Nicolas Hurt
Serenade, I Miss You

Out: 15 March, 2024 on Oak Recordings (CD/DL)
Genres: modern composition, solo guitar, soundtrack

NICHOLAS HURT — WEB | BANDCAMP

Guitarist/ composer (and much more) Nicolas Hurt has been a mainstay of the Texas music community for a number of years and in a number of ways. A former member of the band SPEAK (Modern Art Records/ Atlantic),Hurt left the group in 2015 to nurture his interest in solo playing and teaching, earning a pedagogically oriented MMus from University of Texas at Austin. Since shifting to Marfa, TX in 2019, Hurt has hosted the beloved radio program “In Tune” on Marfa Public Radio, NPR station for West Texas, while maintaining an active teaching studio at Sul Ross State University.

The music he performs in his short film Serenade, I Miss You and on its companion album extends from the classical guitar repertoire, but it also reflects Hurt’s longstanding pluralism as a musician.”Some of the pieces were given to me as standard sheet music, and some through a fuzzy voice mail on my phone.”  Featuring music by Zeke Jarmon, Justice Philips,  Claire Puckett  (of Black Belt Eagle Scout, Mother Falcon, Hikes, AKA Claire Glass) and Hurt himself, the album feels remarkably personal, as does its cinematic counterpart.

“Nick, along with what seems like a billion people [in Austin], are not just playing pieces, they’re not just playing scales, they’re actually out there composing and doing the work that they have to do to become artists that transcend the instrument… It’s a beautiful film.”  — Bret Williams, Classical Guitar Insider on Serenade, I Miss You

COVERAGE:
List — Darryl Sterdan, Next Week in Music | March 11-17 • The Long List: 360+ Releases On The Way, Tinnitist
News — New Releases for April 2024 and Later, Classical Music Daily
Feature — Fanny Po Sim Head, Serenade, I Miss You Interview with Texan guitarist, pedagogue, and filmmaker Nicolas Hurt, Interlude
Feature — Brooke Manuel, SRSU Music Professor Nicolas Hurt Releases Album, The Sul Ross Skyline
Review — Göran Forsling, Musicweb International
Review — David Reed, Belleville Intelligencer
Review — nitestylez.de
Podcast — Icarus Radio #618
Podcast/ Roundup — Different Noises #29
Radio — The Floating Head of Zsa Zsa, WRUV (June 18, 2024)
Radio — The Floating Head of Zsa Zsa, WRUV (May 7, 2024)
Radio — From The Porch, Marfa Public Radio (April 18, 2024)
Radio — Floating Head of Zsa Zsa, WRUV (April 9, 2024)
Radio — From The Porch, Marfa Public Radio (April 4, 2024)
Radio — From The Porch, Marfa Public Radio (March 28, 2024)
Radio — The Floating Head of Zsa Zsa, WRUV (March 26, 2024)
Radio — From The Porch, Marfa Public Radio (March 21, 2024)
Radio — Audiosyncracy 2.0, KTEP (March 17, 2024)
Radio — Expansive Prairie Skies, UMFM (March 20, 2024)
Radio — Other Aspects, WAYO (February 11, 2024)