Nadia Reid
{{short description|Singer-songwriter}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2015}}
{{Use Australian English|date=August 2015}}
{{tone|date=March 2020}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Nadia Reid
| image = Nadia sings (50662622467).jpg
| image_size =
| alt = Nadia Reid on stage
| caption = Nadia Reid in Christchurch, NZ
| birth_name = Nadia Reid-O'Reilly
| alias =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1991|08|23}}
| birth_place = Dunedin, New Zealand
| origin = Port Chalmers, New Zealand
| occupation = Musician, singer-songwriter
| instrument = Vocals, guitar
| years_active = 2015–present
| label = Chrysalis Records, Spacebomb, Spunk!, Basin Rock
| associated_acts = Aldous Harding, Marlon Williams
| website = {{URL|https://www.nadiareid.com/}}
}}
Nadia Reid (born 23 August 1991) is a singer-songwriter and guitarist from Port Chalmers, New Zealand. She has released three albums and toured internationally.
Early life
Reid was born in 1991 in Port Chalmers, near Dunedin, New Zealand. She is the daughter of Karin Reid and Craig O'Reilly. She was educated at Logan Park High School and Queen's High School in Dunedin.
She began playing the guitar aged 14, winning the best female musician award in New Zealand's national youth music event Smokefreerockquest. In 2009, she was a member of the Queen's madrigal choir which won the New Zealand Choral Federation Millennium Trophy (Otago) for secondary school choirs.{{cite news | url=https://www.odt.co.nz/lifestyle/magazine/entirely-composed | title=Entirely composed | date=13 February 2017 | work=Otago Daily Times | access-date=20 October 2018}}
Career
At the age of 18, Reid moved to Christchurch. She released several EPs and began performing original songs. As opportunities to perform nationally became available, she moved to Auckland and later to Wellington.{{cite news | url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/nadia-reid-is-one-of-new-zealands-most-evocative-and-profound-young-songwriters/ | title=Nadia Reid Is One of New Zealand's Most Evocative and Profound Young Songwriters | date=3 April 2017 | work=Vice | access-date=20 October 2018 }}
Reid performs live with a band of musicians, including Sam Taylor (guitar), Richie Pickard (bass), and Joe McCallum (drums).
She has been acclaimed for her "intimate musical soundscape" and "unique voice". The Guardian described her as "an understated, wise guide through uncertain territory".{{cite news |date=27 August 2017 |title=Nadia Reid review – soft but tensile songs from the south |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/aug/27/nadia-reid-review-bush-hall-london |access-date=3 August 2018 |work=The Guardian }} Revue said she was "allegorical and often brutally honest".{{cite news |date=6 March 2017 |title=Nadia Reid – 'Preservation' (album review) |url=https://therevue.ca/2017/03/06/nadia-reid-preservation-album-review/ |access-date=3 August 2018 |work=The Revue}}
Her three albums, Listen to Formation, Look for the Signs (2015), Preservation (2017), and Out of My Province (2020), received acclaim internationally. Reid's fourth record, Enter Now Brightness was released in February 2025.
=2014–2016: Crowdfunding and release of debut album=
Reid had connections to Lyttelton-based producer Ben Edwards and was encouraged to make her first full-length album. Lacking startup capital, she set up a PledgeMe campaign which was given a significant boost after she opened a show for Tiny Ruins. She recorded Listen to Formation, Look for the Signs (2015) at Edwards' Sitting Rooms Studios.
In early 2015, Reid was signed to Australian indie label Spunk Records and Listen to Formation, Look for the Signs was released officially in Australia and New Zealand. It was warmly received by critics,{{Citation|title=Listen to Formation Look for the Signs by Nadia Reid|url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/listen-to-formation-look-for-the-signs/nadia-reid|language=en|access-date=2020-04-07}} and in 2016 was nominated for a Tui award for best folk album, and for the Taite Music Prize. After living and playing shows in Australia, Reid returned home to Port Chalmers and began an English Degree at the University of Otago.
Listen to Formation, Look for the Signs was licensed for UK, US and European release, and supported by Reid's first tour of the UK and Europe in 2016.
=2017–present: World tours and second album=
Before touring, Reid returned to the Lyttleton studio with Ben Edwards and her backing band and recorded her sophomore album Preservation.
