Nico Paulo

{{Short description|Portuguese-Canadian singer-songwriter}}

Nicole Maria Morgado Paulo, credited as Nico Paulo, is a Portuguese-Canadian singer-songwriter and designer, based in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador.Andrew Robinson, [https://www.saltwire.com/atlantic-canada/lifestyles/st-johns-based-songstress-nico-paulo-releasing-debut-full-length-album-answers-20-questions-100840272/ "St. John's-based songstress Nico Paulo, releasing debut full-length album, answers 20 Questions"]. SaltWire Network, April 3, 2023.

Paulo was born in Canada to Portuguese parents who returned to Portugal when she was two years old; she grew up in a small town called Bombarral, which is near Lisbon.Lisa-Marie Ferla, [https://www.uncut.co.uk/features/interviews/introducing-nico-paulo-142996/ "Introducing… Nico Paulo"]. Uncut, June 27, 2023. She returned to Canada in 2014 as an adult to pursue a graduate internship in graphic design. A longtime hobby musician who had not actively pursued it as a career, Paulo turned more actively to music as a creative outlet after moving from Toronto, Ontario to St. John's, Newfoundland & Labrador in 2020. She has released two EPs: Wave Call in 2020 and Live at First Light in 2021.Alex Kennedy, [https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/nico-paulo-live-at-first-light-1.5929218 "Portuguese musician Nico Paulo moved to N.L. and fell in love with a Scottish classic"]. CBC News Newfoundland and Labrador, March 1, 2021.

Her self-titled full-length debut album, produced by Joshua Van Tassel and Tim Baker, was released in April 2023; it was longlisted for the 2023 Polaris Music Prize.[https://www.cbc.ca/music/2023-polaris-music-prize-long-list-feist-jessie-reyez-and-more-1.6871592 "2023 Polaris Music Prize long list: Feist, Jessie Reyez and more"]. CBC Music, June 13, 2023.

She has also contributed to Baker's albums as a designer and backing vocalist, and has toured with Baker as a supporting musician.Ben Rayner, [https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/music/2022/12/08/former-hey-rosetta-frontman-tim-baker-says-show-at-massey-hall-will-be-meaningful.html "Former Hey Rosetta! frontman Tim Baker says show at Massey Hall will be ‘meaningful’"]. Toronto Star, December 8, 2022.