Nicole Cassandra Smit

Born and raised to Indo/Swedish/Dutch parents in Jakarta, Indonesia, Nicole Cassandra Smit is an Edinburgh based singer/songwriter who blends her smoky voice and country ballad lyrics with RnB hooks and soulful harmonies. Both parents were avid music fans, occasionally performing and sound engineering in their youth. Nicole grew up surrounded by influences and singing was a natural part of her life. From the age of 8, she started inventing her own songs and never stopped. 

In 2014, she started out as a backing singer for the show Blues! at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and in the following years, one of its featured artists. In 2016, this blossomed into helming a spin off show of her own ‘Queens of The Blues’. The sell-out show was performed at Edinburgh Fringe and Jazz & Blues Festivals in Scotland, England and Germany and the line-up of the show would perform all year round under the name ‘Nicole & The Back Up Crew’. At the same time, Nicole formed SMITTEN with Charlie Wild & Alex Palmer, an original lo-fi alternative trio, that started in 2016 and to date have released 2 EPs, a live album and two tours of Italy in 2018 & 2019. Currently Nicole is working on her first solo album, to be released in 2022.

Her first single as a solo artist - “Strong Woman” - was featured repeatedly on The Craig Charles Funk & Soul Show on 6Music and the first single from her debut solo album, Sundown, is out everywhere now.