Putting Neptune City on the map
Will singer-songwriter Nicole Atkins do for Neptune City what Bruce Springsteen did for Asbury Park? It's doubtful. But Atkins, whose debut CD "Neptune City" is due out soon, will certainly help put it on the map. Actually, she already has.
Atkins, who Rolling Stone magazine named one of its 10 Artists to Watch last year, is featured in the music section of Time Out New York magazine this week in a piece titled "Shore Thing." Atkins, a 1996 St. Rose grad, will be opening for Chris Isaak at Manhattan's Beacon Theatre on Tuesday.
The article makes references to Neptune City - the "city and the forthcoming CD - as well as to Asbury Park, where she recently moved from her parent's house in Neptune City, and to the Shore music scene.
According to her Web site, the CD, originally due out last week, is being tweaked by Richard Rubin. Rubin won the 2007 Grammy Award for Producer of the Year for his work with U2, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Justin Timberlake and The Dixie Chicks. For Atkins, having Rubin in her camp is a step up from the day not so long ago that she was fired by Clancy's in Neptune for not doing enough Springsteen covers.
The title track from Atkins' "Neptune City" is wonderful; so is the video, in which Tillie makes a cameo appearance.
Atkins, who Rolling Stone magazine named one of its 10 Artists to Watch last year, is featured in the music section of Time Out New York magazine this week in a piece titled "Shore Thing." Atkins, a 1996 St. Rose grad, will be opening for Chris Isaak at Manhattan's Beacon Theatre on Tuesday.
The article makes references to Neptune City - the "city and the forthcoming CD - as well as to Asbury Park, where she recently moved from her parent's house in Neptune City, and to the Shore music scene.
According to her Web site, the CD, originally due out last week, is being tweaked by Richard Rubin. Rubin won the 2007 Grammy Award for Producer of the Year for his work with U2, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Justin Timberlake and The Dixie Chicks. For Atkins, having Rubin in her camp is a step up from the day not so long ago that she was fired by Clancy's in Neptune for not doing enough Springsteen covers.
The title track from Atkins' "Neptune City" is wonderful; so is the video, in which Tillie makes a cameo appearance.
posted by Randy Bergmann at 11:53 AM
1 Comments:
So it was you all along.
You're the "Tillie lover" at the AP Press!
I could never understand the ink you gave that goofy cartoon when all the locals wanted him dead (he's only imprisoned right now; not dead yet).
By the way I rally like Nicole Atkins song "Neptune City."
However my wife, a Neptune City native, was a bit miffed that the video doesn't show Neptune City at all.
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