition to her solo work, Nikki is also a band member of:
The Foxgloves
The Josh Cleveland Band
Icehouse, 2528 Nicollet Ave, Minneapolis
David and I will be releasing our long awaited Holiday EP with a special limited seat performance! Get your tickets early as this event will sell out again this year! Looking forward to sharing these special tunes with you as we kick off our regional tour!