The band is still fired up after a crushing tour on the east coast from Florida up to Rhode Island. Thanks to everyone who came to the shows, promoted like hell, listened sang and danced along, bought CDs and t-shirts and just said hello! We couldn’t do it without y’all. Keep supporting live music!
Can’t wait to play in my favorite city in the world, NEW ORLEANS this Friday! Followed by a fun festival in Alabama and a trip to SPAIN. What?! Still blows my mind. Check out the schedule for June, tell your friends, and let’s party!

May 31 - Chickie Wah Wah - New Orleans, LA
June 1 - Bob Sykes BBQ & Blues Festival - Bessmer, AL
June 2 - Capitol Oyster Bar- Montgomery, AL
June 5 - Screamin’ Festival - Calella, Spain
June 6 - Screamin’ Festival - Calella, Spain
June 7 - Screamin’ Festival - Calella, Spain
June 8 - Screamin’ Festival - Calella, Spain
June 14 - TBA
June 15 - 2013 VA Blues and Jazz Festival - Hot Springs, VA
June 22 - Midsummer Jamboree - Ellivuori, Finland
June 26 - Rocket Room - Stockholm, Sweden
June 27 - Göteborg - Liseberg, Sweden
June 28 - Vetlanda - Victoriakällaren, Sweden
June 29 - Hultsfred Hayride - Hultsfred, Sweden

By Alison Fensterstock, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune

Hailing from Durham, N.C., by way of St. Louis, Mo., singer Nikki Hill, she’s said, was musically raised in the church - singing in a gospel choir until a teenage punk-rock phase led her to put aside praise music in favor of hardcore and hair dye. It wasn’t long, though, before she found her way back to the roots of rock ‘n’ roll, which, of course, provide the jumping-off point for all adolescent musical daring to follow, anyway.

In a recent interview with the Chicago Tribune, in fact, Hill cited fellow church-honed talent Little Richard as a major influence – and what’s more rebellious than his joyous, unhinged holler?

Hill’s style as a singer takes more than a page from Mr. Penniman’s book, with a saucy, soulful shout that’s ragged and nasty at the edges. Husband Matt Hill provides switchblade-sharp guitar licks at the helm of her deep-in-the-garage three-piece band for a live set that comprises raw roots originals as well as covers of the greats: Irma Thomas, Otis Redding, and, of course, Little Richard.

Hill, who plays her first New Orleans gig at Chickie Wah Wah Friday, is still a diamond in the rough; considering the recent success of comparable artists (the Alabama Shakes’ Brittany Howard, for example) she’ll soon be mined.

Nikki Hill plays Chickie Wah Wah (2828 Canal St.) 9 p.m. Friday, May 31

http://www.nola.com/music/index.ssf/2013/05/blues_shouter_nikki_hill_to_pl.html

Thanks to Frank de Blase for this review of our show in Rochester, NY at Dinosaur BBQ! We can’t wait to come back.

We will sharing more reviews/photos/videos/shenanigans of our shows and tours in the immediate future!

Wednesday night the sky looked like one big black eye as I moseyed the grey ghost downtown. I had heard word from my buddy Jason (he’s the one who turned me onto Morphine) that North Carolina knockout Nikki Hill simply had to be seen. I dove into the fracas she was creating at Dinosaur Bar-B-Que and was promptly blown away. So was the crowd who clapped thunderously between thunderclaps.

The crowded dance floor was in a rapid boil. This was some of the best r&b-injected, soul-ified kick in the blues I have ever heard. Hill commanded the stage perched on sparkly mules and beneath a sky-high turban channeling the sweet ‘n’ sour bouquet of switchblades that was once held by Etta James.

Hill’s voice was sweet with just a hint of ragged rust that shone through whenever she leaned on a note. This was like a less punk-careening , more authentic-leaning Detroit Cobras. Her band was top notch as it wove through a set of awesome originals, punctuated by some Little Richard, Otis Redding, Irma Thomas, and so on.

Between sets, I stood out in the parking lot with the band discussing its expert take on TarheelSlim’s “Number 9 Train.” How do you like that? I thought me and Steve Grills were the only ones around who cared about Tarheel Slim.

Nikki Hill returns to Rochester to play Abilene in July. Be there, I’m warning you. Hell, I’m gonna go twice.

http://www.rochestercitynewspaper.com/MusicBlog/archives/2013/05/23/concert-review-nikki-hill-at-dinosaur-bar-b-que

Photo by Frank de Blasé

Here we come! We are so excited to hit the east coast for the first time with our official band, some new songs, and a chance to sample what you will hear on the upcoming release ‘Here’s Nikki Hill‘!

This has been an incredible journey so far, from the first West Coast tour last winter until now. We are on the road all year hitting as many places as we can. Can’t wait to make it to YOU! Check out the current schedule before we head to Spain in June for Screamin’ Festival.

Want to see us in your town? Let your local club/event spaces know and send an email to us - deepfryedrecords@gmail.com

Thanks and see you soon!

FLORIDA! GEORGIA! NORTH CAROLINA! VIRGINIA! MARYLAND! NEW JERSEY! NEW YORK! RHODE ISLAND! LOUISIANA! ALABAMA! We are headed your way this month! Please come and party with us before we head overseas again in June! Pick up the NEW CD not yet available to the public, hear some new tunes, rock and roll with us. Spread the word and can’t wait to see you!

May 10 - McWells - Orlando, FL
May 11 - WMNF’s Tropical Heatwave Festival - Ybor City, FL
May 12 - High Dive - Gainesville, FL
May 15 - Smith’s Olde Bar - Atlanta, GA
May 16 - Pisgah Brewing Company - Black Mountain, NC
May 17 - Blue 5 Restaurant - Roanoke, VA
May 18 - Chesapeake Bay Blues Festival - Annapolis, MD
May 19 - Roxy & Dukes - Dunellen, NJ
May 22 - Dinosaur BBQ - Rochester, NY
May 23 - Dinosaur BBQ - Syracuse, NY
May 24 - The Knickerbocker Cafe - Westerly, RI
May 25 - Otto’s Shrunken Head - NYC
May 31 - Chickie Wah Wah - New Orleans, LA
June 1 - Bob Sykes BBQ and Blues Festival - Bessemer, AL
June 2 - Capitol Oyster Bar - Montgomery, AL