Side A
artist profile   • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

• Name: Nicki Rogers

• Age: 25

• Birthplace: Barnsley

• Describe yourself in three words:
creative, loud and complicated

• What instruments do you play?
Piano – I actually play by ear despite having had lessons from an aunt who was a piano teacher from the age of six. Also, I’ve recently just started playing the guitar.

• What do you do in your spare time?
Watch films on the settee, seeing friends and going to the gym.

• What was the last album that you bought?
I actually bought two, I was just shopping at Tescos and ended up buying The Best of U2 and The Best Of Sting.

Side B
album   career   faith   • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

• Why is your new album called Feeder Lane?
I was trying to get to the home of the producer Andy Harshant when I got the directions he gave me muddled up. I thought he meant he lived on Feeder Lane but he actually meant that I turn off the motorway and straight down the feeder lane to his house. In the end me and Andy both thought this would be a good title for the album as it’s catchy, a lyric in one of my songs and as you now know – a funny story behind it.

• It has a different sound to your previous album Colour Scheme – was this deliberate? What has influenced this new album?
Colour Scheme was my first album and is a collection of songs I had written over a few years. This time round I felt a lot more confident in putting together an album. The songs were written specifically for it and reflect more the kind of music I really like doing.

• Have you always been into music? Are you from a musical family?
Yes, I’ve always been into music but I don’t really come from a musical family. My mum sings a lot but sadly not that good. My nan was an opera singer and I’ve been told I look a lot like she did when she was my age so I must have inherited her voice as well as her looks. My aunt was a piano teacher but that’s about it.

• What sort of music do you enjoy listening to?
I like listening to singer/songwriters such as Shaun Calvin, Sheryl Crow and Sting.

• With travelling so much, do you find it hard to get involved with a local church?
It has been difficult. I got involved when I was making the first album but I sadly didn’t fit in quite well. I have just moved to Milton Keynes so I’m hoping to find somewhere there.

• How did you become a Christian?
Well, mum became a Christian first and through her I then started to go to church. When I was about 11 or 12 years old I decided to commit my life to God and be baptised. It was a church called Bethel in Royston. The pastor at the time, Mark Richie, was really encouraging.

• Tell us about when you went to Africa with World Vision. What did you learn from this experience? Have you more plans to do trips like this?
I’m an artist representative for World Vision which means that I tell people about their work at my performances. Going out to Malawi to see the work they do with local churches there has really helped me to inspire others about their work. It was real eye-opener and I was really challenged by what I saw. It was also great to get to meet Beauty, the child I sponsor, and her family.

Nicki Rogers with Mary Routledge & Caroline Towers from the Premier Club Editorial Team