Directed by Jonathan Isaac Jackson
Music: "Dandelions" by Nasimiyu Murumba
foburg.film Festival March 9th-11th in the Foburg Marigny
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"Here's 'Rules Aren't Real,' the latest single from New Orleans singer-songwriter Nasimiyu Murumba, whose vintage soul-inspired, jazz-bending vocal acrobatics lead a small, ferocious ensemble. A full-length release is expected in March." Listen: Gambit's Free Music Friday
The first single off of the new album is now available for free download! Check out the title track to what is turning out to be a truly phenomenal record, here ::: nasimiyu.bandcamp.com
Shot at Fudge Studios in New Orleans, by Killer Kowalski Productions.
Song from the upcoming album, "Rules Aren't Real," dropping in March 2012.
From Offbeat.com:
"Tonight, Tipitina’s hosts a NOLA Brewing-sponsored show with Nasimiyu & the Many Moons, a young, raw funk and soul band who released a promising EP, It Ain’t Pretty But It’s Beautiful, earlier in the year. The concert is free, and starts with United Seas and Gris Gris at 9 p.m.
In this video, shot at a concert at the Hi-Ho Lounge on October 7, the band performs a new song, “War Paint”. The song begins with a dedication to #OccupyNOLA—incidentally, Occupy Wall Street declared today “International Action Day”. If nothing else, take some action and #occupyTipitinas tonight."
Click here to see the write-up and video on offbeat.com: http://offbeat.com/2011/11/17/youtube-du-jour-nasimiyu/
Nasimiyu's artist blog, People get Ready, is full of new updates and videos. Watch the pieces of the new album come together in real time. It's all about the process...
JuJu Association, "A collective of music lovers devoted to bringing you the best new NOLA music," just launched its website and decided to feature Nasimiyu as one of its favorite up-and-comers.
Check out the interview and other good stuff here!
From Offbeat.com:
"Vocalist Nasimiyu Murumba came to New Orleans from the Twin Cities in 2009, and it’s clear from the title to the lyrical content of her EP that she’s set on making a new home, and making her music about it. It Ain’t Pretty but It’s Beautiful collects six of her original songs, and it’s obvious from song titles such as “Bayou Black” and “Swamp Foot” that she’s taken New Orleans as a point of departure. “Bourbon Street Blues” is a nice surprise; it replaces the frat-funk the title suggests with a noir-ish look at “wading through this garbage lagoon in your high-heeled shoes.” It ain’t pretty or beautiful, this time.
The music fits, for the most part, with the jazz-inflected neo-soul that artists such as Angie Stone and Alicia Keys made popular. Nasimiyu and her five-piece band bring music school precision and afterschool whimsy to those slow, breathy vocals and repetitive piano parts. They show a different musical side on “Fortune Teller,” which picks up the tempo, turns down the slickness, and lets the band cut loose a bit over a sixteen-bar blues form.
It Ain’t Pretty but It’s Beautiful is, truthfully, plenty pretty. There’s a lot of sonic space around and even inside the band throughout the songs. That gives it a live feel, and the EP begins and ends with street noise to give us a sense of the music’s place and ours with respect to it."
We just posted some live performance video of a few brand new, unreleased songs!
Get it while it's hot ::: Nasimiyu on Vimeo
The Hookah proudly presents...
The Memorials (Berkeley, CA)
with Nasimiyu (New Orleans, LA)
and The Botanist (Lafayette, LA)
Thursday, June 2nd
Doors @ 8
18+
http://www.myspace.com/thememorialsmusic
http://www.myspace.com/thebotanist
http://www.nasimiyu.com/
Tickets On Sale Now @ http://www.eventbrite.com/event/1651003195
Red Clay Soul is an artist collective, connecting New Orlean's up-and-coming culture creators.
Check out their feature on Nasimiyu here!
We just finished taping our live session at Fudge studios! Stay tuned for amazing footage and brand new songs!
We've been getting a lot of spins from the wonderful folks at our local radio station. Thank you to WWOZ, and especially DJ Brice Nice for giving us lots of love on the airwaves!
Visit wwoz.org to stream the station!
Hi,
I'm a local soul singer/songwriter interested in contributing my new album to your show. It's a collection of songs inspired by New Orleans, called, "It Ain't Pretty, But it's Beautiful."
It's available for free streaming and download at nasimiyu.bandcamp.com. I will also be happy to come by and bring you a physical copy.
I was recommended to you by a good friend, Chad Moore, and by some volunteers at OZ, who thought that you would really dig the CD.
nasimiyu.tumblr.com
Nasimiyu's debut album, It Ain't Pretty, But it's Beautiful, is now available for free download online!
Please visit nasimiyu.bandcamp.com
Our super awesome drummer, Jasmine Butler, is being featured on nola.com!
The finishing touches are being put on our debut album, which is going to be launched online in just a few days! Stay tuned to catch these brand new tracks as soon as they're released.
You can also keep up-to-speed with us on Tumblr ;)
Please join us on SATURDAY, MARCH 26th at the All-Ways Lounge for a premiere performance from Nasimiyu -- along with many special guests and suprises! Details coming soon...
Nasimiyu's debut release, "It Ain't Pretty, But it's Beautiful," a collection of songs about/inspired by the city of New Orleans, is currently in production, with help from talented musician and engineer, Ryan Brown.
The album is expected to drop in February. Stay tuned for news on the CD release party!
