My first review! It's in Flemmish (wouldn't you know!) but appears to be very complementary: Roots.Town@glo.be - http://www.members.tripod.com/RootsTown

This review made my day/week/year (doesn't load sometimes on the first time): http://amplifier.ky.net

This is a little plug, very nice. http://www.womanrock.com/reviews/reviews_0103.html

This is a letter from a happy songwriter who attended a house concert and song critique workshop Casey Kelly and I gave in Atlanta recently. House concert's are an incredible way to hear acoustic music and the song critique was something we were asked to do by the local Atlanta songwriter group. If any of you are interested in how to set up a house concert, contact me and I'll give you my thoughts on it.

Hello Nina,
I was at Rose's house on Saturday night, and just wanted to thank you and Casey for both an enjoyable evening of music, and for sharing your songwriter experiences with us. Your email address was on your cd, but Casey's was not, so please thank him for me as well.
When I heard that some professional songwriters were going to critique our amateur songs, I was a little cynical about how it would go. I had seen both you and Casey the previous Thursday at Songmania, and thought you were both talented and funny. I really expected polite comments about our songs at best. You and Casey were both so helpful, intelligent, and caring in your evaluations of our songs. I was truly overwhelmed by your generosity! To take the time to listen to 15 or 16 of our songs, and to give each of us such an honest, helpful evaluation was wonderful. I learned as much, if not more, from your evaluations of the other songs as I did from your thoughts on my song. It was an incredible, educational evening that I won't soon forget! I am joining NSAI immediately.
I don't want to forget to also thank you for one of the most enjoyable musical performances I have been to. The term "intimate performance" takes on a whole new meaning. You are both wonderful talents. If you have an email list to let people know where and when you are performing, please add my name to the list. I come to Nashville regularly to visit friends, and won't miss a performance by either you or Casey (or hopefully both of you together again), whether it's in Tennessee or Georgia.
Thanks again, I will take the advise that you both gave to heart, and if one of my songs ends up on an album some day, you and Casey will most assuredly be a part of my success.
Mike O

Rotten Apple review of Nina's CD!!

From "The Rotten Apple"

"So, there I am. Deadlines for the next issue and trying to finish articles, so I decide to check the mail and see what the world has to offer me. Included with the expected bills, press releases from record companies and letters f rom our adoring fans is a package with info and a CD by Nina Mankin. Admittedly, I knew little about her but I put it on to see if it could break the stress of my demands. What a relief to hear that this female singer/songwriter steps out from the limited bounds of such femme performers as Shawn "Sunny Came Home" Colvin and Natalie Imbruglia, with a catchy groove, confident and expressive vocals and solid instrumentation. Any female singer in this category stands the test of being compared to the venerable Ani DiFranco and Nina Mankin stands up well. Her EP, SLOW THAT PONY DOWN, GIRL, strikes like a mature DiFranco with a wide musical range, and a folksy base with a rock flavor. She has spent her recent time playing the club circuit around our fine city exp osing crowds to her infectious music of which her next NYC show will be [December 9th at 10pm], at the Mercury Lounge. Might be agood idea to get advanced tickets since she seems destined to make a name for herself" --Thomas Wengelewski

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