October 29 2011
“Being first generation Italian-Canadian, I find we always feel like we have one foot here and one over there. Going to Italy to make the album was a way for me to try and bridge that gap. Everything I ever did was influenced by my Italian background. Going to Italy was about learning about the people and places, places my ancestors come from and make sense of it as an adult. As a child, I always saw Italy from my parent’s eyes, now to see it for myself as an adult, it was the perfect way as a musician to reconnect with my culture”, explains Nardi.
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March 3 2010
"...Daniela Nardi demonstrated once again why she will be one of the next great musical exports from Canada, because she can sing Pop, a blend of Pop- Electronica, R&B and Jazz and she excels with all of them. Her hubby Ron Davis is a superb pianist / arranger and composer who is also deserving of much more limelight being cast his way."
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January 7 2010
Can a self ascribed pop music mongrel receive accolades from the jazz world, while she performs music comprised of a wide range of elements including; electronica, blues, R&B and the songs of Italian crooner / composer Paolo Conte? Apparently she can, evidenced by Canadian singer/composer Daniela Nardi, who would already be a household name, if not for the fact she took almost four years away from her career to be by the side of her mother Rose, who tragically passed away from cancer in 2008, two days after Nardi released her current album The Rose Tattoo. Early in 2009, Daniela Nardi was named Female Vocalist of the Year by the Canadian Smooth Jazz Awards. Although Nardi is grateful for the honor bestowed upon her, she also noted that it came as a surprise and it does have its drawbacks, when it comes to attracting new fans to her music.
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January 7 2010
Another splendid Canadian singer / songwriter who has successfully fused electronica, subtle jazz influences and laid them over a strong pop foundation. Nardi's current album The Rose Tattoo has been critically acclaimed in Canada and once America discovers this gifted artist, her career should soar. Read our December interview or our October review.
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November 23 2009
Daniela Nardi curls up in a chair at the back of a Toronto coffee house, runs a slender hand through her long dark hair and reflects on the term "late bloomer." At 42, the Toronto singer/songwriter—named Female Vocalist of the Year at the 2009 Canadian Smooth Jazz Awards and top Female Vocalist in Toronto for 2009 by NOW Magazine—is gearing up for a new musical phase, one that will put her in the spotlight in a whole new way. And that, she argues, is exactly the way things should be.
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