Nneka: Africa is the Future

When your heart is as big as your Afro, when your talents stretch from teardrop soul-singing to freestyle rapping to a first-class degree from a top Continental university, when you’ve got so much to say about so much, then you are in it for the long haul.

Every year since her musical career took off in 2005, this Afro-German warrior princess has built on her successes, stretched her muscles, and widened her range. Her debut album Victim of Truth (released in the UK in 2007), an inspirational mix of hot loops, black consciousness and 21st-century soul music - was garlanded with praise by the British media. ‘As good as The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill,’ said UK’s The Sunday Times.

Her sophomore release was every bit as lush and visionary as her first. A record where brains, beauty and beats collide No Longer At Ease made its mark across Europe and beyond. It’s a record that Lenny Kravitz and Lauryn Hill both heard and said: ‘I want this girl opening my show!’

It’s easy to see what got Lauryn and Lenny so animated. Nneka’s music has still got a big splash of Bob Marley in the recipe, a measure of Nina Simone and a lick of Erykah Badu.

But this time around there’s more of the best ingredient – Nneka herself. Her first US release, Concrete Jungle ( CLICK IMAGE to listen to Africans single from Nneka's CD)is a collection of songs that put the singer/songwriter at the forefront. This album is an offering of love, hope and optimism dedicated to the people of Warri & the Niger Delta of Nigeria. Holding it all together is the emotional focus of her beautiful voice, located in a place somewhere between yearning and rage.

“Righteously bold and heartbreakingly fragile.” - SPIN “10 To Watch in 2010 & “Songs You Must Hear Now!”

“Nneka is pure hotness.” - Rolling Stone 2010 Breaking Artist & Hot List

“Feisty, charismatic.” - Time Out New York

ON TOUR NOW:

Wednesday, 1/27 – San Francisco – Red Devil Lounge
Friday, 1/29 – Los Angeles – Hotel Café
Saturday, 1/30 – Los Angeles – KCRW Grammy Brunch
Tuesday, 2/2 – New York – S.O.B.’s & Official Release Party
Wednesday, 2/3 – New York –David Letterman

Appearance
Thursday, 2/4 – Cambridge, MA – Middle East Restaurant & Nightclub
Friday, 2/5 – Philadelphia, PA – World Café Live
Saturday, 2/6 – Baltimore – Sonar Club Stage
Monday, 2/8 – Birmingham – WorkPlay Theatre
Tuesday, 2/9 – Atlanta – Vinyl
Thursday, 2/11 – Nashville – 3rd & Lindsley
Saturday, 2/13 – St. Louis – The Gramophone
Sunday, 2/14 – Chicago – Double Door