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Grammy-nominated artist and 10-time Blues Music Award winner Danielle Nicole has released her new single, “Take Me Back,” featuring North Mississippi Allstars guitarist Luther Dickinson. The song is the latest preview of her forthcoming album, Fireflies, which will be released on August 28 via 40 Below Records.

Built around a swampy groove that blends blues, soul and Southern roots, “Take Me Back” reflects on Nicole’s upbringing in western Missouri. Joined by Dickinson’s unmistakable guitar work, the song revisits the back porches, railroad tracks and coal fires of her childhood while also paying tribute to her late brother and longtime bandmate, Kris. The recording also features Kris’ drum kit, adding another personal connection to the track.

“‘Take Me Back’ is about remembering where you come from,” says Nicole. “Those places, those people and those memories become part of who you are forever.”

Fireflies is Nicole’s fourth solo album and was recorded live to analog tape in Kansas City with producer Tony Braunagel, guitarist Brandon Miller and keyboardist Jim Pugh. The album explores themes of loss, resilience, empowerment and hope through a blend of blues, classic soul and Americana.

Written largely in the wake of her brother’s passing, Fireflies finds Nicole expanding her collaborative songwriting while remaining rooted in the music that first inspired her. The album balances deeply personal storytelling with groove-driven performances and features some of the strongest songwriting of her career.

“Take Me Back,” featuring Luther Dickinson, is available now. Fireflies will be released on August 28 via 40 Below Records.

TOUR DATES

July 18 – Alameda Hermanas – 27th Festival La Isla del Blues
July 19 – Madrid – Sala Villanos
July 21 – Brezoi – Camp Brezoi
July 23 – Keler, San Sebastian – Jazzaldia 2026
Aug. 4 – Rockford, IL – Anderson Japanese Gardens
Aug. 6 – Middlesboro, KY – Levitt Amp Middlesboro
Aug. 22 – Sacramento, CA – The Sofia
Aug. 23 – Livermore, CA – Almost Famous Wine
Aug. 25 – San Francisco, CA – Biscuits & Blues
Aug. 26 – Santa Cruz, CA – Moe’s Alley
Aug. 27 – West Hollywood, CA – The Peppermint Club
Aug. 28 – Phoenix, AZ – Rhythm Room
Aug. 29 – Phoenix, AZ – Rhythm Room
Aug. 30 – Tucson, AZ – 191 Toole
Sept. 2 – The Woodlands, TX – Dosey Doe Big Barn
Sept. 3 – Fort Worth, TX – Billy Bob’s Texas
Sept. 4 – Austin, TX – 04 Center
Sept. 5 – Tulsa, OK – Vanguard
Sept. 10 – Las Vegas, NV – Big Blues Bender 2026
Sept. 22 – Sellersville, PA – Sellersville Theater
Sept. 23 – New York, NY – Drom
Sept. 24 – Turners Falls, MA – Shea Theater Arts Center
Sept. 25 – Thomaston, ME – Watts Hall Community Arts
Sept. 26 – Old Saybrook, CT – The Kate
Sept. 27 – Boston, MA – City Winery Boston
Sept. 30 – Buffalo, NY – Sportsmen’s Tavern
Oct. 1 – Cleveland, OH – Music Box Supper Club
Oct. 15 – Columbia, MO – The Blue Note
Oct. 16 – Des Moines, IA – Wooly’s
Oct. 18 – Lincoln, NE – Bourbon Theatre
Nov. 3 – Leiden, Holland – Qbus Club
Nov. 4 – Verviers, France – Spirit of 66
Nov. 6 – Joldelund – Gerd’s Juke Joint
Nov. 7 – Rheine – Stadthalle Rheine
Nov. 8 – Weert – De Bosuil
Nov. 9 – Kassel – Theaterstübchen
Nov. 10 – Hamburg – Nica Jazz Club
Nov. 12 – Šumperk – House of Culture
Nov. 13 – Wien – Reigen Live
Nov. 14 – Budapest – Analog Music Hall
Nov. 16 – Salzburg – Rockhouse
Nov. 18 – Helmbrechts – Oberfränkisches Textilmuseum
Nov. 19 – Fulda – Kulturkeller
Nov. 20 – Oss – Groene Engel
Nov. 21 – Gaildorf – Eugen Haberlen OHG Brauerei
Nov. 22 – Alten – LSmusic
Nov. 27 – Wichita, KS – The Cotillion Ballroom
Nov. 28 – Kansas City, MO – Uptown Theater
Jan. 31 – Fort Lauderdale, FL – Legendary Rhythm & Blues Cruise 2027
Feb. 17 – London – 100 Club
Feb. 18 – Manchester – Manchester Academy
Feb. 19 – Glasgow – Oran Mor
Feb. 20 – Leeds – Brudenell Social Club
Feb. 21 – Newcastle upon Tyne – The Cluny

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Melvins frontman Buzz Osborne has revealed one of his favourite methods of trolling and upsetting his friend and Fantômas bandmate Mike Patton: he simply ‘credits’ Patton for inspiring the birth of nu metal via his ground-breaking work with Faith No More.

Faith No More – and specifically their breakthrough album The Real Thing (1989), Patton’s debut with the San Francisco band, plus it’s bold and brilliant follow-up Angel Dust (1992) – have long been cited as a major influence by members of Slipknot, Deftones, System of a Down, Korn and Limp Bizkit. But Patton has never been shy about expressing his disdain for nu metal, refusing to accept any responsibility whatsoever for the music made by artists who cite him as an inspiration.

“Faith No More spawned an awful lot of shitty bands,” the singer joked to Kerrang! in 1999. “Most of those bands I don’t like at all, and I’d hate to take credit for what they’re doing. I think you have to have a very vivid imagination to link them and Faith No More.”

“Do you think I listen to any of that stuff at all?” he once asked Metal Hammer. “No, it’s for 13-year-old morons!”

Nevertheless, the association is never going to go away, which is why Buzz Osborne, a musician forever identified as a pivotal influence upon Seattle’s grunge scene, delights in using the link to wind up Patton.

Speaking with Patton’s Tomahawk bandmate Duane Denison (also the guitarist with The Jesus Lizard) in an interview hosted by Consequence, Osborne said, “I used to have a joke with Patton, ’cause he’s called influential as well. And I would go, I’ll take Nirvana and Soundgarden and you can have Limp Bizkit and Korn. He’s like, ‘Fuck you.’ [laughter] That was always funny. But I mean the whole nü-metal thing to me it all sounded like Helmet ultimately.”

“I think that the word influence is misused,” Denison says. “I think maybe we inspire them to play, but I don’t think we influence their music. I think that, you know, people, they tend to name-drop when they use the word influence. And they, ‘Oh I’m influenced by Stockhausen and Miles Davis.’ And then you go to their house and it’s all Mott The Hoople and Bob Seger.”

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