“Unique, yet familiar, coy, but direct, and so very deeply clever. You will hear instant classics that come fresh from reality, via the humor of someone who doesn’t take life too seriously, but who lays down some pretty serious tracks. This well produced album will have you laughing one minute and contemplating the absurdity of your own existence the next. This is one of those few albums that you wait for the right time to put on and sing along to, because you know that to feel complete, you will want to play it loud, and enjoy its emotive resplendence, until the very last note. ” - Evan Parks, WOOL-FM 91.5 FM
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Olivia Nied is a twenty-eight year-old American singer, songwriter, arranger, producer and multi-instrumental performer and session musician. Trained at Goldsmiths London University, the Berklee College of Music jazz program, and the Vermont Jazz Center, Olivia toured in the US, performed at music festivals in the UK and played clubs in London, Paris, and Amsterdam. Olivia also composed for modern dance, recorded solo and with various bands and ensembles, incorporating rock, new-grass, punk-pop, and jazz influences.
Olivia's latest solo album “Just Enough” is a collection of original songs that cross genres blending elements of folk, rock and roll, pop-punk and R&B and lyrically drawing from her lived experience as a neurodivergent, transgender young person pursuing radical joy against all odds. Olivia sang lead and harmony vocals and played and arranged all guitar, bass, piano, synthesizer, violin and percussion parts on the record as well. Songs from “Just Enough” have been included on group playlists in the UK and the Netherlands.
As an emerging artist, Olivia's skilled musicianship has gained the attention of many. Fender Guitars has been promoting video of her improvisational playing which has accrued 14,000 views on the company's social media platform. blending together elements of folk,