Nicole Atkins at Best Buy Union Square, NYC (July 20, 2011)

Nicole Atkins performing an abbreviated set at Best Buy in Union Square New York City. The crowd was intimate and the concert was also broadcast live online as part of the Live @ Best Buy summer concert series. The band was Nicole, Irina, Jeremy and a drummer filling in for Ezra.

Nicole Atkins Mondo Amore posters Best Buy Union Sq

Posters and CDs set up before the set. Nicole actually took home one of the vertical nylon posters (on the right) and signed a bunch of other copies for the store.

Nicole Atkins singing Heavy Boots at Best Buy Union Sq

As usual, Nicole Atkins & The Black Sea started off the set with "Heavy Boots" from the album "Mondo Amore".

Nicole Atkins and Irina Yalkowsky at Best Buy Union Sq

Irina Yalkowsky with her Fender Stratocaster guitar and Nicole Atkins with a tambourine she picked up in the store and opened on stage.

Nicole Atkins Irina Yalkowsky You Come To Me Best Buy Union Sq

Nicole Atkins and Irina Yalkowsky performing "You come To Me", I believe.

Nicole Atkins adjusting her microphone

Nicole Atkins with tambourine in one hand, adjusting her microphone with the other.

Black Sea Bassist Jeremy Kay and sunburst Fender P Bass

Black Sea Bassist Jeremy Kay on stage with his Fender P bass in sunburst.

Nicole Atkins and Irina Yalkowsky Cry Cry Cry Best Buy Union Sq

Nicole Atkins and Irina Yalkowsky performing "Cry Cry Cry".

Black and white Nicole Atkins at Best Buy Union Sq NYC

Nicole Atkins in black and white

Nicole Atkins Vitamin C Can cover at Best Buy Union Sq

One of the only two songs from the set that weren't from "Mondo Amore" was a cover of "Vitamin C" by Can, which the sound tech was really into.

Nicole Atkins tambourine on Vitamin C

Nicole Atkins playing tambourine on "Vitamin C".

Nicole Atkins Monterey Honey cover Best Buy Union Sq

Nicole Atkins covering Cotton Mather's "Monterey Honey" by herself on acoustic guitar. Her rendition of it is great and I'm glad it's become a staple of her live sets.

Nicole Atkins Martin acoustic Monterey Honey

Nicole Atkins with her Martin acoustic guitar performing "Monterey Honey".

Nicole Atkins Baby Don't Lie Best Buy Union Sq

Nicole Atkins & The Black Sea speeding it back up with Nicole's latest single "Baby Don't Lie".

Nicole Atkins Vultures Best Buy Union Sq

Nicole Atkins & The Black Sea seamlessly segued from "My Baby Don't Lie" into the first single from "Mondo Amore", "Vultures"

Nicole Atkins and Jeremy Kay signing autographs

Nicole, Jeremy and Irina signed autographs after the show. I got the impression that a lot of people were seeing/meeting Nicole for the first time. Not the best venue to do so, but the performance was still great.

Nicole Atkins set list at Best Buy Union Sq

The (out of order) set list that Nicole wrote on the back of the tambourine packaging.

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