Tami Neilson


It was some time back in the late 2000s when Canadian singer Tami Neilson seemed to burst into full view in New Zealand, incandescent, turning up everywhere: winning Tui awards for her albums, being interviewed or performing on radio and television, judging country music awards, headlining live shows, and writing songs and incidental music for mainstream TV series, The Brokenwood Mysteries.

Amid the current crop of introspective, folksy singer-songwriters, Tami Neilson stands apart, relaxed, confident and sassy, and wholly in charge of a tune – whether belted out at full tonsil power or laid back a little. The camera loves her, too. It’s no wonder that she attracted attention when she hit these shores; her natural dynamism pulls focus.

Tami Neilson's 2018 album Sassafrass!
Tami Neilson - Manitoba Sunrise at Motel 6 (2018)
Tami Neilson - Dynamite! (2015)
Tami Neilson feat. Marlon Williams - Lonely (NZ version, 2015)
Tami Neilson - Devil In A Dress (2018)
Tami Neilson and Delaney Davidson at Womad, 2016. 
Photo credit: Michael Flynn
Tami Neilson, 2017.
Photo credit: Lisa MacIntosh
Tami Neilson onstage, backed by Mike Hall and Matt Mitchinson.
Gunslingers Ball publicity photo, 2013, featuring members of The Grifters, The Broadsides and Tami Neilson. L to R: Tony Daunt, Bernie Griffen, Will Wood, Dave Khan, Tami Neilson, Steven Shaw, David Ward, Ben Michelson, Steve Roach, Alan Meharry.
The Neilson Family, left to right: Todd Neilson, Tami Neilson, Ron Neilson, Betty Neilson and Jay Neilson.
Photo credit: Tami Neilson collection
Tami Neilson hosts a Southern Fried Sunday at the King's Arms, Auckland, 30 October 2011, with Reb Fountain and the Bandits, Sam Prebble's Bond St Bridge, and Bernie Griffen and the Grifters.
The TAMI Show, 2020 - Episode 1
Tami Neilson.
Photo credit: Shot by Mrs Jones
Tami Neilson - Texas and Cry Over You (2014)
Tami Neilson - Cry Over You feat. Marlon Williams (2015)
Tami Neilson.
Photo credit: Shot by Mrs Jones
Tami Neilson feature in Sunday magazine, 1 August 2010. 
Tami Neilson publicity photo.
Photo credit: Publicity photo
Tami Neilson feat. Marlon Williams - Lonely (US, Canada version, 2016)
Tami Neilson performing at the Gunslingers Ball, Bodega, Wellington, May 2013, accompanied by Will Wood, Dave Khan and Steven Shaw.
Photo credit: Wendy Collings / Tymar Lighting
Kingmaker (2022)
Tami Neilson and her brother, Jay Neilson.
Photo credit: Tami Neilson collection
Tami Neilson - Loco Mama (2016)
Marlon Williams, Tami Neilson, Delaney Davidson, 2018. 
Photo credit: Rikki Morris
Tami Neilson.
Photo credit: Shot by Mrs Jones
Tami Neilson and Heart Attack Alley appear at Southern Fried Sunday, hosted by Bernie Griffen, 29 May 2011. 
Tami Neilson - The Kitchen Table Sessions Vol 1 (2009)
Tami Neilson - Holy Moses (2016)
Tami Neilson - Red Dirt Angel (2008)
Tami Neilson, 2014.
Tami Neilson, 2016
Photo credit: Tony McKay
Tami Neilson - Stay Outta My Business (2018)
Tami Neilson onstage at the Gunslingers Ball, Bodega, May 2013.
Photo credit: Wendy Collings / Tymar Lighting
Tami Neilson feat. Jay Neilson - Take Me Home (2013)
Beyond the Stars, feat. Willie Nelson (2022)
Tami Neilson - Don't Be Afraid (vinyl edition, 2015)
Poster for Tami Neilson's Songs of Sinners tour of New Zealand, 2017.
Photo credit: Publicity image
Tami Neilson.
Photo credit: Justyn Denny Strother
Tami Neilson with Troy Kingi - Roimata/ Cry Myself To Sleep (RNZ: Live at Roundhead, August 2020)
A poster for Tami Neilson's 2017 gig in Ottensen, Hamburg. 
Tami Neilson.
Tami Neilson - Dynamite! (2015)
Tami Neilson - Don't Be Afraid (2015)
Tami Neilson.
The Neilsons, clockwise from centre top: Tami Neilson, Betty Neilson, Todd Neilson, Jay Neilson and Ron Neilson.
Photo credit: Tami Neilson collection
Tami Neilson - Walk (Back To Your Arms) (2014). 'Walk' won Tami and brother Joshua Neilson the 2014 APRA Silver Scroll songwriting award.
Tami Neilson as a baby.
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Tami Neilson - One Thing (2012)
Marlon Williams, Tami Neilson and Delaney Davidson, 2018
Photo credit: Rikki Morris
Tami Neilson.
Photo credit: Shot by Mrs Jones
Kingmaker, released July 15 2022.
Tami Neilson onstage at Bodega, Wellington, May 2013, with Dave Khan at left.
Photo credit: Wendy Collings / Tymar Lighting
Tami Neilson - The Kitchen Table Sessions II (2011)
New Zealand musicians celebrate at the after-party of The Last Waltz 40th anniversary tour, 2016, with guest artist The Band's Garth Hudson and his wife Maud (in cap). Among those present are Arthur Baysting, Adam McGrath, Wayne Bell, Reb Fountain, Peter Dasent, and Tami Neilson.
Photo credit: Tami Neilson collection
Tami Neilson.
Tami Neilson - Hey Mama (2011)
Suzanne Prentice (left) with Tami Neilson at the Variety Artists' Club awards night in 2010, when Neilson won female vocalist of the year.
Photo credit: Jason Fell
Tami Neilson.
Photo credit: Wendy Collings / Tymar Lighting
Labels:

Neilson Records


Redeye


Outside Music


ABC Music

Trivia:

Tami Neilson appeared on the TVNZ version of talent show Stars In Their Eyes (2008) as Amy Winehouse - and tied for first place with a Cher impersonator.

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