Nive Nielsen

Posted by keenangaynor

THE SKINNY: Nive Nielsen is a ukulele-playing folk-pop singer/songwriter from Nuuk, Greenland.

MYSPACE: http://myspace.com/nivenielsen
PURCHASE: iTunes

Nive Nielsen is certainly one of a kind. Not only does she write the majority of her music using a small, single ukulele, but she also happens to be an Inuk Eskimo from Greeland. Seriously.

Having had very little musical influence or experience growing up in Greenland, Nive began writing songs on her ukulele after having received it as a gift from her boyfriend (and current band-mate) Jan de Vroede. Her prior musical restrictions certainly don't show, however, as she's capable of producing some very catchy, pretty and majestic tunes. Perhaps that makes her music stand apart from other acoustic folk-pop artists through are her very unique and imaginative lyrics. Wondering what I mean by unique and imaginative? Here's a quote from Nive (via SonicBids) - "I'm scared of ghosts. And bugs. And ghost bugs as well. So I sing about them."

Nive's EP Nive Sings! (available on iTunes) was produced by John Parish (of PJ Harvey and Eels production-fame) and serves as a lovely array of her songwriting talent. She does, however, credit much of her talent to her band-mate Jan de Vroede and the large handful of artists/friends that often accompany her (which have included members of groups such as the Black Keys, Unicorns, GY!BE, Wolf Parade and many more). Posted below are several tracks off of the aforementioned EP, and are definitely worth a listen (even if you may not happen to be a fan of the genre).

"My Coffee Boy" off of Nive Sings!:

"Dear Leopold" off of Nive Sings!: