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Nigel Place is a singer-songwriter who has found his own voice and applied it to the self-deprecatory folk-rock of ‘Sad Songs’, with its thought-provoking lyrics. ‘The Last Resort’ is slower and more introspective, and I’m not sure if we haven’t had our fill of that stuff. ‘Bitter Twist’ has a touch of Declan O’Rourke about it. It has the makings of a classy pop track and it gets a lift with decent harmonies. Place may be onto something different enough to get him through the mass of singer-songwriters already out there. - HOTPRESS Nov 2007
Nigel Place is a singer-songwriter who has found his own voice and applied it to the self-deprecatory folk-rock of ‘Sad Songs’, with its thought-provoking lyrics. ‘The Last Resort’ is slower and more introspective, and I’m not sure if we haven’t had our fill of that stuff. ‘Bitter Twist’ has a touch of Declan O’Rourke about it. It has the makings of a classy pop track and it gets a lift with decent harmonies. Place may be onto something different enough to get him through the mass of singer-songwriters already out there. - HOTPRESS Nov 2007
Discography
You can hear some other songs online at www.myspace.com/nigelplace
Promotional 4 track EP called "Broadcast to Anyone Who'll Listen", the track titles are "Last Resort", "Bitter Twist", " Sad Songs" and "Lost Dalliance". Produced by Len Arran (Skunk Anansie and Skin songwriter).
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Having just supported Declan O'Rourke in The Academy, Dublin, he's now gonna get ready for the Castlepalooza Festival but just to rewind a bit first........
2006 saw Nigel being selected from over 700 acts to perform as part of the Hard Working Class Heroes event in Dublin, establishing him on the Irish singer/songwriter scene as definitely one to watch for 2007.
Most recently Nigel appeared on The Tubridy Show on RTE Radio 1, playing live and being interviewed, this show being Ireland’s 2nd most listened to show. Nigel’s song “Sad Songs” was played on RTE Radio 1 by Maxi, on BBC Radio Ulster by Karen Kirby and featured on 2FM DJ Jenny Huston’s Coca-Cola Podcast. He was a featured “Artist of the Week” on “02 Making Waves” Podcast for Podcasting Ireland.
Nigel was selected from thousands of Artists all over Europe to play at the “City Showcase” event in London, which in the past has had acts such as Ray LaMontagne, Amy Winehouse and Razorlight (to name a few) play, gaining keen industry interest whilst there.
Having started out on the Singer/Songwriter scene in Dublin and first playing at one of Dave Murphy's infamous Tuesday nights upstairs at the International Bar, became a regular there and was one of the guests selected to play at the special closing shows to mark that era. Nights like these nights saw such acts as Damien Rice, Damien Dempsey, Mundy, Paddy Casey, Declan O'Rourke, Roesy and Gemma Hayes all take the stage on a regular basis.
With Nigel aiming to follow in the footsteps of his contemporaries and having met up with Len Arran (of Skunk Anansie/Skin fame) led to the recording of a 4 track EP called "Broadcast To Anyone Who'll Listen", produced by Len.
As well as his very recent achievements in 2007, Nigel has also had the honour of being one of the guests selected to play at the opening of a new venue in Dublin called “The Acoustic Room” and also being the first guest to appear on Dundalk FM’s “The Vibe”.
Nigel is in the studio right now recording his debut album and his vocals will feature in the music for the upcoming TV Pilot show "The Coalboat Kids".
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