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760.908.3936

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2018 San Diego Music Awards Nomination: Best Americana

I'm honored to be nominated once again for a San Diego Music Award

in the "Best Country/Americana" category. 

Cast your VOTE for me here: http://dosd.com/p/sandiegomusicawards

You can vote once PER DAY! Voting ends in the next few days.

Thank you for your support!

Photo by Jen Acosta. Guitar : Gretsch Streamliner

Next Show: 9/28 at Pour House Oceanside

Join me and the band September 28 at Pour House Oceanside!

 Graham Nancarrow will be opening the night with a solo set of original country tunes at 7:30. 

We start around 9:30pm.

We love this N. County venue, complete with stage, dance floor, comfy booths, craft beer and cocktails and good food. AND all shows there are all ages before 10pm and always NO COVER. 

Pour House Oceanside

1903 S Coast Hwy, Oceanside, CA 92054

Nena, Alice Wallace & Sara Petite at Java Joe's Aug 18

Don't miss this night of three acclaimed country songwriters:

Nena Anderson

Sara Petite 

Alice Wallace

Performing acoustic, "in the round" style,

trading songs & stories.

Java Joe's

2611 Congress Street, Old Town San Diego CA 

All Ages, Outdoor Venue

tickets at the door or for advanced tickets call: 619-274-9989

Bakersfield Sound Tribute at Belly Up >> Aug 2

I'm hosting another Barroom Ball this week at Belly Up Tavern, Solana Beach CA

Join us for a tribute to the Bakersfield sound, 

with songs by Buck Owens, Merle Haggard, Dwight Yoakam, Wynn Stewart and more!

Also included will be original California country by Brawley and Gethen Jenkins.

Special appearance by Graham Nancarrow.

Gethen Jenkins (formerly The Freightshakers)

2015 Ameripolitan Music Award winner "Outlaw Group"

“This hard-driving, honky-tonk group lead by Gethen Jenkins is a perfect way to spend any night, wherever it may take you.” – National Country Review

With his powerful, gut wrenching, baritone sound, Gethen Jenkins is on a fast train to stardom. Gethen is an award winning singer and songwriter from Huntington, West Virginia. His songs are of considerable depth and meaning, driven by passion, and full of heart and spirit which are sure to run the gamut of human emotions.
“The relationship between the listeners and music is what I feed on” Gethen’s journey began surrounded by American music, from the purest of Bluegrass to whiskey soaked Honkytonk. Music took hold at the age of eight, beating on his dad’s Gibson guitar. His teenage years were spent in Galena, a rural indian village on the Yukon River, deep in the Alaskan tundra. After 8 years in the U.S. Marines, Gethen landed in Southern California. Returning from Iraq, determined to sing his own song, he found a home in Country Music with his five piece band The Freightshakers (since revamped as Gethen Jenkins). Over the next several years Gethen immersed himself in his music, working hard to create a unique sound keeping true to his roots.

July Sundays at Pour House Oceanside

Join me and the band this month for July at Pour House Oceanside.

Sundays 7/9 • 7/23 • 7/30

7-10pm   No Cover

All Ages before 9pm

 

Java Joe's 6/17 Special Show + Alive SD video

This Saturday's Java Joe's show will be a quiet, intimate acoustic night, showcasing vocals, songwriting and the artists/songs that have influenced my music over the last 20 years.  Featuring guitarist, Deane Cote, we will perform a set of my original songs from the first that I wrote to more recent explorations, followed by a set of songs that have provided me endless inspiration. 

I'm really looking forward to sharing them with you!

And, if you didn't know, the NEW Java Joe's has a summery outdoor stage

in the heart of Old Town, San Diego. All Ages.

I was honored to be the first artist featured on Listen Local Radio's 

Alive in San Diego program's new location at San Dieguito Heritage Park in Encinitas, CA.

Watch the interview by Cathryn Beeks below with a live cut of "Kiss You Goodnight."

Saturday 6/3 at Sam Hinton Folk Festival, Poway

Join me this weekend at the Sam Hinton Folk Festival

at Old Poway Park in Poway CA

I'll be performing an acoustic set 

of original songs with guitarist Deane Cote.

