Incandescent lighting. A tactful, brooding lyric, haunted with love lingers in the smoke of a candle filled, hard wood floored ballroom. You question whether to dance, or to lie down and allow the work to flood your every sense. That is what it is like to listen to Simone Nicole. The Fort Worth based artist grew up a citizen of the globe, moving from the States to Switzerland, and later to the DFW metroplex, and her music reflects that transience. Her influences range from the songwriters of Nashville, to the flashy pop of her early 2000’s youth. She plays with instrumentation, genre, and lyrical style, unconfined to the limits of any one subsect. She’s been acclaimed as Fort Worth’s Best Musician of 2021, and nominated for Best Song by the W.A.M Awards, and Best Folk Act by the Dallas Observer Music Awards. Simone most recently won Best Pop and Best Female Vocalist in the 2023 Fort Worth Weekly Music Awards. The praises sing on from publications like Indie Spoonful, RAG Talent, and The Fort Worth Weekly. Press play, light a candle, and hear your most estranged memories given voice. Your senses will thank you.