A laid-back jersey girl who was equally into hair metal and her grandmother's Johnny Cash records, Nicole Atkins got started playing solo gigs at college in North Carolina, then moved home and gigged around New York's East Village. It was there that Atkins, 27, developed her strongest assets: a big voice full of longing and Loretta Lynn elegance, and slightly surreal folk-pop songs that evoke moonlit walks with the shadows closing in. Last year, Atkins scored a deal with Columbia Records; an EP, Bleeding Diamonds, is coming this summer and a full-length album late this year.
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