2pm sharp

FREE

http://sdfolkheritage.org/events/sam-hinton-festival-2/

Show: June 1 @ Pour House, Oceanside

Pacific Magazine Feature: A look at Nena Anderson, a local musician that’s worth tuning into now

Photo courtesy Pacific Magazine SD

Check out the article here: 

http://www.pacificsandiego.com/local-entertainment/music/san-diego-music-nena-anderson/

Next Show:

April 22, 2017 

Casbah, San Diego CA

I'll be playing the late set, after Cindy Lee Berryhill

tickets: 

http://www.casbahmusic.com/event/1444619-cindy-lee-berryhill-record-san-diego/

March + April Shows

March 2 

Soda Bar, San Diego with Paul Cauthren

March 4 

Casbah, San Diego 

BRAWLEY with Laura Stevenson

March 5

Solace & Moonlight Lounge, Encinitas  7-9pm all ages

March 10 

Ace Hotel & Swim Club, Palm Springs

Furgo's Full House Band with Nena Anderson, Bobby Furgo, Jim Austin and Adrian Demain

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April 2

Solace & Moonlight Lounge, Encinitas  7-9pm all ages

April 14

Ace Hotel & Swim Club, Palm Springs

Furgo's Full House Band with Nena Anderson, Bobby Furgo, Jim Austin and Adrian Demain

April 22

Casbah, San Diego BRAWLEY with Cindy Lee Berryhill

April 27

Belly Up, Solana Beach

BRAWLEY with Asleep at the Wheel

April 29

Adams Ave. Unplugged Festival, San Diego

4-5pm at Hawthorn Coffee

Next Show: MAR 2 San Diego

 

Join us at Soda Bar, San Diego

March 2, 2017

Come on out for a night of Country and Americana! 

We'll be warming up the stage for 

Paul Cauthen

Oceanside Museum of Art, Dec 1 2016

 

Nena Anderson trio show Dec 1 at Oceanside Museum of Art 

as part of 333 Pacific's Music at the Museum series. 

Join us for food and live music!

Belly Up TONIGHT 10/19 Keep-A-Breast.org benefit

 

I'm hosting another Brawley Barroom Ball tonight at Belly Up Tavern, Solana Beach CA. October's event will be a night of honky-tonk for cancer prevention, supporting Keep-a-Breast for Breast Cancer Awareness Month as part of their #Fit4Prevention campaign.

Did you know that just 30 minutes of exercise 3-4 times a week lowers the risk of developing breast cancer by 30-50% ?!  Did you also know that men and children can also get breast cancer? TWO-STEPPING and DANCING is exercise!

Brawley's BarRoom Ball is hosted by Brawley's lead singer, Nena Anderson. Every show features 3 live bands, local or guests, in the genres of American music: Country, Western Swing, Outlaw Country, Alt Country, Americana, Roots Rock, or Rockabilly.  ---> October 19 features Los Angeles' Jolenes, Brawley, and western swing outfit, Ginger Cowgirl & The Silver Spurs. Bring your dancin' boots and your thirst for a heck of a shindig on a school night! Jolenes take it home, Brawley in the middle, Ginger Cowgirl to open. Doors at 7pm. Show at 8pm.
 
Jolenes are four veteran Los Twangeles roots musicians - Dan Janisch, Grant Langston, David Serby and Dale Daniel - who spend every night out in their giddy up garage, elbow deep in groove and grease, while putting the twang and bang to their granddaddy's old hillbilly heap.
• Dan is the spellbinding, soul-shaking shaman who digs black-winged lovebirds, gutbucket blues hounds, and laying down a smutty Chuck Berry guitar riff.
• Grant is the high octane hillbilly, music city muscle car who loves tearing up an open road, getting into the occasional fist fight, and making grown men cry with a tough but tender ballad.
• David is the lean, laconic grin and tonic with a weakness for pawnshop pulp, dime store noir, and the honkytonk hustle in a slow country shuffle.
• Dale is the rock island racketmaster who swings his sticks in spit shine kicks and digs vintage pearl snap jackets, rock-n-roll hobo poetry, and making sure the trains run on time.
Dan, Grant, and David also front their own bands and between them have put out a dozen critically acclaimed records. Dale banged the cans for one of the greatest bands of all time, The Hacienda Brothers, and currently plays for the Ameripolitan award winning band, The Freightshakers (and Brawley!).



