Nerissa Nields wrote an entire album's worth of songs in February, but you'll probably only hear a few of them when The Nields--a duo of Nerissa and her sister Katryna--play The Iron Horse Music Hall ...
When the Nields began in 1991 in McLean, Va., the five-piece folk band found success touring throughout the U.S., performing with artists such as Dar Williams, 10,000 Maniacs and Ani DiFranco. Back ...
FOLK-ROCK “This Town Is Wrong” is based on a Nerissa Nields novel about two teen-aged female musicians breaking from the pack with a confidence that Nields herself had at age 14. It’s an excellent ...
With two sisters forming the core of the group in all its incarnations over the years, The Nields have always had a family component. But with their latest album, "XVII," they've extended the family ...
Nerissa and Katryna Nields grew up singing folk songs in the kitchen of their New York City then northern Virginia home and during drives in the family’s old, dark green Barracuda convertible. Katryna ...
The Nields — a tremendous act that has toured with everyone from 10,000 Maniacs, James Taylor, to Indigo Girls — have a new record coming out on Jan. 31. As part of the release, they have reworked ...
Nerissa and Katryna Nields have been playing professionally for more than 20 years and have juggled other jobs and families along the way. Maybe that's why their most recent album, "The Full ...
David Nields and drummer Dave Hower (who, according to the rest of the band, looks like Ethan Hawke) and bassist Dave Chalfant (Quentin Tarantino, uncannily) set about the long job of loading in. The ...
In this week's reviews, we offer some "Simple Truths" from The Holmes Brothers while Nerissa and Katryna Nields are in sync on "This Town Is Wrong." “Simple Truths,” The Holmes Brothers The Holmes ...
Sending folk harmonies and bluegrass tunes out onto the grassy slope behind Mitchell Branch Library, folk-rock band The Nields became a part of the Westville community on Monday afternoon. The western ...
As the work of the Everly Brothers or the McGarrigle Sisters has amply demonstrated, there are few sounds as sublime as close harmonies rendered by siblings. In the case of western Massachusetts folk ...
Gotta Get Over Greta is the Nields’ first national album, but the band is no neophyte. Before signing with the Razor & Tie label, the group made four recordings on its own and sold more than 20,000 ...