On THIS DAY two years ago, Nina Leilani Deering a.k.a. @musicmusiceverywhere put on a special show about sadness & melancholy surrounding the holidays called “The Winter of our Discontent.” Nina introduced me to the song “Just a Sad Xmas” especially for this show because she said she had been saving the song to show to someone who could really do it some justice. I felt absolutely honored. These photos and videos are from that night in 2018. Peep the video of Nina playing a baroque song entirely from memory on the accordion ❤️ A year later (2019), we went into the studio and recorded “Just a Sad Xmas” featuring Nina on backup vocals and her beautiful accordion playing...And just a few short months after recording said song, my sweet angel Nina got called back to the sky - taking with her an incredibly untouchable knowledge & ability to create stunning music AND a love for humanity that is simply unparalleled. I miss you every day Nina. THANK YOU for sharing yourself with us. THANK YOU for going so hard towards everything you loved because you showed the rest of us what love actually looks like in action. You are one of a kind and I feel blessed to have been in your genius presence. I love you Nina ❤️ keep shining on us, baby #ninaleilani #music #genius #love #chosenfamily #shine #imissyou #accordion #loveinaction #thewinterofourdiscontent #weweretheluckyones #restinpower #justasadxmas https://www.instagram.com/p/CJY5Qwdj8BE/?igshid=1nzwq8f44vc3k
