Press background Biography: NIKKI HORNSBY IS THE GRAND DAUGHTER OF 1930'S COLUMBIA RECORDING ARTIST DAN HORNSBY, WHO RECORDED SUCH EARLY HITS AS "LITTLE BROWN JUG", "OH SUSANNA", AND "LITTLE LIZA JANE". NIKKI'S GRAND FATHER AS SINGER, MUSICIAN, SONGWRITER, PRODUCER, RADIO DJ PERSONALITY, WAS POSTHUMOUSLY INDUCTED >INTO THE ATLANTA COUNTRY MUSIC HALL OF FAME IN 1986. NIKKI HORNSBY WAS BORN IN LONG BEACH, CA. BUT SPENT HER FORMATIVE YEARS GROWING UP IN THE RURAL AREA OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA. IT IS FROM HERE THAT HER TRUE ROOTS AND STRENGTHS HAVE EMERGED. IN THE SPACIOUS, WOODED REGION, SHE QUICKLY DEVELOPED A LOVE FOR MUSIC, TACKLING PIANO, ACCORDION, AND TRUMPET. EARNED HER FIRST GUITAR BY SELLING FLOWER SEEDS IN THE COUNTRYSIDE. TAUGHT HERSELF TO PLAY GUITAR AND STARTED WRITING SONGS AT AN EARLY AGE. HORNSBY'S MANY ORIGINAL TUNES REGULARLY RECEIVE LAVISH ACCOLADES >BECAUSE OF THEIR IRRESISTIBLE HOOKS AND MEMORABLE MELODIES. HORNSBY OFFERS RIVETING NUMBERS THAT CARRY HER BRIGHT, CRYSTALLINE VOCALS, TWANGING GUITAR LINES AND HOMESPUN COUNTRY ROOTS. HER CLEAR HONEST LYRICS USUALLY CONCERN HER OWN PERSONAL EXPERIENCES, OR SOME OBSERVATIONS SHE MIGHT MAKE. DURING HIGH SCHOOL IN WAYNESBORO, VA AND COLLEGE IN BELMONT, NC, NIKKI CONSTANTLY PERFORMED FOR FRIENDS AND FELLOW STUDENTS, FINALLY MOVING INTO PROFESSIONAL CLUB WORK IN NORTH CAROLINA, WASHINGTON D.C. AND EVENTUALLY CALIFORNIA. IT IS LARGELY DUE TO HER FULL-TIME EXTENSIVE CLUB WORK THAT SHE HAS BEEN ABLE TO HONE HER WRITING SKILLS AND DEVELOP HER IMPRESSIVE VOCAL STYLE. (check this site for comments & sections of letters of recommendations regarding performances >~http://home.att.net/~nikkihornsby/GIGLISTPLUS.htm > >WITH MANY ARTICLES PRINTED IN PUBLICATIONS SUCH AS CASHBOX MAGAZINE, >WHERE NIKKI WAS NOTED AS A "RISING STAR", WHICH SAID: "THERE ARE SOME >WHO STUMBLE UP THAT STAIRWAY TO THE STARS DESPITE THEMSELVES. TOO, >THERE ARE THOSE WHO ASCEND ELEGANTLY, LIKE NIKKI HORNSBY. SHE IS NOT >ONLY A TALENTED SINGER/SONGWRITER BUT SHE IS ASTUTE IN THE BUSINESS OF >MUSIC. THIS WRITER IS IMPRESSED..." > >CA COUNTRY MUSIC NEWS (SAN JOSE, APRIL 1992): "THIS SWEET-VOICED >MULTI-TALENTED SONGBIRD IS A TRADITIONAL COUNTRY MUSIC DYNAMO! ... ONE >THING'S FOR CERTAIN, WITH TALENT AND CHARISMA LIKE HERS, THE ONLY WAY >SHE CAN GO IS UP! A WORD OF ADVICE TO YOU MAJOR LABEL MOGULS OUT >THERE: GRAB THIS ONE! SHE IS HOT!!!" >(Website regarding radio stations airplay & comments at the bottom of >this site ~http://home.att.net/~nikkihornsby/BIONH.htm > >NIKKI HORNSBY HAS GREAT PERSISTENCE AND DETERMINATION WORKING IN THE >MUSIC INDUSTRY FOR YEARS BECOMING ON OF THE MOST RESPECTED FEMALE >INDEPENDENT RECORDING ARTIST IN THE USA AND EUROPE. SHE EVEN STARTED A >CONSULTING BUSINESS EXCLUSIVE TO THE MUSIC INDUSTRY TO HELP GUIDE NEW >TALENT & IT WENT ONLINE AT THE END OF 1999 AT WWW.CJP-NHRECORDS.COM >NEW RECORDED PRODUCT "REACHING OUT" OCT./NOV.2000. JOIN THE POSITIVE >WAVE, SPRED THE WORD, BY REACHING OUT!