Nadir Omowale – Blue LIghts (digital single)
Featuring Amp Fiddler, Caleb Gutierrez, The Will Sessions Horns, Christopher Spooner, Simone White, and Jeff Rebrovich.
Nadir Omowale – The Right Kind of Crazy (digital single)
Written by Reavis Mitchell & Nadir Omowale
Published by Eclipse America Productions, Inc. (BMI)
Nadir Omowale returns with a scathing, purple tinged, post-Hendrix funk rocker.
“She might be out of her mind, but she’s The Right Kind Of Crazy”.
credits
Produced, Recorded, Mixed and Mastered by J. Nadir Omowale at EkoBase Media, Ferndale, Michigan
Additional recording by Simone White at Sim-1 Music, Sydney, Australia
Simone White: drums
Steve Caldwell: lead & wah guitars
Nick Gingras: synths
Jeff Rebrovich: freaky samples and programming
Steffanie Christi’an: vocals
Nadir Omowale: bass, guitars, keys, programming, vocals
Artwork by Mario Butterfield (www.mariobutterfield.com) @riodata
lyrics
(Reavis Mitchell & Nadir Omowale)
She got a body like a god damn bullet train
High tech freak sex yet so insane
She stank so good pheromones of fire
And I really couldn’t get any higherShe might be out of her mind, but
She’s The Right Kind of Crazy
She might be out of her mind, but
She’s The Right Kind of CrazyI get withdrawals cause I can’t get her off of my brain
I try to kick, but I just can’t stand the pain
But when I hit it then we up till the morning
And her hot rain soothes the callingShe might be out of her mind, but
She’s The Right Kind of Crazy
She might be out of her mind, but
She’s The Right Kind of CrazyOh yeah…She went to church and they told her she was going to Hell
She called me up and said, “Baby, will you drive me there?”
We on the road to total destruction
But I just can’t ‘scape the suction
She might be out of her mind, but
She’s The Right Kind of Crazy
She might be out of her mind, but
She’s my Kind of Crazy
Detroit Free Press: Beloved Seger album gets musical translation in live Detroit tribute
Originally Published in the Detroit Free Press
By Brian McCollum
Detroit Free Press Pop Music Critic
July 13, 2014
It was the kind of fun, freewheeling night where history shook hands with 2014 and both came out better for it.
Before a mostly packed house Saturday night at 2,000-capacity Orchestra Hall, native son Don Was hosted a diverse collection of Detroit-related performers to take on Bob Seger’s beloved 1976 concert album, “Live Bullet.” Was’ latest Detroit All-Star Revue capped the day for Concert of Colors, the free fest that will wrap up today in Midtown Detroit.
“Bullet” holds a cherished spot in local rock lore, and for artists ranging from teen rocker Blaire Alise to 67-year-old Spyder Turner, Saturday brought a sense of hometown duty to go with a wide-open musical mandate: Play it how you want.
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Nadir Omowale: ‘Detroit Can Teach The World How To Succeed As An Independent Artist’
Originally Published at Deadline Detroit
It’s difficult to pigeonhole Detroit musician and producer Nadir Omowale into a specific genre. Jazz, funk, soul, rock and many other genres influence in his music. Out of that eclectic mix, Nadir has successfully crafted full-time career in the industry.
You’re originally from Elizabethton, Tennessee, went to Nashville for college and moved to Detroit in 1999. How has it been different living and working in the Detroit scene?
I was in Nashville playing my original music, which is funk-rock-soul based. Unfortunately at that particular time, it was really difficult to gain any traction in Nashville with that kind of music. I happened to meet a young lady who worked at the Nashville Ford plant. We took a liking to each other and she became my wife, Akanke. Before we made that decision she said, “You know, at some point I’m going to have to move to Detroit,” and I said, “Well I can make music in Detroit.” Moving here actually has turned out to be fantastic for my music career. I was raised on that Detroit sound, and it really was an opportunity to come home musically. As people in Detroit heard me play, they really embraced me and my music.
“95 Miles Down the Road” – Music Video by Nadir & Mayaeni
It’s all but over. Nadir and Mayaeni don’t want to be here any more, and their already gone… 95 Miles Down The Road. The tension and tempers are too much to take. Can they hold it together long enough to take one final bow?
This music video, directed by Mayaeni and featuring Emily Rogers and Christopher Spooner, is the second chapter of The Book of Jonah.
Click HERE to purchase the 7-inch vinyl single or download the track from iTunes.
Nadir – The Book of Jonah (enhanced cd + digital)
Metro Times Detroit says The Book of Jonah is “fantastic… a dirty, honest little funk ’n’ roll record recalling George Clinton, early Stevie Wonder and the MC5 in a big sonic soup.”
SoulTracks.com calls The Book of Jonah, “…one the top albums of 2012. Highly Recommended.”
Detroit Free Press agrees: “Nadir reveals a fantastic collection of songs with a positive message about everyday life.”
BlackGrooves.org says The Book of Jonah is a “funk workout”.
WDET-FM Detroit: “Rob Reinhart’s Essential Music CD Pick of the Week”
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Nadir – 95 Miles Down The Road (featuring Mayaeni) b/w Belly of the Whale (7-inch vinyl + digital)
Don’t mess with Nadir and Mayaeni! They’re both gone “95 Miles Down the Road” with a song that’s as hot as your mama’s skillet on Sunday morning!
That’s right, the two singer/songwriters get together to break it apart musically in the second chapter from The Book of Jonah.
Speaking of Jonah, the flip side takes us deep into the “Belly of the Whale”. And what does that mean? Listen and find out…
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