Nichole Nordeman - A biography
Frankly speaking, everything’s different now. There is no going back. No changing your mind. Nochoice but to stand up straight, gather your courage and move toward the ledge.
For Nichole Nordeman—the two-time Dove Award-winning Female Vocalist of the Year andcritically acclaimed songwriter who helped put the words “intelligent” and “introspective” back into the Christian music dictionary—the past 24 months as a new Mom have left her both dazedand amazed, with little time for thinking, much less writing. So when her sabbatical from all things professional came to an end, the woman known for unforgettable songs like “Holy,” “EverySeason” and “Legacy” began to reach deep into her songwriter’s heart. What emerged was unlike anything she’d created before.
Scheduled to release on May 24, Brave reveals a bold, progressive leap for a very differentNichole Nordeman, an artist whose eyes and heart are open wider. A woman who has found the courage to take creative risks and, most of all, to speak the truth.
“Early in the process,” Nichole says of her fourth album, “Brad O’Donnell, my friend and A & Rguy, said something that really inspired me. He said, ‘Christians are somehow prone to talking more about where they’ve been instead of where they are. Very few people want to speak upwhile they are in process… They’d rather wait until their junk is resolved, so they can give a “testimony” about the happy ending. As it relates to your writing, please don’t feel the need totie it up with a bow at the end.’”
And so that became Nichole’s mission: to be as honest and truthful as three minutes would allow;to make every song count (read: no fillers just to round out the album); and most of all, to spread her wings and fly formula-free.
Frankly speaking, everything’s different now. There is no going back. No changing your mind. Nochoice but to stand up straight, gather your courage and move toward the ledge.
For Nichole Nordeman—the two-time Dove Award-winning Female Vocalist of the Year andcritically acclaimed songwriter who helped put the words “intelligent” and “introspective” back into the Christian music dictionary—the past 24 months as a new Mom have left her both dazedand amazed, with little time for thinking, much less writing. So when her sabbatical from all things professional came to an end, the woman known for unforgettable songs like “Holy,” “EverySeason” and “Legacy” began to reach deep into her songwriter’s heart. What emerged was unlike anything she’d created before.
Scheduled to release on May 24, Brave reveals a bold, progressive leap for a very differentNichole Nordeman, an artist whose eyes and heart are open wider. A woman who has found the courage to take creative risks and, most of all, to speak the truth.
“Early in the process,” Nichole says of her fourth album, “Brad O’Donnell, my friend and A & Rguy, said something that really inspired me. He said, ‘Christians are somehow prone to talking more about where they’ve been instead of where they are. Very few people want to speak upwhile they are in process… They’d rather wait until their junk is resolved, so they can give a “testimony” about the happy ending. As it relates to your writing, please don’t feel the need totie it up with a bow at the end.’”
And so that became Nichole’s mission: to be as honest and truthful as three minutes would allow;to make every song count (read: no fillers just to round out the album); and most of all, to spread her wings and fly formula-free.
