Vanessa Nostbakken

SEEKING

Vocalist, Drums.

ABOUT

Vanessa Nostbakken) is an outspoken soulful storyteller who takes you to a time, a place, and a feeling. "Nöst's melancholy, biting and sentimental songwriting — her work's stripped down production harkens to the artists who focus on telling stories through their lyricism, building worlds with words." -Exclaim!

Nöst (hailing from Ottawa Canada) grew up with musical influences like Joni Mitchell, CSNY, and The Beatles. It was during her years studying Theatre in Montreal that she got into the jazz scene, as a vocalist. In 2016, several bands later, Nöst took her music out West to Vancouver as a solo artist .

After performing over 250 shows in recent years, in 2023 Nöst independently released her debut self produced EP “Working Hours,”-a semi autobiographical work that “courageously delves into the complexities of the service industry, shedding light on the plight of countless women facing societal pressures and unwarranted advances.”(Wax Vinyl UK)

Working Hours was heard countrywide on over 30 college radio stations (CITR, Radio Western,etc, ) and worldwide (Soho Radio London (UK.) RANGE Magazine dubbed Nöst a "Modern Day Working Class Folk Hero," with lyrics that are "blunt and confessional." Stand out track “The Regular” is set to have it’s music video release in the new year of 2025.

After a Canada tour of Working Hours in summer of 2024, Nöst's recent project "Glimmers," a 3 track EP-was recorded, performed, produced and mixed by Nöst in a cabin in the woods in eastern Ontario in Spring of '24. With the recent release of the first two tracks off of the EP, Nost’s tunes have already been heard on CBC Radio Canada, Radio Western, and Unsigned BC Radio.