Nicole Atkins

Wheels Off with Rhett Miller

Rhett Miller

Music, Performing Arts, Arts

4.9 • 609 Ratings

🗓️ 14 December 2021

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Nicole Atkins joins Rhett from her home in Nashville to talk about the new album that she’s working on, accidentally getting a record deal, and writing songs about Twitter. You’ll hear the two old friends (and songwriting partners) discuss her most recent record, Memphis Ice, why shyness is a waste of time when you’re a musician, and how “doing the work” is the only thing that you can control. Nicole Atkins is a singer-songwriter from Neptune, NJ. Her style combines 50s-style crooning with psychedelia, soul, and 80’s punk, rendering a stunningly unique and infectious sound. She has released 6 stellar studio albums, and has collaborated with extraordinary artists including Scott Walker, The Avett Brothers, and Joe Russo’s Almost Dead. In this episode she shares fascinating insights about her flourishing musical life with listeners, and you won’t want to miss what she has to say! Check out Nicole’s new album, Memphis Ice, on Apple Music or Spotify. Wheels Off is brought to you by Osiris Media. Hosted and produced by Rhett Miller. Co-produced by Kirsten Cluthe in partnership with Nick Ruffini (Revoice Media). Editing by Justin Thomas. Production Assistance by Matt Bavuso. Music by OLD97’s. Episode artwork by Katherine Boils. Show logo by Tim Skirven. This podcast is available on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. You can also ask Alexa to play it. Please leave us a rating or review on iTunes. Revisit previous episodes of Wheels Off with Rosanne Cash, Rob Thomas, Will Forte, Lydia Loveless, Allison Moorer, Ted Leo, Paul F. Tompkins, Jen Kirkman, and more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Osiris.
0:03.8	Welcome to Wheels Off, a show about the messy reality of the creative life. I'm Rhett Miller.
0:10.7	That's when it got wheels off. We started up and we ain't going to starve.
0:16.9	I like you. Like it or not. That's when they got wheels off. Nicole Atkins is an old friend of mine, even though she's still young.
0:29.0	She's such a hard worker and she's such a natural talent.
0:36.9	That kind of a combination is pretty undeniable. I've been in awe of her work ethic,
0:44.0	her big engine. I probably referenced that during the course of the interview. I admire Nicole a
0:50.7	lot, and I like Nicole a lot. And we've written songs together, and we've done
0:54.8	tours and gigs together, and it's always been fun. She lights up every room she's in, but, you know,
1:02.4	but she's still a complicated person, fraught with depth and emotion and weirdness and tortured
1:08.7	moments, all the things that make artists, you know,
1:13.1	embodiments of the cliche that we carry around for good reason.
1:17.1	You know, artists are weird, sensitive people in general.
1:20.8	And 100 plus episodes into wheels off, I have not been shaken from the belief that
1:26.4	there's truth to that cliche.
1:28.9	So Nicole Atkins joins me from her home in Nashville.
1:33.4	I wake her up.
1:34.3	I think you can hear her making coffee, maybe lighting a cigarette.
1:38.7	She's keeping it real on the mean streets of Nashville.
1:43.9	And I'm so glad I got to talk to her.
1:46.5	I've missed Nicole a lot over the last couple of years, and it's great to catch up with her.
1:52.5	She put out a record during the pandemic called Italian Ice.
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