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| The deluxe edition of Tami Neilson's CHICKABOOM! includes 5 extra tracks recorded live with the 12-piece Big Boss Orchestra. |
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After a year of building momentum, including performances at Americanafest in Nashville in the fall of 2019, and a confirmed slot at Willie Nelson’s famed Luck Reunion, Auckland-based, Canadian-born musician Tami Neilson launched her new album CHICKABOOM! in February, 2020.
The collection received rave reviews from top-drawer publications such as MOJO, Rolling Stone and American Songwriter. No Depression ironically proclaimed, “Just call 2020 the Year of Tami!” In a matter of weeks, as COVID-19 took over the world and New Zealand and the rest of the world plunged into lockdown, Tami’s world tour was cancelled, and all that hard-earned momentum ground to a halt. Still hoping to make her NZ dates, she entered Neil Finn’s iconic Roundhead Studios to promote those shows and perform with her band (whom she hadn’t seen in four months) and the 12-piece Big Boss Orchestra for the very first time for Radio New Zealand’s LIVE Sessions national broadcast. These one-take, reimagined selections make up five new dramatic arrangements on CHICKABOOM! DELUXE.
Not long after the world went sideways, the creative whirlwind got busy with her team, which includes her brothers Jay and Todd, musical and video collaborators, respectively. The Tami Show, a 12-episode series on YouTube, was born as a welcome respite from quarantine life. Offering a glimpse into Tami’s life with funny anecdotes, fashion inspiration, hair and make-up tutorials, and THAT VOICE, the show, along with additional videos from CHICKABOOM! can be viewed on her YouTube channel right here.
The single “Hey Bus Driver” from CHICKABOOM! won Country Song of the Year at the New Zealand Country Music Awards and the track “You Were Mine” was nominated for the APRA Silver Scroll for Song of the Year. CHICKABOOM! was also nominated for Album of the Year at the Aotearoa Music Awards (previously named Vodafone New Zealand Music Awards).
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern asked Tami to perform at her campaign launch before her landslide re-election after Tami included an actress playing the PM in the music video for the track "Big Boss Mama”, released for International Women’s Day in 2019 (watch it right here)
As Tami states, PM Ardern “came up to me at the Music Awards after the video played on the big screen and said, ‘You know you could’ve just asked me to do it!’ I said, ‘You were on maternity leave, so I didn't want to bother you.’ She laughed and said, ‘Ok, well, next time!’ I'm gonna hold her to it.”
Pre-order a copy of CHICKABOOM! DELUXE (out February 19) from your fave service right here. Watch Tami's new videos for "Call Your Mama" and "Tell Me That You Love Me" followed by the track listing below.
CHICKABOOM DELUXE! Tracklist
01 Call Your Mama
02 Hey, Bus Driver!
03 Ten Tonne Truck
04 Queenie, Queenie
05 You Were Mine
06 16 Miles Of Chain
07 Tell Me That You Love Me
08 Any Fool With A Heart
09 Sister Mavis
10 Sleep
Live at Roundhead Studios bonus tracks
11 A Woman’s Pain
12 Call Your Mama
13 Roimata (Cry Myself To Slee)
14 Walk (Back To Your Arms)
15 You Were Mine
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