WXPN Welcomes Nicole Atkins

For two decades, Nicole Atkins has created her own brand of spectral American rock and roll. She's an old-school torch singer for the modern world, funneling her award-winning songwriting chops and genre-spanning influences — including psychedelic rock, Muscle Shoals soul, the pop grandeur of Roy Orbison, and the dark drama of Nick Cave — into six albums that have earned a global audience. 

Regularly featured on year-end "best of" lists by Rolling Stone, NPR, and The New York Times, Atkins has collaborated with artists from across the musical spectrum, including Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, David Byrne, Chris Isaak, Spoon, Elvis Costello, and most recently supported Stevie Nicks on her 2024 US Tour. The title track of her major-label debut album won The ASCAP Foundation Sammy Kahn Award, and her songs have appeared in prime-time TV shows, Netflix and Max, national ad campaigns for American Express, and on the Billboard charts, with tracks like "Domino" becoming Top 40 AAA hits. A road warrior who has performed everywhere from Carnegie Hall to Late Night With David Letterman to Later… with Jules Holland, Atkins is also a professional illustrator and painter whose work has appeared in The Wall Street Journal and No Depression.

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Jess Nolan, a Jersey-raised songwriter who honed her craft at the University of Miami before establishing roots in Nashville, built a career touring as a harmony-singing keyboardist for Jenny Lewis, Joy Oladokun, and others. Amid nonstop travel and supporting her own critically acclaimed solo work—including '93, released on Ani DiFranco’s Righteous Babe Records—she carved out time to write songs that reflected both her movement and stillness. Her third album, Right At Home, was created and recorded in her Nashville house, with a mostly female cast of collaborators and a commitment to vulnerability, groove, and atmosphere. Drawing from childhood journals, family stories, and northern roots, Nolan crafted an emotionally resonant record that explores grief, identity, and the strength found in domestic space.

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