2025 was a great year with 4 Piano Bar Entertainer contracts for Nicky Moran…
10 weeks on HX Expedition ship Roald Amundsen in Antarctica
7 weeks on HAL Nieuw Amsterdam in Alaska
8 weeks on HX Expedition ship RA in the Arctic circle
4 weeks on CCL Adventure ship in Australia with a little jaunt down to Hobart, Tasmania to meet Prison chaplains to seek a green light for support to start prisons concerts in Aussie Prisons.
Nicky is eagerly anticipating more cruise ship opportunities preferring short contracts to get more varied experience on different ships and destinations. She is willing to consider contracts at pretty short notice or even as a fill-in or replacement person for sudden crew leave.
Already booked for some of 2026 in Jan-March 2026 on HX in Antarctica and July-Oct on NCL from Bermuda to Quebec. Available from May-mid June and mid Nov-mid Dec 2026 for 2-4 week contracts. 2027 is open for negotiation with some pre bookings underway.
With a 430+ strong cruise ship songlist Nicky sings a large variety of styles and eras: 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s, 2000s. Classic rock is her favourite, plus pop, light jazz, country, Irish, Gospel, reggae and a little blues. Her favourite artists to play are from the 60s-70s Beatles, from 70s-80s Cat Stevens, Neil Diamond, Elton John, Billy Joel, Carole King, Karen Carpenter, Lionel Ritchie.
With a strikingly low female voice able to pull off Johnny Cash ‘in jail’ and sweet soaring melodies, Nicky plays singing piano gigs augmented by a vocal harmoniser for her solo gigs. With 12 years of classical piano roots and an LTCL Teachers Diploma Nicky has practiced and performed her way through a musical life. Experienced in many bands in various instruments but strongest on keys and lead vocals/band leader. Other instruments include acoustic rhythm guitar, drums, basic bass guitar and a little ukulele.
Nicky desires to inspire, bless and bring restoration to hearts and minds through her music. A song is more than a song, it must achieve something… be it fun, letting go, overcoming, remembering, cherishing, even grieving. Nicky plans to progress to Headline acts on crusie ships with her live looping 45 minute interactive multi instrumental show on ships and has her sights set on touring Australian Prisons and Pubs to inspire and captivate the people in front of her.
In 2024 Nicky entered the cruise ship industry as a singing/pianist with Roald Amundsen an HX Expedition cruise ship for 3 months doing a North to South Pole cruise. Nicky has all the current active cruise ship documentation including STCW, US and Canadian entry visas and has a NZ passport.
In 2023 Nicky and her roadies completed 2 nationwide NZ tours:
January-April ~60 community gigs in pubs, cafes, mental health units, rehabs, churches, Aglow, private shows etc.
October-November 46 prisons shows, and 20 pubs and outreach variety country/rock/gospel events around the country.
2022 Nicky finished touring NZ South and North spread over the year until June with 76 musical events from pubs, churches, rehabs, mental health units, house concerts, Aglow, community events. From September to December 2022 Nicky is involved in her local worship team at Manifest Love Church Hamilton leading worship or playing drums, bass, acoustic guitar... and sharing worship and testimony at Waikato and surrounding areas to continue the momentum of relationship and testifying about the experience of touring as a Gospel artist.
"Gonna Turn" her first single from the album featured as finalist in MLT Songwriters Award and NZ Country Music Awards June 2021.
The last albums released in 2021 was Unlocked written, recorded during lockdown and released on 2 tours between heavy restrictions in NZ. The single "Holy is the Name", was released on the 28th January 2022 to coincide with the start of her NZ tour. Holy is the Name is so catchy and danceable "It makes me want to move as the message kicks in, the disco feel (originally a hip hop beat) and the gospel choir feature is an energy raising praise song. Its my favourite from the album and makes me go from zero to groovy in about 5 seconds flat!"
"Unlocked" album was released 27 August 2021 online and 29 August to 28 November 2021 on CD. This is just after the annual NZ Prison Gospel roadshow, just finished in May 2021 with 54 concerts, 14 jails, directly influencing approx 987 prisoners for positive change.
Nicky spreads Aroha far and wide on paths less travelled…touring for 10y ears through NZ since 2014-2023. Inspired to influence her community in a positive way, Nicky and roadies have delivered 500 powerful prison shows behind bars. Nicky is supported by a team of faithful souls who encourage her to continue to shine a light of hope in the darkest places - with groovy powerful tunes of course!
Inspirational songs can bring life, hope and encouragement to the hearer, be inspired by passionate Gospel singer/songwriter Nicky Moran!