Richard Shindell w/ Nini Camps at The Iron Horse on Thursday, May 14 2026
Richard Shindell lives as both an immigrant and emigrant, crossing thresholds, that informs his illumination of the human experience through narrative song. Shindell has inhabited a Zen Buddhist monastery and busked in the streets of Paris.
Originally from New York, now living in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Shindell is a writer whose songs paint pictures, tell stories, juxtapose ideas and images, inhabit characters, vividly evoking entire worlds along the way and expanding our sense of just what it is a song may be. Meticulously recorded over three years in New York and Buenos Aires, his most recent release, Careless, offered an ambitious, luxurious, full- length statement. Shindell immersed himself in the studio, allowing the time and latitude to explore, experiment, take risks—to play—as each of these eleven songs was given form and substance. While his signature acoustic guitar style is used to good effect, Careless also found Shindell plugging in more. “The wider sonic and dynamic range of the electric has been a real inspiration. Rejuvenating.”
During the pandemic, Shindell stayed in Argentina, out on the wide open Pampa, reading, writing, taking walks, doing a little experimental recording, and tending the garden. He now returns to the road for a limited number of performances. Innovative, original and occasionally spiritual, Shindell’s songs weave tales that interchangeably champion the downtrodden, exalt the disaffected or wax empathetic to those lost to society’s fringes. From lighthearted ballads and adulterous love songs, to dirges and diatribes that skillfully skewer politics, prejudice, war and religion, to the comic point-of-view of a cow stuck in a barbed wire fence, he has a unique ability to morph into the soul of the many and varied personalities he casts as narrators in certain songs—veritable novellas framed in haunting acoustic melodies.
Nini Camps is a New York–based Americana singer-songwriter known for her emotionally rich songwriting and for delivering exciting, heartfelt live performances marked by strong vocals, expressive slide guitar, and a charismatic stage presence shaped by a lifetime of touring.
As the lead singer of the internationally touring, all-female band Antigone Rising, she has performed internationally, earning a reputation for emotionally powerful high energy shows that deeply connect with audiences.
A seasoned songwriter with Concord Music Publishing, Camps is now focused on her solo work- intimate, roots-driven songs that resonate in listening rooms, theaters, and festival settings, always leaving audiences wanting more.
Beyond the studio and stage, Nini is the co-founder of Girls Rising, a nonprofit dedicated to empowering girls and LGBTQ+ youth through mentorship and music. The organization has hosted festivals, outreach programs, and workshops, giving young people access to role models, creative tools, and the inspiration to dream big.
Nini is also active in the theater world, developing and performing in original musicals and ensemble works, including the NY Times Critics pick & Drama Desk nominated F@ck 7th Grade , created by Jill Sobule, and participating in early development for projects such as Starstruck, written by Beth Malone, Mary Ann Stratton & Emily Saliers.
