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Nadia Ackerman
Wednesday, 27th June @8:00 PM
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Nadia Ackerman - "The Ocean Master" Australian Tour
Join Nadia and her New York City Band on her journey from Allambie Heights to New York City (which she now calls home). The Ocean Master, Nadia's sophomore album on Spectra Records is named after her late fathers Fish and Chip shop on Narrabeen Beach. To mark the 20th anniversary of his passing Nadia is returning home to tour the record and scatter her fathers ashes. This journey around Australia will be filmed for a documentary film release later this year.
‘I know that one day I’ll see the shimmering of your full sails blowing like a symphony carried by the wind’ - My Ship, The Ocean Master
Nadia Ackerman doesn’t just write songs, she channels them. ‘They just happen to me,’ says the Australian-born, New York-based singer, songwriter and artist. ‘I can be doing anything and I’ll be hit with one. They stick to me until I can sit down at the piano and download them. And when the songs come out, they’re fully formed – words, tunes, arrangements, everything.’
Nadia’s music, however, doesn’t manifest itself out of thin air. Almost all of her songs are an emotionally resonate retelling of her past. This fact is no more apparent than on her soon to be released second album The Ocean Master. Following on from the success of her debut record The Circus is Back in Town, this next installment evokes memories of a childhood spent by the sea on Sydney’s Northern Beaches. Her experiences during this time – the trials and tribulations of com- ing of age compounded by a plethora of personal tragedies and triumphs – continue to inform her music.
Born to Africaans parents, Nadia began singing from her crib at the age of three, serenad- ing her parents with ‘Don’t cry for me Argentina’ and ‘The Mull of Kintyre’ with perfect pitch and a lisp. This wasn’t surprising given her pedigree – her mother, Tess, was a lead soprano opera singer in Cape Town, while her late father Peter had an extraordinary ear for harmony and could play any instrument he turned his hand to. It was her father who first recognized and nurtured Nadia’s ex- ceptional talent.
Since leaving high school, Nadia has worked her way around the world with performances on morn- ing broadcasts in Australia and hotel contracts in Asia to singing backing vocals at Carnegie Hall with likes of Sting, Billy Joel, Shirley Bassey, Bruce Springsteen, Lady Gaga and James Taylor (just to name a few). Although she spent years studying and performing jazz, in mid-2006 her own songs started to pop into her head. Since then, Nadia hasn’t looked back. Today she has a cata- logue of over 300 compositions ready and waiting, while more are being jotted down almost daily.
Her projects, however, do not end here. Nadia is the current voice for the UPS ‘That’s logis- tics’ campaign, Iams Dog Food, JCPenney Angel Christmas and she can also be heard on The Barnes And Noble Nook Commercial with Jane Lynch. She remains an in-demand backing vocalist. She’s also recently produced and released Up Up Up – Songs for Felicity Vol 1– an outstanding compilation album featuring Donna Lewis and Robbie Dupree and many more, which she pioneered to help raise awareness for Autism and the Son Rise program.
And if this isn’t enough, Nadia is a talented artist too – her artwork appears on her album covers and gift cards, and she’s currently in the process of publishing a series of gift books that marry her musical talents with her gift for illustration. Called ‘A Sung Story’, the first release is due early this year. Fresh of the press...Nadia just signed with Major Independent Label, Spectra Records. Her sophomore album "The Ocean Master" will be released in stores throughout the USA and Canada March 6, 2012.
April 4th 2012 will see Nadia Join Sting, James Taylor, Billy Joel, Elton John and many more at Carnegie Hall for the Bi Annual Rainforest Concert hosted by Sting and Trudie Styler.
