When Tim and Nicki Bluhm take the stage with Brokedown in Bakersfield at Saturday's Sound Summit, it will be the first time they’ve performed together since they divorced.
Nicki Bluhm recruited fellow Grambler and ALO bassist Steve Adams to duet on a cover of Sonny & Cher's "The Beat Goes On," the title track of her upcoming homage to the early musical catalog of Cher.
As a break from writing and recording her album Avondale Drive (2022) in the doldrums of 2020, Nicki Bluhm and producer Jesse Noah Wilson took advantage of their time off and took a stab at recording songs in the early musical catalog of Cher.
Nicki Bluhm needed space and time, and Nashville offered both. The leader of Nicki Bluhm and the Gramblers had built a rich musical world and a fan following that spanned far beyond her California base. Unfortunately, that world and that band were inextricably entwined with the man she was divorcing after a ten-year marriage and musical partnership. She even still carries his name. But with more than five years in her new home and two distinguished solo albums to her credit, the metamorphosis of Nicki Bluhm feels complete.