This episode we have our good friend powerhouse drummer Nikki Glaspie. We talk about the music industry ,race relations,her podcast Strange Fruit & her favorite cannabis strain .
Nikki Glaspie is among the premier drummers in music today. As a founding member of The Nth Power she’s blazing a path of light and rolling waves of love in her wake. Daughter to Black Southern ministers, Glaspie first hit the skins as a toddler, joined her mother’s choir band, first finding her musical calling through the church. Boston’s renowned Berkelee School of Music blessed Glaspie with a fine education and cracked a window to her future. Hours on hours of shedding and studying with Kenwood Dennard and David Fiuczynski. Nikki calls her ensemble conductor Angelamia Bachemin her single greatest influence.
A student of J Dilla, James Brown, Gospel traditions and all points between, Nikki Glaspie toured the world as the drummer of Beyonce’s backing band SUGA MAMA, and has trotted the globe behind Maceo Parker, Ivan Neville’s Dumpstaphunk, Me’Shell N’dege Ocello, and more. Nikki is a living legend, well before her fortieth birthday. An in-demand session player, super-jam superhero, singer and spiritual guide, Glaspie is at once down-to-earth and larger-than-life. She and her brethren in The Nth Power are poised for even higher heights, one soul survived at a time.
Glaspie has played behind and alongside musical luminaries amid an array of genres, cities and scenes. As a founding member of The Nth Power, she continues blazing a path of light behind the kit, leaving a trail of fire behind her, and rolling waves of love in her wake. Nikki is already living legend, well before her fortieth birthday; and her name rings out among an impressive array of collaborators, calling to all corners of the globe. For more info 🚨 https://www.nikkiglaspie.com
