Americana duo, Steve and Kristi Nebel are currently promoting their latest CD, "Raven Speaks", recorded with their songs, and the poems of Pacific Northwest poet, Duane Niatum. This internationally touring duo has been performing together for fifteen years, recorded ten albums as a duo, and three albums as founding members of "The Madrones" and "The Fabulous Filucies". Both of the Nebels sing lead, or harmony, and both of them play instruments, Kristi; bass guitar, and Steve; guitar.
Here are some comments from abroad and home about the work of Steve and Kristi Nebel, both live and recorded:
"This was a joint presentation of love, peace and freedom with nature, in their own music encapsulated in the title of their latest CD offering ‘Bohemian Outback’. Steve's thoughtful guitar and flowing, lyrical style, matched by crystal clear vocalizing and gentle electric bass playing from Kristi prove a compelling musical vehicle for transporting the listener along with them on their journey from Tacoma, Washington State.
“Beautiful stuff ! But somehow it's also something more. I was reminded of Paxton's exuberance, and songs reflecting so vividly the country he comes from; the heartfelt concerns and perceptions of nature in ‘The Crow’, and a sense of how humanity "treats" itself, and it's privileged lease holding on this planet in ‘Harbor Island’ . There was Paxtonesque fun-poking in ‘Superman's Dilemma’, and Steve`s perceptive ‘Lillian`s World’ was for me his strongest writing. Kristi's wonderful voice was most powerfully in evidence in ‘On Fishermen’, written along with Steve."
Bob Benbow, retired lorry driver, and co-organizer Acoustic Music Club, Leicester, UK
“. . . there's something in each of you that has the ability to connect beyond the words and music. You are a gift...that I am so grateful to receive.” Linda Frank
About ‘Bohemian Outback’: "I think it's the best thing you've ever put out . . . [Go Out To]Alberta is so good I wanna do it myself. The writing is sharp as a Gillette Twinedge." - Thaddeus Spae
"No one exemplifies the socially aware musician better than Steve and Kristi Nebel. Steve and Kristi do a truly wonderful job of combining searing social concern about war and peace with a delightful spirit of love and happiness. Kristi . . . sings with a hauntingly beautiful voice which is at once ethereal and earthy." Geoff Bard, Victory Review
The Nebels are known for their "occupationally correct" songs dealing with life in Alaska and northwestern Canada. In the winter of 1985 they left all of their worldly possessions in their rented house in Seattle (they hired a friend to pack the house and put their stuff in storage) for a job playing music in Nome, Alaska, where they spent five months. Eventually they played from Nome to Ketchikan, and Dawson City to Prince George between 1985 and 1991, building a repertoire of songs about the people they met, in 1990 releasing those songs in an album, "Taking Off". Rusty Miller of "Victory Review" says of this album "Some of it makes me laugh. Some of it makes me cry. Some of it makes me real humble . . . but if they were to convene a concert . . . I'd scheme hard for a percentage of the gate." Denise Sofranko of "Dirty Linen" says "the Nebels know how to take an interesting subject, draw you into the tale, and make you care about the people and places they chronicle".
The original songs performed by Steve & Kristi Nebel have a folk or folk-rock sound, often with an American country music influence. The Nebels’ continue to grace Pacific Northwest festivals with their repertoire of songs that deal with the life, history, and topography of their beloved Pacific Northwest. In 2001, 2003, and 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, and 2010, they toured the United Kingdom from Southampton, England to Argyll, Scotland. For the last eight years they have volunteered in many capacities as members of United For Peace of Pierce County, and the “Conversation”, both groups that give voice to the Nebel’s concern for social justice, including multiple benefit concerts, and helping to organize peace rallies, and the annual “SoJust” festival put on by the Conversation. Many of their songs reflect their interest in social justice. The Nebels currently live in their 113 year old house in Tacoma, WA.
Contact Kristi Nebel at (253)573-1504, or kristinebel@msn.com
http://www.sknebel.com
P.O. Box 5764, Tacoma, WA 98415-0764
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