Named after the legendary “Cattle Call” town, Brawley is a mix of San Diego, Joshua Tree and Los Angeles-based working musicians with decades of history and dozens of projects, including the Hacienda Brothers, Smith's Ranch Boys, The Forbidden Pigs, Rancho Deluxe, and many more. Influenced by all the honky-tonk heroes like Faron Young, Ray Price, Buck Owens, and too many more to mention, Brawley's originals mix seamlessly with classic favorites. Sets are laced with shuffles and train beats that force you to dance or make you wish you had taken those two-step classes years ago! Brawley is Nena Anderson (vocals, guitar) Adrian Demain (vocals, guitar) Jim Austin (bass) David Berzansky (pedal steel) Dale Daniel (drums) and has been featured on KPBS tv "Live at The Belly Up" (watch here, skip to minute 30, we're the second half of the show) http://video.kpbs.org/video/2328691319/ and has shared stages with Lucinda Williams, Dave Alvin, and Albert Lee.  

Ginger Cowgirl (aka Stacy Antonel) fronts this 5-piece band dedicated to the spirit and style of vintage country music. Two years ago Stacy chanced to hear a Waylon Jennings tune from a dollar-bin record and fell in love; already a working jazz & rock vocalist, she soon put together her own country outfit. Composed of both veteran country players and young newcomers to the genre, the band performs regularly throughout San Diego, interpreting an eclectic selection of classic country tunes.
They’re currently working on their first EP of original material, which combines modern lyrics and traditional instrumentation for a unique approach to the classic country style.

Tickets at the door and at http://www.bellyup.com
Reserved seating is also available.

Nena Every Sunday in October

Join me and the band (and maybe some special guests!) 

every Sunday in October at Pour House, Oceanside. Free!

Sept 17 - Nena Anderson w/Johnzo West

Full Band Show, Johnzo West opens at 9pm
Free. 21+

Pour House, Oceanside CA  (on the PCH, S. Oceanside)

http://www.nenaanderson.com/
NENA ANDERSON: (Full Band Show!)  10:30pm  Your favorite originals, a few new tunes and new covers by Merle Haggard, Glen Campbell and more. See you there!


http://www.johnzowest.com/
JOHNZO WEST: "The Cause and the Cure” is the latest release from Johnzo West featuring the singles “This Time Tomorrow” and “By Your Side.”
After touring and recording with psych/rock band Fortress Social Club, singer-songwriter Ryan Beatty, Billy Ray Cyrus, collaborating with Miley Cyrus and co-composing the score for upcoming film “Run the Tide”, West will spend 2015 touring the US in support of his new release.
Johnzo West has shared the stage with Dickey Betts of the Allman Brothers Band, Ha Ha Tonka, Jackie Greene, The Cadillac Three, Toots and the Maytals, Jade (Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros), Benevento Russo Duo, Easy Star All-Stars, Leroy Powell, Rose’s Pawn Shop, Odessa, and many others.

Next Show: Bar Pink, Sept 3 - San Diego

Bar Pink   (North Park)

3829 30th St, San Diego, CA 92104

Aug 14 - ACE Hotel Palm Springs

Palm Springs, Encinitas, Oceanside

August is on it's way... I'm looking forward to:
1. Fried Chicken Dinner at Solace & Moonlight Lounge
2. Weekending in Palm Springs at the ACE Hotel & Swim Club pool
3. Being the guest artist at 333's Music at the Museum
    -- a catered event of food and music at Oceanside Museum of Art
4. Incredible jazz singer outdoors at the San Diego Embarcadero:
    Cecile McLorin Salvant: A Bayside Summer Nights Concert  (Jazz at Jacobs series)
5. Free, Bastard Sons of Johnny Cash concert at La Jolla Concerts by the Sea
6. First day of school!

 

and shows:

8/7 at Solace & Moonlight Lounge  7-9pm  - Encinitas CA

8/12 at Ace Hotel & Swim Club  8pm-midnight  - Palm Springs CA

8/25 at Oceanside Museum of Art 7-9pm  - Oceanside CA

6/10 @Ace Hotel - 6/16 Brawley @San Diego County Fair

 

Friday June 10  8pm-midnight

Join me every second Friday night of the month at 

Ace Hotel & Swim Club in Palm Springs.

The Amigo Room is one of PS original lounges, 

complete with dark leather booths and craft beer & cocktails.

Bobby Furgo's "Full House" Band plays

a mix of jazz, americana and swing.

 

Thursday June 16  4:30pm sharp!

Belly Up music festival >> Coors Light Stage

San Diego County Fair, Del Mar Fairgrounds CA

The Coors Light Stage is located at the entrance to the Fun Zone

and is an all ages stage with a full bar and huge dance floor.

The day's entertainment includes

12:30pm  The Sleepwalker

2:30pm  Morgan Leigh

4:30pm  Brawley

6:30pm  Sara Petite

9:00pm  The Highwayman Show