Reviews

"Being compared vocally to artists such as Sade, Diana Ross and Billie Holiday could be a compliment to any singer."

"My style is eclectic - a combination of various influences. I do jazz, blues and contemporary, but it is always evolving," Causey said. "My last CD, Holding On Forever, has a lot of smooth jazz on it. I'm moving in the direction of contemporary music that has a nice, easy, danceable flow to it."

"In college, Causey began performing in local clubs and it was there that some identified her turn-of-the-20th-century Billie Holiday-esque sound. Causey took the connection further by portraying the tragic singer on stage."

"I have been a songwriter for years and years but it's only been recently that I started to work on songs that I started long ago and develop and copyright them," she said. "They are not necessarily autobiographical, but they are based on my experiences. Basically they are all about love, but I recently wrote one called Hold Fast to Your Dreams. It is about having a goal and not giving up until you attain it."

"I give audiences something from deep inside me and when I see them reacting to it, it really makes me feel good," she added.

"Carmen Jones, played by Richmond pianist-singer-actress-model Nina Causey, has the same amorous characteristics as her namesake..."

"Chicago-born Causey was reluctant to take the Carmen role when it was offered by Black Repertory Group producer-director Mona Vaughn Scott. 'I told her, "I'm a jazz singer. I have never sung opera," ... but Mona Vaughn Scott insisted, and now, I'm glad I took the part.'"

"She goes to the stage with the movements of a panther in love... She moves slowly as the rhythm of the piano, the bass and drums outline her singing... little by little, the panther in love put them under the spell of her voice and made them hers."
- David Dorantes, Guadalajara, Mexico (entertainment section)

"Nina Causey, a tall, tantalizing torch singer is now titillating audiences in the Bay Area..."
- Bayview News