Danielle Nicole (born Danielle Nicole Schnebelen) is an American

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musician from

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, United States. Her self-titled solo debut EP was released March 10, 2015 on

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. The self-titled EP features

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-winning producer-guitarist

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's co-founding drummer

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and keyboardist Mike Sedovic. On February 25, 2015, American Blues Scene premiered the track "Didn't Do You No Good" off the new EP. In May 2019, she received

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s for both Contemporary Blues Female Artist and Bass Instrumentalist.

Background

Danielle Nicole was previously in the band

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with her brothers Kris and

Nick Schnebelen Nicholas Robert Schnebelen (born September 30, 1978) is an American blues rock musician from Kansas City, Missouri, United States. He has toured with Buddahead and was an original member of Trampled Under Foot. Schnebelen became a solo artist ...

. At the 2014

s, Trampled Under Foot's album, ''Badlands'', won the 'Contemporary Blues Album of the Year' category. At the same ceremony, Danielle Nicole, under the name of Danielle Schnebelen, triumphed in the 'Best Instrumentalist – Bass' category.

Career

In September 2015, her debut album, ''Wolf Den'', was released on Concord Records. It reached number 2 in the ''

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chart in October that year. The album was produced by

and Ryan Kingsbury. Writers included Danielle Nicole, Anders Osborne, Al Jackson Jr. and Mike Sedovic. Players were Danielle Nicole, vocals/bass; Anders Osborne and

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, guitars; Mike Sedovic, keyboards;

, drums. On March 10, 2018, Danielle Nicole's second release, ''Cry No More'', peaked at number 1 in the ''Billboard'' Top Blues Albums Chart and included producer collaborator

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; writers Danielle Schnebelen,

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, Jeff Paris,

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, Anthony LaPeau and John Lardieri. Players were Danielle Nicole, vocals/bass;

, Brandon Miller,

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and

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, guitars; Mike Sedovic,

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, and Kelly Finnigan, organs; Tony Braunagel, drums; with Maxanne Lewis and Kudisan Kai as background vocalists. The

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, ''

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'', used "Save Me" from this album on the February 21, 2019 episode of the show. Danielle Nicole Band-4 (29139880628)

Danielle Nicole along with Christone Ingram, did the warm up show for the Fourth Annual Utah Blues Festival June, 2018 at the State Room, headlined with her band, Brandon Miller and Kris Schnebelen at the International Blues Festival in Canada in July 2018, and at the Bean Blossom Blues Festival in Indiana in August 2018. She performed with an orchestra her tribute to

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and

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November 2018 and, in February 2019, was part of a cruise and concert at Knuckleheads for the Michael Ledbetter Foundation. Danielle Nicole's awards have included the Independent Blues Award for best contemporary CD in ''Blues Blast'' magazine, and Top 20 Blues Rock Roots Album. She was inducted into Canada's South Blues Society Hall of Fame. ''Cry No More'' was nominated for a 2019

in Contemporary blues. In May 2019, Danielle Nicole's album ''Cry No More'', received two

s for Contemporary Blues Female Artist and Bass Instrumentalist and garnered three additional Independent Blues Awards in September 2019 for best R&B Soul CD,

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for the album's title track, and R&B Soul Song for

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". In June 2021 and May 2022, Danielle was awarded the Blues Foundation's Music Award for bass instrumentalist. She was on the cover of Blues Blast Magazine and garnished the bass guitar award for 2022 in their magazine in September of 2022. She had a featured article, "Lady Sings the Blues" by Bertrand Deveaud, in Rollingstone Magazine, France, June 2022. In August 2021, Danielle paired with Bonfire Music to oversee the Danielle Nicole Band's booking and tour schedule.

Discography

EPs

* ''Danielle Nicole'' (March 10, 2015)

Albums

* ''

Wolf Den ''Wolf Den'' is the first full-length studio album by American singer-songwriter Danielle Nicole (she had previously released a self titled EP). It was released on August 21, 2015. The majority of the writing for the album was reportedly compl ...

'' (September 15, 2015) * ''Live at the Gospel Lounge'' (May 22, 2017) * '' Cry No More'' (February 23, 2018)

''Danielle Nicole'' (EP)

''Danielle Nicole'' is the first studio release by American singer-songwriter Danielle Nicole. It was released on March 10, 2015. The studio tracks were recorded in New Orleans, while the last two tracks were recorded live at Kansas City's KTBG-The Bridge 90.9 radio station.

Critical reception

Writing for ''Blues Blast'' magazine, Rex Bartholomew said that the EP "provided a great sound bite of what icolecan do on her own, and it is a very nice piece of work."

Track listing

Personnel

* Danielle Nicole – vocals, bass * Anders Osbourne – guitar * Mike Sedovic – keyboards *

– drums

References

External links

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