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Mercedes Nicole
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About Me
A Voice that lingers, interrupts your thoughts and warms your soul.
Soft –spoken Mercedes Nicole has an intimate and electric stage presence that reaches beyond the limits of time and space. Whether it’s the Blues or Jazz, music is in her blood! She has that kind of voice that demands attention, not because of volume, but because of it touches the heart and interrupts one’s thoughts. Her voice wraps itself like a comforter around the human experience, encouraging uplift, seeking not only triumph but healing. Mercedes is that exquisite mix of a mezzo soprano and contralto that permeates and interrupts one's thoughts, often with uncanny control...she lingers. She first débuted her talent for singing Jazz at Tula’s at Reggie Goings Sunday Jazz Jam- where she quickly became one of the Crowd’s Favorites. Not wanting to deny her love of the Blues, Mercedes Debuted her natural affinity to perform Blues at the Westport Blues Festival, where she got warm nod, and a bear hug from B.B. King’s daughter, Claudette King that afternoon. Mercedes has been in local music scenes all over Western Washington. Mercedes performance bio includes Demetrio’s Jazz Alley, The Triple Door, Seattle Art Museum, Shoreline, Earshot and Vashon Arts Festival, Seattle Center house, the Confluence Music Festival, and tons of music reviews. Her 2013 Jazz CD “Beautiful Alignment” produced by Thomas Marriott, gained impressive airplay all over the nation. Her 2020 CD “Constellation” earned her the cover of in August Blues Letter of the WA Blues Society and number 12 on the Roots Chart. Why haven’t you heard of her before you ask? It’s because Mercedes’s been focused on singing Jazz for the last ten years, trying to win the approval of her church going critics, but it’s come to the point that the love of blues was bubbling over in her veins, and she just couldn’t hold back any longer. This year 2023, Mercedes is releasing a brand new CD “Dare to Love-Dare to Dream!” What’s exciting is that she revisits some of the great song writers like “Sack Full of Dreams” by Gary McFarland, and Erroll Garner’s “Misty.” Mercedes’s music continues to been aired all over the world: France, Brazil, Hawaii, United Kingdom, South Africa, Netherlands, Spain, Germany, Canada, Switzerland, and of course nationally, including Hawaii, East and West Coasts. Her vision is to take her music to those who are seeking comfort, joy, love and healing of the heart. She’s been in the happiest of places as well as places that bring forth the sadness we’d all like to forget, and she wants to assure you, no one is ever alone, there is beauty on the other side.
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This page was last updated on 2025-07-22.
