Articles & Reviews
Nina Mae Harper turned heartbreak into a folk-rooted hymn of release in ‘A Long Time Coming’
A & R FACTORY, 11 November 2025
“Tender is the timbre in Nina Mae Harper’s mournfully magnetic single, A Long Time Coming. With vocals reverent to the roots of folk, her amorous grief takes on a spectral quality as the instrumentals build into an almost euphoric arrangement, one that carries more lift than any Buddy Holly-style feel-good earworm.
Within four minutes, Harper delivers full-blown resolution. What starts as a melancholic reflection blooms into a rapturous unchaining from the ache that comes with knowing life must go on, even if the next chapters won’t be written beside the one who helped shape the last.
If A Long Time Coming is anything to go by, her first full-length release will be essential listening for anyone who understands the weight of letting go.
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“NINA MAE HARPER. This is the name that Nina Eggens (History of Art, 2001) is using to work on her first solo album. After years of wandering. Literally: from Groningen via Aberdeen to Valencia. And musically: from the ‘student band’ Nina’s Dochters to the alt country formation THE MALPASO GANG. With country-folk, rock and a touch of blues, and from ballad to upbeat.”
Broerstraat 5, Magazine for alumni from the University of Groningen, The Netherlands, Autumn 2025. ´Spotified´column.
Podcasts
Fellow Valencian immigrant Sheila West interviews Nina about her journey as a singer-songwriter and her plans for the future. ´All About You Podcast´, June, 2025
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