Nicole Atkins and Jim Sclavunos - Manchester Yes - 7th June 2023

Nicole Atkins and Jim Sclavunos called in at Yes in Manchester on Wednesday night as part of their tour to perform tracks from Nicole's back catalogue as well as their unreleased duets album. Accompanied by Davey Horne on keys, the trio delivered a set of songs rich in variety that showcased the range of Nicole's vocals from rock and roll to powerful ballads as well as full of between song humour.

EVEN THE STARS Top 25 albums of 2020 - 10 to 6

Today we reveal five more of our favourite albums of 2020, a strange year in pretty much every respect, but one that still managed to deliver some stunning new music to our ever-growing collections of albums. 

Nicole Atkins - Italian Ice

Nicole Atkins' fifth album Italian Ice saw her decamp to Muscle Shoals in Alabama with a crack team of musicians from The Bad Seeds, Midlake and the Dap Kings to create a record that pays homage to the legacy of the music she grew up loving, but one that has her own personality scrawled large across it.

TRACK OF THE DAY 2 : Nicole Atkins - Captain

Nicole Atkins returns with Captain, the lead track from her forthcoming fifth album Italian Ice that is scheduled for release on April 17. The country-tinged single features Britt Daniels of Spoon on backing vocals, but as ever it's Nicole's vocals that take centre stage.

Nicole Atkins / Madam - Manchester Night People - 26th February 2018

It's one of the biggest mysteries of the music business to us why Nicole Atkins isn't celebrated as one of the finest voices of a generation. Not only that, her four albums to date, including last year's Goodnight Rhonda Lee, stand up against any artist's output in the last decade. Yet still we find ourselves in Night People for a very intimate showcase of that talent. Support came from Madam.

Nicole Atkins - Interview

Nicole Atkins' Goodnight Rhonda Lee hit number four in our albums of the year for 2017. She's about to embark on a UK and European tour in support of the record and we managed to catch up with her before she set off to find out more about the record and plans for the next one.

Even The Stars Top Albums Of 2017 - 5 to 1

Our Top 25 albums of 2017 countdown concludes today with the Top Five albums (in our opinion) that were released this year. We also would give a very honourable mention to our most listened album of the year which is Live With Royal Northern Sinfonia, which topped our 2016 listing and received its first physical release on vinyl in November.  Feel free to tweet us your favourites and why you think our list is great / predictable / preposterous.

Nicole Atkins - London Rough Trade East - 10th November 2017

In support of her new album Goodnight Rhonda Lee and ahead of her only UK show at London's Sebright Arms on Monday, Nicole Atkins performed an intimate eight song set of songs from the album at Rough Trade's Brick Lane store on Friday lunchtime. In the absence of a Manchester show, we caught her deliver a set that confirms her as one of the most stunning vocalists operating today.

Track Of The Day : Nicole Atkins - A Little Crazy

A Little Crazy is the first track from Nicole Atkins' forthcoming fourth album Goodnight Rhonda Lee which is due for release in 2017, the follow up to her critically acclaimed 2014 album Slow Phaser, which made number eight in our album chart of that year.

Even The Stars Top 20 Albums Of 2014 - 8 to 5

This week we will be running down our Top 20 albums of 2014, four albums a day.  On Day 4 we reveal the albums in 8th to 5th position.

Nicole Atkins - Slow Phaser Deluxe Edition

We missed out on reviewing Nicole Atkins' Slow Phaser earlier in the year as it was in some writing downtime. Fortunately we've been given the opportunity to talk about one of our favourite records of the year by the release of a deluxe digital edition.

Nicole Atkins / The Colours - Manchester Gullivers - 16th October 2014

Nicole Atkins made her first trip to Manchester as a headline artist to support the release of her third album Slow Phaser.  She wowed the crowd with a set spanning those three albums and a personality and voice that enveloped the room.