Winner of the New Zealand Music Awards Best Country Album 2009 and 2010
Tami Neilson was raised in Canada, by parents with a closet full of sequined stage costumes and platform shoes.
She grew up in a house where amplifiers and guitar cases were just as much a part of the furniture as chairs and tables, and when most kids are still singing nursery rhymes in the bathtub, she was traveling across North America in a 34 foot motor home, performing professionally in her family band, The Neilsons.
Sharing the stage with the likes of Johnny Cash, Tami appeared regularly on television and radio, touring North America, promoting The Neilsons independent CD, releasing 2 top 40 singles on the Canadian music charts.
Then Tami met a boy who caused her heart to flutter and her feet to move to the other side of the world.
She arrived in New Zealand, releasing her debut solo album, “Red Dirt Angel”, which included the single “Sister Cash”, a duet with Joanne Cash. Her second release, "The Kitchen Table Sessions" won Best Country Album 2010, making her the first person to win the award two years in a row. The first single, "Cry Myself to Sleep", was also nominated for APRA "Best Country Song". Hot on the heels of being presented “Best Female Country Artist” at the 2010 New Zealand Country Music Awards, this highly prolific artist has now releasing Volume 2 of “The Kitchen Table Sessions”.
Buzzing with raw energy and talent, her music is a hybrid of acoustic torch and stripped-bare country blues. From haunting ballads of heartbreak and irony to foot-stomping, hand-clapping, harmony-infused numbers, Tami’s live performance is one to be remembered.
“Truly top shelf….Tami Neilson has the looks and the voice to get any song across to any audience…” -Randy Bachman of ‘The Guess Who’
“…alarmingly good...” – Graham Reid, Elsewhere
“Neilson sings her heart out, recalling a cross between Roy Orbison and Patsy Cline…” –Grant Smithies, Sunday Magazine
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WINNER OF THE NEW ZEALAND MUSIC AWARDS
"Best Country Album 2009"
"Best Country Album 2010"
WINNER OF THE NZ COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS
"Best Female Artist 2010"
"Best Female Artist 2011"
