NIKKI LANE PERFORMS ON CBS SATURDAY MORNING
DENIM & DIAMONDS OUT NOW
EXTENSIVE NORTH AMERICAN
HEADLINE TOUR UNDERWAY
Press photo, credit: Jody DomingueOctober 3, 2022—Nikki Lane was featured on CBS Saturday Morning this past weekend as part of their “Saturday Sessions” series, performing three songs from her acclaimed new album Denim & Diamonds: “First High,” “Try Harder” and “Denim & Diamonds.”
Released earlier this month on New West Records (stream/purchase here), the album continues to receive widespread critical praise…
“Lane is sharpest when she leans all the way into irreverence. She sings with the authority and weariness of someone who’s been through the wringer, the cool insistence of her voice giving her an air of earned wisdom.”—Pitchfork
“The result has the rock-country grit of Tanya Tucker and some harder-edged guitars while still keeping Lane’s signature sound fully intact.”—SPIN
“It shows Nikki Lane at her best, stepping towards a darker direction while keeping one foot planted in the country and roots music of her past.”—American Songwriter
“Her brash kiss-offs, lovelorn pleas, and plenty of that good old-fashioned American grit come out to play with producer Homme's thrashing rock and roll sensibility — a deliciously satisfying combo.”—No Depression
“Nikki Lane spent the last five years since the release of her breakthrough album, Highway Queen, searching for the right combination of confidants to help her realize the vision of the paradigm-spinning outlaw country songs on Denim & Diamonds. And it’s paid off.”—San Francisco Chronicle
In celebration of the new album, Lane is currently in the midst of an extensive North American headlining tour with dates through the winter—see full routing below and purchase tickets here.
Additionally, Lane is the new face of Slow & Low Rye Whiskey Old-Fashioned—read her interview with the brand about her new album, riding motorcycles and whiskey drinking here. Slow & Low and Nikki Lane collaborated on an exclusive housewares collection that includes a deck of cards, a co-branded whiskey glass and a vinyl coaster, which will be available October 17 on the Slow & Low website.
Denim & Diamonds was born out of a moment of careful consideration in Lane’s career—when several years of touring behind her last album came to an end and the early days of the pandemic forced everyone inside, Lane knew it was time to find inspiration somewhere new. Lane enlisted Queens of the Stone Age frontman Joshua Homme to help her bring Denim & Diamonds to life, with whom she assembled a studio band of big-budget talent consisting of his Queens of the Stone Age collaborators Alain Johannes on guitar, Dean Fertita on organ and Michael Shuman on bass, as well as drummers Matt Helders of Arctic Monkeys and Carla Azar of Autolux. With Homme’s help, Lane transformed the seeds of ideas she had for years into an album that nods to her wide-ranging influences, from the psychedelia of The 13th Floor Elevators to traditional country stalwarts like Loretta Lynn. Denim & Diamonds was a chance for Lane to take stock of her first decade as a songwriter as she traces her origin story from her religious youth in South Carolina to Nashville Rebel.
Raised as a Baptist in Greenville, South Carolina, Lane discovered music as an outlet for creative expression at an early age, dropping out of school at 17 to move to Los Angeles, then New York, and then Nashville to launch her songwriting career. She has released three albums—her 2011 debut Walk of Shame, 2014’s All or Nothin’ and Highway Queen from 2017. Aside from steadily releasing new music of her own and touring the world, she was featured on “Breaking Up Slowly” on Lana Del Rey’s 2021 album Chemtrails Over the Country Club and contributed to Spiritualized’s Everything Was Beautiful.
NIKKI LANE—DENIM & DIAMONDS
1. First High
2. Denim & Diamonds
3. Faded
4. Born Tough
5. Try Harder
6. Good Enough
7. Live/Love
8. Black Widow
9. Pass It Down
10. Chimayo
NIKKI LANE LIVE
October 3 Lexington, KY The Burl
October 4 Louisville, KY Zanzabar
October 5 Bristol, TN Paramount Center for the Arts
October 6 Raleigh, NC Lincoln Theatre
October 8 North Charleston, SC Riverfront Revival Music Festival
October 9 Atlanta, GA The Earl
October 15 Los Angeles, CA Greek Theater†
October 19 Baton Rouge, LA Manship Theatre
October 20 Houston, TX Last Concert Café
October 21 Austin, TX The White Horse
October 22 New Braunfels, TX Whitewater Amphitheater‡
October 23 Dallas, TX Studio at The Factory
October 26 Oklahoma City, OK Beer City Music Hall
October 27 Lubbock, TX The Blue Light Live
October 28 Albuquerque, NM Revel Entertainment Center†
October 29 Mesa, AZ Mesa Amphitheatre†
November 5 Spicewood, TX Lucktoberfest
November 29 Asheville, NC The Gray Eagle
November 30 Rocky Mount, VA Harvester Performance Center
December 1 Washington, D.C. The Black Cat
December 2 New York, NY Bowery Ballroom
December 3 Ardmore, PA Ardmore Music Hall
December 4 Boston, MA Brighton Music Hall
December 6 Toronto, ON Horseshoe Tavern
December 8 Pittsburgh, PA Thunderbird Café and Music Hall
December 9 Cleveland, OH Beachland Ballroom & Tavern
December 10 Columbus, OH A&R Music Bar
December 11 Newport, KY The Southgate House Revival
December 12 Detroit, MI El Club
December 14 Evanston, IL SPACE
December 15 Madison, WI High Noon Saloon
December 16 Milwaukee, WI Shank Hall
December 17 Minneapolis, MN Fine Line
December 18 Des Moines, IA Wooly’s
* with Spiritualized
† with Midland
‡ with Turnpike Troubadours
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