Draft:Nina Kahle

Nina Kahle is an American pop singer-songwriter of sorrowful confessionals, ballads and soft rock. She is best known for her Lifesong Records album entitled Deep, Down and Real released in 1981.





Background
Nina Kahle hails from Motown, which is evidenced in the stylistic components of her music. Displaying influences that range from Smokey Robinson and Laura Nyro, to Joni Mitchell and lastly Rogers & Hammerstein, she evolved into her own unique expressive style culminating in her Lifesong Records release "Deep, Down and Real". Her album, recorded in 1977 at The Hit Factory studio in New York with producers Cashman and West, was left unreleased to to conflicts between CBS and Lifesong Records.

What seemed like defeat took an unexpected turn when Nina was asked to sing for two television advertisements for Gillette's "Silkience" hair-care line. The album and it's title track "Deep, Down and Real" was released in 1981 and used to promote their hair shampoo product. Reviews for the album were excellent and promising.

In 2024, Nina Kahle continues her artistic pursuits with additional songwriting, both on piano and dulcimer.

Personnel

 * Nina Kahle - main vocal, piano, dulcimer
 * Tony Levin - bass guitar
 * Will Lee - bass guitar
 * Rick Marotta - drums
 * Dick Wagner - guitar
 * Tommy Rossiter - drums
 * Geni Sackson - string and horn arrangements
 * Terence P. Minogue - woodwind arrangements
 * Ullanda McCullough - b/u vocals
 * Mary Street - b/u vocals
 * Vivian Cherry - b/u vocals
 * Tommy West - producer
 * Terry Cashman - co-producer
 * Bruce Teregen - recording and mixing engineer

Albums

 * Deep, Down and Real (1981)
 * Deep, Down and Real (2024)
 * The Cat (1984)