Doors at 7. Show at 8. Seating is first come first served. Ages 18+.
Dwight & Nicole is a three piece original Soul-rock band fronted by Dwight Ritcher & Nicole Nelson. Ritcher and Nelson met in Boston when they were both just out of school and cutting their teeth on the local club scene. They discovered a shared love of classic blues greats like Albert King and Lighting Hopkins, covering classics by their vocal heroes Mavis Staples, Jimmy Witherspoon and Etta James. All the while obsessing over writing and developing their own original music. Dwight & Nicole began performing live first as a duo. They then self-released two award winning albums through crowd funding, touring and developing a strong following.
They both have the kind of natural voices that stop you dead in your tracks. Wether belting or whispering, they beckon you to listen. Ritcher also happens to play a Gibson Flying V guitar – picking up his first one as a teenager in Long Branch NJ – he’s never played anything else. Albert would be proud. Nelson, a gifted singer & classical violinist from NYC has described the bass as her first real love. She picked it up again in 2015 and has not looked back. The recent addition of powerhouse drummer Ezra Oklan to the band has solidified their sound, and they took this combination into the studio in 2017.
Dwight & Nicole’s upcoming EP “Electric Lights” was recorded live to analog tape with multi-Grammy Award Nominated producer Joel Hamilton (Aaron Neville, The Meters, The Black Keys, Yoko Ono) at Studio G in Brooklyn, NY. Hamilton brilliantly captures their sound and energy on tape. They have just released two singles “Wait” & “Hi-Lo” ahead of the EP, that have both begun to introduce their music to a new wave of listeners. The EP "Electric Lights" will be released on March 2, distributed through The Orchard / Sony Music. The following day, D&N leave for a southern US tour stopping through NC, TN, GA, LA, AL, TX and FL. Highlights include joining Melissa Ethridge for a weeklong Royal Caribbean cruise where they have 3 performances scheduled. On 3/31 they will be at Lincoln Center in NYC for the Independent Music Awards where they have just been nominated for video of the year for “WAIT”.
“Give ‘Wait’ a spin and, for at least three minutes and fifty seconds, all will be right with the world.” -Dan Bolles, Seven Days
“Take R&B, soul, blues and jazz, mix in razor-sharp rock guitar... heat to boiling, and watch your face melt. That's Dwight & Nicole.” -Dr. John
“There are good voices and then there are great voices. Nicole Nelson is definitely the latter.” -Relix Magazine
“Dwight & Nicole are a tour-de-force that demand much wider success. Poignant, hard driving... and heavenly.” -Steve Morse, Boston Globe