Nick Africano

Poignant songwriters carry a brilliance of capturing heart-piercing stories in real-time while reflecting deep-seated emotions and a lust for life that uplifts. Nick Africano’s poetic storytelling bears unflinching intimacy and releases our imaginations to dream of love’s abundance of emotions. Gossip of Flames is a masterpiece featuring Africano in collaboration with Nashville’s rising star Lera Lynn (HBO’s True Detective); who serves as the producer and co-writer (7 of 10 songs) of Gossip of Flames. Gossip was recorded by GRAMMY Award-winning engineer Craig Alvin (Kacey Musgraves) at Nashville’s Sound Emporium.

Gossip of Flames culls an identity from Walt Whitman’s “Song of Myself,” though rooted in the life of a performing artist based in Bed Stuy, Brooklyn. In a bout of inspiration to record Gossip of Flames, Africano returned to his father’s art studio in the midwestern town of Normal, IL. The homecoming resulted in a handful of demos sent off to various Nashville producers and co-writers. While on a writing retreat in Music City, Africano met with Lera Lynn and Todd Lombardo, and that chance composing session led to Lynn becoming the producer.

Craig Alvin engineered the album with Africano performing alongside Todd Lombardo, Robby Handley, Chris Lippincott, and Jason Cheek, and Lera Lynn. Four songs on Gossip of Flames were engineered by Lombardo and performed/recorded with the trio of him, Africano, and Lynn. The final track features Karen Bridges and Liz Holt.