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Hometown: Eastleigh, ENG, UK
Label: Self releasing
Management: Self Managed
Website: www.nicktann.co.uk
Sounds Like: City & color, Sting, Elvis Costello, Counting Crows, John Martyn
Genre: Americana
Nick Tann has worn many musical hats, and occasionally actual hats as well. He has wielded all manner of instruments, but is best recognised in the guise of solo, acoustic guitar slinging, jazz tinged, folk-pop performer. And it is that more familiar sound which forms the basis of the new look and sound of Nick Tann and his new band. The new "Nick Tann" is a numerically fluid affair but is normally a triptych of Nick Tann on guitars and vocals, Bastien Terraz on double bass and Guy Siviour on drums/percussion. However some shows may contain fewer players or perhaps expand to include occasional itinerant musicians collected along the way. Life may indeed be like a box of chocolates.
The calling card for this new format is the recent release Authentic, an album which takes Nick’s impressive song crafting and explores the space around it through deft and dexterous additional musical textures and hues.
At the heart of the sound is the familiar balladry, emotionally driven personal narratives and rich vocal tones from solo days but now there is some wonderful musical augmentation. A chilled yet structurally robust British folk take on Americana heartland traditions and whilst the familiar building blocks of Jazz, blues and country all play their part it is a wholly new sonic architecture that is the end result.
Nick and his band are now looking to become a familiar face across the landscape, but like any hard working band you will also find them bringing their wonderful creations to the usual circuit of pub back rooms, live sessions, festivals and house shows. Three is indeed a magic number.
2017 found the trio performing at Weyfest, Music in the City (Southampton), The Talking Heads, Wickham Festival, Sofar Sounds Nottingham & Brighton, The Railway (Winchester), Nunney Acoustic Cafe, The New Forest Fairy Festival, The Bedford Live (Balham), Hundred Records - Romsey (In Store)
The diary for 2018 is already starting to fill with some exciting new festivals and venues both home and abroad.
“The most obvious selling points of his music are a wonderfully expressive and technically wide vocal range and the ability to wring a playing style out of his twelve string guitar that sits somewhere beyond the merely rhythmic and fleshed out with delicate intricacies and atmospheric pauses that he works into the music. The devil, as they say, is in the detail and it is Nick’s understanding of this that raises his music above the competition.”
Greenman Music
"There is something wonderfully refreshing and direct about the songwriting and delivery of Nick Tann. I'm reviewing "Bought Online", but could easily be reviewing the physical copy of the same album, "Bought At A Gig". By and large this album is Nick Tann, his twelve string and a great selection of songs. At times it's edgy stuff, boardering on raw, but, to use that most twee of phrases, it's all real. This is an album that is honest about what it conveys and in many ways that is particulary true of the instrumental sections of the album, where the guitar really does get to lead" Fatea Magazine
Fatea Magazine
“As a singer-songwriter, Nick Tann is old school. Old school in that he fashions the kind of songs others may wish to use.
Released through his own Pure Acoustica label, “Don’t Make Me Wait” is a collection of six stripped down songs showcasing just acoustic guitar and vocals. We kick off with “How Do You Sleep?” where the song’s dynamic is built around an edgy, slightly unhinged yet startlingly powerful vocal performance by Tann. “The Day After The Night Before” and the title track recall classic Squeeze melodically whilst the playfully bluesy “Glad You Came” gives Tann another chance to show off his powerhouse voice. As the Pure Acoustica tagline suggests, ‘the power is in the performance.’
Nick Tann has little to learn about the songwriting art. He’s done the rounds over the years, working with various bands. His songs have a quality of being both contemporary and timeless. Prepare to be impressed.”
Paul Lane - Playing Out Loud
