Biography
A singer, songwriter, and bassist in the contemporary blues realm, Danielle Nicole commands a voice often likened to those of Susan Tedeschi and Bonnie Raitt. Her earliest accumulation of blues honors came through membership in the family band Trampled Under Foot alongside her brothers. The 2015 album Wolf Den introduced her solo output, after which the Grammy-nominated Cry No More delivered a major critical advance in 2018. Five Blues Music Awards for bass playing alone stood to her credit by the release of her third solo album, The Love You Bleed, in 2024.
Danielle Nicole Schnebelen grew up in a music-filled home that featured her blues-performing father, Bob Schnebelen, in Kansas City, Missouri. She launched her career while still in her early teens, performing at local coffee houses and open mikes. In 2000, amid involvement with other Kansas City-area groups, she formed the soul-blues band Trampled Under Foot with brothers Nick and Kris Schnebelen. The ensemble issued a self-titled album in 2006, then May I Be Excused in 2008, Wrong Side of Blues in 2011, and two live recordings before Badlands captured Contemporary Blues Album of the Year at the 2014 Blues Music Awards, where Danielle Nicole also received Best Instrumentalist: Bass.
Following her signing as a solo artist with Concord Music Group, she issued an eponymous debut EP in March 2015 that included keyboardist Mike "Shinetop" Sedovic, musician/producer Anders Osborne, and drummer Stanton Moore of Galactic. Later that year the same core band supported her first solo full-length, the New Orleans-recorded, soul-bluesy Wolf Den. While touring in 2017 she offered the live album Live at the Gospel Lounge. Her second studio album, Cry No More, appeared in February 2018, earning Blues Music Awards for Contemporary Blues Female Artist and Instrumentalist: Bass plus her initial Grammy nomination for Best Contemporary Blues Album; she repeated the bass award in 2021, 2022, and 2023. Danielle Nicole departed Concord for Forty Below Records, then returned in late 2023 with the single “Make Love,” her first new solo track in five years and the lead for the January 2024 album The Love You Bleed. The record was tracked with Brandon Miller on guitars and mandolin, Damon Parker on keyboards, GoGo Ray on drums, and Stevie Blacke on violin and cello, then co-produced by Tony Braunagel (Taj Mahal, Eric Burdon) and Nicole.
Danielle Nicole Schnebelen grew up in a music-filled home that featured her blues-performing father, Bob Schnebelen, in Kansas City, Missouri. She launched her career while still in her early teens, performing at local coffee houses and open mikes. In 2000, amid involvement with other Kansas City-area groups, she formed the soul-blues band Trampled Under Foot with brothers Nick and Kris Schnebelen. The ensemble issued a self-titled album in 2006, then May I Be Excused in 2008, Wrong Side of Blues in 2011, and two live recordings before Badlands captured Contemporary Blues Album of the Year at the 2014 Blues Music Awards, where Danielle Nicole also received Best Instrumentalist: Bass.
Following her signing as a solo artist with Concord Music Group, she issued an eponymous debut EP in March 2015 that included keyboardist Mike "Shinetop" Sedovic, musician/producer Anders Osborne, and drummer Stanton Moore of Galactic. Later that year the same core band supported her first solo full-length, the New Orleans-recorded, soul-bluesy Wolf Den. While touring in 2017 she offered the live album Live at the Gospel Lounge. Her second studio album, Cry No More, appeared in February 2018, earning Blues Music Awards for Contemporary Blues Female Artist and Instrumentalist: Bass plus her initial Grammy nomination for Best Contemporary Blues Album; she repeated the bass award in 2021, 2022, and 2023. Danielle Nicole departed Concord for Forty Below Records, then returned in late 2023 with the single “Make Love,” her first new solo track in five years and the lead for the January 2024 album The Love You Bleed. The record was tracked with Brandon Miller on guitars and mandolin, Damon Parker on keyboards, GoGo Ray on drums, and Stevie Blacke on violin and cello, then co-produced by Tony Braunagel (Taj Mahal, Eric Burdon) and Nicole.
Albums
Singles
