Biography
If Feist, Mazzy Star, and Tom Waits laid an egg and it hatched, that would be Nikki Kelly. A singer/songwriter from Albuquerque New Mexico, Nikki transforms folk rock into a quirky sweetness with her accordion and simplistic style.
Nikki Kelly is a singer/songwriter born in the Land of Enchantment, New Mexico. From an early age, Nikki was immersed in music as her father played in local blues bands and her mother loved to sing.
Nikki began composing short classical songs on the piano in elementary school and won her first music contest at age eight. She continued to write and play music throughout high school and college.
After graduating from the University of New Mexico with a BA in Media Arts, Nikki moved to the east coast studying film at the New York Film Academy in Manhattan and music at Berklee School of Music in Boston.
In October 2006, Nikki opened for Marcia Ball at the El Rey Theater in Albuquerque with world class guitar player Stephen Bruton and bassist Luis Guerra.
Currently, she resides in Albuquerque New Mexico writing and performing music and working on films in various capacities. Visit http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2644796 to check out Nikki's filmography.
For more songs, pictures, and videos please visit
http://www.myspace.com/nikkikellymusic
And coming soon http://www.nikkikellymusic.com
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