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Nabil Ayers
Occupation(s)Entrepreneur, author, musician
Instrument(s)Drums
LabelsBeggars Group, 4AD, The Control Group, V2, Mercury, Barsuk
Websitewww.nabilayers.com

Nabil Ayers is an American music industry

entrepreneur
, author and musician.

Ayers' debut memoir, My Life in the Sunshine, was published by Viking Press on June 7, 2022. The book focuses on Ayers' relationship with his father, the jazz musician Roy Ayers, growing up as a mixed-race person in America, and Ayers' life in the music industry.[1] The title, My Life in the Sunshine, is a reference to the Roy Ayers song, "Everybody Loves the Sunshine."[2] In a June 4, 2022 CBS Saturday Morning segment, Ayers, when asked about how the memoir portrays his father, stated, "In the end, it's positive. It's about all the great things he's given me, even though he hasn't been part of my life."[3] My Life in the Sunshine has received accolades from author/musician, Michelle Zauner, who said the book "ultimately redefines what it means to be a family." Ashley C. Ford, John Hodgman also gave praise, and Rolling Stone, called the book "[an] affecting new memoir."[4][5]

As a writer, Ayers is a frequent contributor to The New York Times, NPR, Pitchfork, Rolling Stone, People, GQ, Huffington Post, and The Root, among others.[6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13] His writing is often autobiographic, and touches on topics of music and race.

With over 30 years of experience in the music industry, Ayers is the current U.S. President of the UK-based

Billboard Magazine's Indie Power Players, earning a spot on the list each year from 2019-2022.[17][18][19][20]

Ayers co-founded

SPIN Magazine, and has been profiled by NPR, The New York Times and The Seattle Times.[21][22][23][24][25] In July 2016, it was announced that Sonic Boom Records was sold to a longtime customer.[26] After the sale, Ayers wrote a memoir about the store that was published in Seattle newspaper, The Stranger.[27]

In 2002, Ayers founded the independent record label The Control Group where he has released music by Lykke Li, Cate Le Bon, and El Perro del Mar. In 2018, Ayers founded the independent record label Valley of Search to reissue his uncle Alan Braufman's album of the same name. The label has gone on to release music by Tomas Nordmark and Patricia Brennan.[28] As a drummer, he has performed with various acts, most recently The Long Winters and Tommy Stinson.

He currently resides in Brooklyn, NY, where Brooklyn Magazine named Ayers #7 in a list of "The 100 Most Influential People In Brooklyn Culture.” [15]

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References

  1. ^ "My Life In Sunshine by Nabil Ayers". Retrieved January 18, 2022.
  2. ^ Everybody Loves The Sunshine - Roy Ayers Ubiquity (1976), retrieved June 6, 2022
  3. ^ Music exec. Nabil Ayers releases a new book on his struggles with being biracial and how his father, Jazz muscian Roy Ayers impacted his life despite, retrieved June 6, 2022
  4. ^ "My Life in the Sunshine by Nabil Ayers: 9780593295960 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books". PenguinRandomhouse.com. Retrieved June 6, 2022.
  5. ^ Ayers, Nabil (June 3, 2022). "Nabil Ayers Looks Back on His First Sit-Down With His Jazz-Legend Father". Rolling Stone. Retrieved June 6, 2022.
  6. ISSN 0362-4331
    . Retrieved August 16, 2019.
  7. ^ Ayers, Nabil (November 21, 2018). "A Family Tree With Roots Deep In Slavery". NPR. Retrieved August 16, 2019.
  8. ^ Ayers, Nabil (June 3, 2021). "What Black Music Month Means Now". Pitchfork.
  9. ^ Ayers, Nabil (April 2021). "The Night Nirvana Changed Everything". Rolling Stone. Retrieved January 18, 2022.
  10. ^ Ayers, Nabil. "A 'Food Freak' Describes Losing His Senses of Taste and Smell, a Coronavirus Symptom: 'Disconcerting'". People. Retrieved June 19, 2020.
  11. ^ Ayers, Nabil (August 2019). "I Want My Afro Back". GQ. Retrieved August 16, 2019.
  12. ^ Ayers, Nabil (March 29, 2018). "Discovering The Horror Of Klan Day At The State Fair Of Texas". HuffPost. Retrieved August 16, 2019.
  13. ^ Ayers, Nabil (November 4, 2017). "You Got a Little Soul in You, I See". The Root. Retrieved August 16, 2019.
  14. ^ "Beggars Group Names Label Execs Nabil Ayers As New US President and Claire Taylor As New US General Manager". beggars.com. Beggars Group. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
  15. ^ a b "The 100 Most Influential People in Brooklyn Culture". Brooklyn Magazine”.
  16. ^ "See Full List of 60th Grammys 2018 Awards Winners". grammy.com. November 27, 2017. Retrieved August 16, 2019.
  17. ^ "Revealed: Billboard's 2021 Indie Power Players". Billboard. June 7, 2021. Retrieved June 6, 2022.
  18. ^ "Billboard's 2019 Indie Power Players: The Execs Behind Drake, John Prine, Lauren Daigle and BTS". Billboard. Retrieved August 16, 2019.
  19. ^ "Revealed: Billboard's 2020 Indie Power Players". Billboard. Retrieved June 19, 2020.
  20. ^ "Revealed: 2022 Indie Power Players". Billboard. June 6, 2022. Retrieved June 8, 2022.
  21. ^ "Sonic Boom | The Best Record Stores in the USA". Rolling Stone. September 16, 2010.
  22. ^ Thompson, Erin (April 16, 2010). "Seattle News and Events | Sonic Boom Is SPIN's #5 Best Indie Record". Seattle Weekly. Archived from the original on August 14, 2016. Retrieved July 25, 2016.
  23. ^ Ganz, Jacob (October 12, 2010). "Seattle's Sonic Boom Records: Indie, But Not For Indie's Sake". NPR. Retrieved September 9, 2019.
  24. ^ Nelson, Chris (October 6, 2003). "Trying to sell CD's by Adding Extras". New York Times.
  25. ^ "Seattle's 10 best record stores, in honor of Record Store Day". The Seattle Times. April 14, 2015. Retrieved September 9, 2019.
  26. ^ "Sonic Boom Records Changes Ownership, Will Remain Open".
  27. ^ "The (Sonic) Boom Years—Memories of a Newly Former Seattle Record Store Owner".
  28. ^ "Valley of Search official site".
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