The tour was a success, and while in London, Reid was approached with a co-management offer with Melodic Records. This was followed by a publishing deal with Basin Rock Records and an endorsement from Crafter Guitars.{{cite news | url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/101074649/from-the-local-bowling-club-to-live-on-the-bbc-nadia-reid-has-arrived | title=From the local bowling club to live on the BBC: Nadia Reid has arrived | date=10 February 2018 | work=Stuff | access-date=20 October 2018 }} Preservation was released in March 2017 and was given a positive reception. Reid opened for Ryan Adams at his Auckland show on 20 May 2017,{{cite news | url=http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU1805/S00149/nadia-reid-announces-high-lonely-nz-tour.htm | title=Nadia Reid Announces 'High & Lonely' NZ Tour
| date=15 May 2018 | work=Scoop | access-date=20 October 2018 }} and Sharon van Etten at Auckland's Civic Theatre on 12 December 2022.{{cite news | url=https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU2210/S00202/sharon-van-etten-announces-nadia-reid-and-anthonie-tonnon-as-nz-tour-supports.htm | title=SHARON VAN ETTEN Announces Nadia Reid And Anthonie Tonnon As NZ Tour Supports | date=27 October 2022 | work=Scoop | access-date=9 October 2024 }}
Awards
In 2017, Reid's first single from Preservation, "Richard", gained a nomination for the APRA Silver Scroll award, regarded as New Zealand's most important songwriting award.{{cite news | url=https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/reid-silver-scroll-finalist | title=Reid Silver Scroll finalist | date=24 August 2017 | work=Otago Daily Times | access-date=20 October 2018 }} Judges described the song as "a stand-out folk-rock gem with its wonderfully direct delivery, charting heartbreak and dissolution, through striking imagery".
Also in 2017, producer Ben Edwards won a New Zealand Music Award for his work on Preservation, and Reid was nominated for Best Solo Artist, Breakthrough Artist of the Year and Best Alternative Artist.
Film and television appearances
On 26 September 2017, Reid made her UK television debut appearance with her band on Later... with Jools Holland on BBC Two.{{cite news |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b096snfd |title=Series 51, Episode 1 |access-date=17 September 2017 |publisher=BBC}}
Discography
=Studio albums=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|+ List of studio albums with selected chart positions and certifications ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:13em;"| Title ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:16em;"| Album details ! scope="col" colspan="1"| Peak chart positions |
| scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| NZ {{cite web| url =https://charts.nz/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Nadia+Reid | title = charts.nz – Nadia Reid albums| publisher = charts.nz| access-date = 16 May 2014}} |
|---|
| scope="row"| Listen to Formation, Look for the Signs
| |align="center"| —{{efn|group=upper-alpha|Listen to Formation, Look for the Signs did not enter the NZ Top 40 Albums Chart, but peaked at number 12 on the NZ Artists Albums Chart.{{cite web|url=https://nztop40.co.nz/index.php/chart/nzalbums?chart=2618 |title=NZ Artists Albums Chart|publisher=Recorded Music NZ|date=22 December 2011|access-date=13 July 2018}}}} |
| scope="row"| Preservation
|
|align="center"| 13 |
| scope="row"| Out of My Province
|
|align="center"| 2 |
| scope="row"| Enter Now Brightness
|
|align="center"| 17 |
| align="center" colspan="13" style="font-size: 85%"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. |
=Extended plays=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |
| scope="col" style="width:10em;"| Title
! scope="col" style="width:19em;"| Details |
|---|
| scope="row"| Letters I Wrote and Never Sent
|
|
=Singles=
=Other charted songs=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+ List of songs, with selected chart positions, showing year released and album name ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:17em;" | Title ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:1em;" | Year ! scope="col" colspan="2" | Peak chart ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:13em;" | Album |
| scope="col" style="width:2.75em;font-size:85%;" | NZ Arist Heat. Peak positions for Nadia Reid's singles on the NZ Artist Heatseekers singles chart:
! scope="col" style="width:2.75em;font-size:85%;" | NZ |
|---|
| scope="row"| "Preservation"
| rowspan="2"| 2017 | 1 || — | rowspan="2"| Preservation |
| scope="row"| "Right on Time"
| 3 || — |
| scope="row"| "Heart to Ride"
| rowspan="3"| 2020 | — || 9 | rowspan="3"| Out of My Province |
| scope="row"| "All of My Love"
| — || 10 |
| scope="row"| "High & Lonely"
| — || 15 |
| colspan="14" style="font-size:90%"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. |
Notes
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References
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External links
- {{official website|https://www.nadiareid.com/}}
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Category:21st-century New Zealand women singers
Category:New Zealand folk musicians
Category:New Zealand women singer-songwriters
Category:New Zealand singer-songwriters
Category:Musicians from Dunedin
Category:People from Port Chalmers
Category:Spacebomb Records artists
Category:21st-century New Zealand folk musicians