Nikki Lane at Mama Tried

With her eclectic style and signature red lips, South Carolina native Nikki Lane is hard to miss. But it’s really her unapologetic blend of outlaw country, Americana, blues and rock that has captured listeners’ attention and made them hungry for more. Her voice isn’t sweet as silk and smooth as honey — it’s gritty and fiery and uninhibited … much like her persona. Lane, who has been referred to as “The First Lady of Outlaw Country,” is a high-school dropout, fashion and vintage lover, store owner and ridiculously talented singer-songwriter. She’s also relatively new to the latter scene: Fans may be surprised to know that Lane didn’t write her first song until she was 25 years old; in some ways, she sees herself as a late bloomer.

–theboot.com