Detroit, MISoul · Gospel · Funk
Nettie Brightwater & The Sunday Fire
Sunday-morning soul with a Saturday-night groove
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On the screen
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5 dates on the road
Shows
- Nov21SatNext stopThe Ember RoomDetroit, US20:00Tickets for The Ember Room, 21 Nov
- Dec05SatSaint Clement's HallChicago, US20:00Sold out
- Dec20SunThe Gold Leaf BallroomMemphis, US20:00Tickets for The Gold Leaf Ballroom, 20 Dec
- Jan06WedBrass Lamp Supper ClubNew Orleans, US20:00Tickets for Brass Lamp Supper Club, 06 Jan
- Jan25MonHolloway Chapel HallLondon, UK20:00Tickets for Holloway Chapel Hall, 25 Jan
Liner notes
About
Nettie Brightwater learned to sing in a church choir loft, three rows back from a Hammond organ that shook the floorboards. The Sunday Fire is the band she built around that sound: a horn section, a rhythm section that never sits still, and harmonies you can feel in your chest.
Their debut album, Brightwater Rising, was recorded on a single microphone in a former chapel, the seven of them in a circle around it. On stage they play like it is the last night the hall will ever be open, and somehow it always ends with the whole room singing.
Detroit, MI · Soul, Gospel, Funk
Also on record
- Brightwater RisingAlbum, 2026
- Hold Me Like a HymnSingle, 2025
- Hammond HymnsEP, 2025
- Live at the Ember RoomAlbum, 2024
From the sessions
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What they're saying
Press
A voice that could raise the roof and then hold it up.
“Vintage warmth, played like it was written yesterday.”
The Sunday Spin Review “The most joyful band on any stage this year.”
Groove & Grace Quarterly
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