Hot Gruvs, high energy and a lead singer whose dynamic vocals and soulful, passionate style has the audience dancing in the aisles make Asia and Nu Gruv the freshest R & B dance machine this side of the Big Smoke. If Asia and Nu Gruv don’t make you get up and shake everything you’ve got – it’s time to check your pulse!
A multi talented Halifax-based music ensemble that weaves old school rhythm and blues, soul and funk with contemporary urban rhymes and beats, Nu Gruv draws on influences from Aretha Franklin, Luther Vandross, Alicia Keys, Jocelyn Brown, Curtis Mayfield and many others, as the band and lead singer Asia weave an unrivaled environment of dance inducing sound.
In 2006 the band won the ANSMA (African Nova Scotian Music Association) award for Best Live Performance as well winners for the 2006 and 2005 best R&B Group. and was nominated for the CBC Galaxy Radio Rising Star, Entertainer of the Year and Artist/Group of the Year awards. In 2005, the band was selected by Music Nova Scotia as an official showcase group during Nova Scotia Music Week, the 2006 East Coast Music Awards and the 2006 JunoFest.
Asia and Nu Gruv. They’re cool, they’re hot, and they will make you dance! It’s only a matter of time before this dynamic group of musical magicians becomes a household name in Atlantic Canada and beyond.