Nicole Hart To Perform Jacksonville Amphitheatre: 19th Annual Springing The Blues 3 Day Fest! April 5, 2009

Debuting on the national Roots, Blues, and R&B scene in 2008, Nicole Hart made an impressive beginning with three highly successful tours: she was the featured female performer of Florida’s “Springing the Blues”, one of Downbeat Magazine’s “Top 50 Blues Fests in the World”; the featured female headline act for Laconia, NH’s Big Three Motorcycle Week; she also performed many other prominent festivals, including the Red Bank Jazz & Blues Festival. Her independent CD release, “NICOLE HART & THE NRG BAND LIVE” received airplay worldwide on hundreds of radio stations & continues to receive airplay today. Since coming to the attention of Executive Producer Joseph Morabia, she has just completed mastering her first national studio release for Blues Leaf Records (Albert Castiglia, Janiva Magness) featuring a duet with 2008 Blues Music Award Nominee & label mate, Albert Castiglia. Produced by Grammy award winner, Jack Kreisberg (Paquito D’Rivera, Elvin Jones), mixed and mastered by Grammy award winning engineer, Ben Elliott (Eric Clapton, Keith Richards), her new CD, “TREASURE” is scheduled for North American release in April of 2009. “I am an artist influenced by all great music,” says Hart. “Our music is inspired by many of the greatest artists of our time, and I aspire to create a feeling & a depth of integrity representing those influences, while also conveying a viewpoint toward the world all our own." Straddling a diverse musical terrain defined by such icons as Susan Tedeschi, Janiva Magness, Sheryl Crow, & Bonnie Raitt, Hart’s impressive resume includes work with a variety of music greats such as Billy Joel, Michael Bolton, Harry Belafonte, Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley & Richard Bona, as well as work for Oscar-winning filmmaker Jonathan Demme. She has opened for Bernard Allison, Odetta, E.C. Scott, Richie Havens, & has the distinction of being the first-ever Caucasian singer for the R&B Rock and Roll Hall of Fame super group, The Shirelles.
Door Time:Noon
Show Time:2:00PM
Ages:All Ages
Website:http://www.nicolehartband.com/gigs.asp