Nicole Atkins melts crooner music, Americana, blues, country, pop noir and soul into her own distinguished sound. In a righteous world, she would have been as popular as Lana Del Rey (who must be one of Atkins’s biggest fans).

Her latest album Goodnight Rhonda Lee, that already spawned the great single Sleepwalking, features the track Brokedown Luck. Atkins arranged the horns and co-wrote the song with Jim Sclavunos of Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, and it has now been chosen as the album’s new single. It comes with a video complete with Elvis impersonators, nuns, ‘shred bull’ and lots of puppetry. The singer even turns into a puppet herself. So, why haven’t you hit ‘play’ yet? ?

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Werner Schlosser

I’m a music industry watcher and journalist. Worked at a CD club, a record store chain and was editor in chief of an entertainment trade magazine. Have been in the radio business since 1987, producing and presenting shows. Was music director of several stations. Also, I developed the European Border Breakers Chart, Music Moves Europe Talent Chart and ESNS Chart. CEO of Werner Bros. tekst | uitleg.