#nikki lane

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Nikki Lane and Lana at Stagecoach yesterday. 🌹

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Out there in the West, Darlin', I swear I love you best

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life is unfair

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Breaking Up Slowly by Lana Del Rey (featuring Nikki Lane) from the album Chemtrails Over The Country Club

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Lana Del Rey - Lasso

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LANA DEL REY and Nikki Lane at one of Lane’s concerts.

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News/Announcements: Richmond, VA's Iron Blossom Festival Announces Inaugural Lineup

News/Announcements: Richmond, VA's Iron Blossom Festival Announces Inaugural Lineup @VisitRichmond @CityRichmondVA @StarrHillPrsnts @IMGoingEvents @ironblossomrva @grandstandhq

Festival season is right around the corner. And you know what that means — more festival announcements. So let’s get to it. Yesterday Starr Hill Presents, Haymaker Productions, IMGoing Events, and Lovely Day Presents announced the inaugural Iron Blossom Music Festival. The inaugural edition of the festival will take place August 26, 2023 – August 27, 2023 in Richmond, VA‘s Monroe Park. Located…

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lana del rey + nikki lane , breaking up slowly

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Are these my good years or do I have none?

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Lana Del Rey went live on Rob Grant’s account backstage at her friend Nikki Lanes concert on September 14, 2023

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Matt is featured on drums on this new track!

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Nikki Lane - Denim & Diamonds

Country music, by all definitions, has been a man’s genre. Dominated by men since its inception, especially its popularity, country music today is slowly coming around to the idea of women being more prevalent in the genre. Let me rephrase that — women subverting expectations for what a “woman’s country album” should sound like. Because country music is rooted in conservatism, a lot of women in country music feel as though they need to play to that stereotype of a conservative woman that only cares about God, her family, and her husband. There was that song from the last decade called “God Made Girls” that epitomizes that perfectly, but there have been a lot of women have wanted to step out of that box. Sure, women like Loretta Lynn and Dolly Parton have already done that for years, but they are also beloved artists in their own right, it’s this new generation of “bro-country” that dominated the charts for the last decade that has dictated how women are seen in the genre. At the same time, there were artists like Kacey Musgraves, who really wait against the status quo, or Maren Morris, who stood up for women’s rights and LGBTQ rights, especially when country is not the most progressive genre.

One of the most interesting women in country right now, and she has been for the last decade is Nikki Lane. I haven’t listened to any of her music since 2017, when her last album Highway Queen came out, but I remember really enjoyed it. Lane was an outlaw country singer that subverted expectations for what she should sound like, and her newest LP, Denim & Diamonds, does that, too. I’ve been on a slight country kick, and the new record just happened to come out right when I was getting into a few things, so I figured I’d check it out. She isn’t the most popular artist, but she’s got a following in the indie and alt-country scenes, and for good reason. This LP shows people why she is a force to be reckoned with, even if it does stumble slightly along the way, but it picks itself back up like nothing happened. One thing I really like about this album is its sound, as Lane isn’t your standard country artists, thanks to her taking elements of blues, rock, soul, folk, and country, among other things. The album is very diverse sonically, and it’s great, because the album is only 33 minutes long. It’s a very fast listen, but each song sounds different. One song has a blues feel, whereas another one has more of a folksy feel to it. She isn’t straight forward country, which I like, but she’s more on the Americana side of things.

The lyrics on this record are also something I really enjoy about this album, even if they’re admittedly nothing special, but it’s the content that makes it interesting. The song “Born Tough,” for example is a song about how she was, well, born tough, and all the ways she showcases that. It’s kind of a badass moment, but a song like “Try Harder” is more or less a song that’s got a message of encouragement behind it, or the song “Live / Love,” which is about doing the right thing, as well as living your life with a sense of love, versus being angry and hateful. I wouldn’t say any of these lyrics are new or revolutionary thoughts, but the way they’re written is interesting. The lyrics are still rather enjoyable, but I wouldn’t say they’re anything to write home about, per se.

If I had any complaints about this album, however, and I don’t have a lot, or they’re not that huge, it’s mainly that her voice just has never done much for me. She has a smokier tone to it, and because of that, she has a more limited range. She does have some range, but she isn’t a powerhouse vocalist. She doesn’t need to be, either, but I’ve just never been crazy about her voice, although she is good, don’t get me wrong. She’s not a bad singer at all. Otherwise, I do really enjoy this record, despite its lyrics not being super interesting in spots (they’re well-written, but nothing unique), and her voice not having a lot of range, but it’s a quick, catchy, and badass kind of album that has a diverse sound to it. I haven’t listened to a lot of country in the last few years, but if you’re in the mood for something relatively solid that will get the job done, check this album out. Denim & Diamonds is certainly worth hearing, even if it might not necessarily be one of my favorite albums of the year.