Nina Jo Smith

@njsmith

We won’t go down without a song! “In the dark times Will there also be singing? Yes, there will also be singing. About the dark times.” Bertolt Brecht

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Nina Jo Smith@njsmith· 17d

Ebikes are joy machines. I ride a Tern Vektron S-10 ( no throttle). It’s the one on the left.

Two Ebikes, one with a trailer and an e-trike in a bike rack parked outside a YMCA.

Nina Jo Smith@njsmith· 22d

Can confirm. It’s great for running errands. Sometimes I forget to use my car. It helps my lung condition and it’s a joy machine.

Black E Bike parked before a booth at a farmers market

Nina Jo Smith@njsmith· Jun 11

Shirtless man with dark hair, light skin, black backpack, bracelet on the left wrist, black black pants, and white shoes, crossing a city street. Detail from photograph posted in article.

Nina Jo Smith@njsmith· Jun 4

Gonna be in Laguna Beach tomorrow? Come hear some music! (Details in alt text.)

LAGUNA BEER COMPANY
JUNE 4, 2026
MUSIC AT 630PM
Writers Round Laguna Beach
WITH 2 OPEN MIC ROUNDS
ROUND I
NINAJO SMITH & ZACH GUERRERO
ROUND 2
MICHAEL HILL & MAZ FERNANDO
ROUND 3
AUDREY GILLESPIE & CLARK WEBB

Nina Jo Smith@njsmith· May 30

If you currently lack the attention span to read long works, you could do worse than the great Alice Wong’s memoir. Short sections that include interviews, photos, illustrations and always brilliance. Pairs well with Gusto Bread biscuit and jam & tea.

Small green table with a book, saucer, with biscuit and jam, coffee, cup, and Bluetooth speaker. The book is. Year of the Tiger, an Activist’s Life by Alice Wong. Cover is bright yellow with a red Chinese tiger.

Nina Jo Smith@njsmith· May 30

They’re great on stoned wheat thins or saltines.

Nina Jo Smith@njsmith· May 29

She’s back!

Nina Jo Smith@njsmith· May 21

But how will you make friends down there? Are there any musicians around? My friends when I was deciding to move to Orange County, CA. Pictures from my neighborhood last weekend. 1) a house concert I hosted; 2) band at an Irish pub; 3) s neighbor’s backyard concert.

Three musicians playing and singing in a room lined with Books. Audience in the foreground.

Harmonica player, singer holding a shaker, Electric, Guitar Player, and Acoustic Guitar Guitar Player, singing onstage at a bar. All are women except the harmonica player.

Backyard concert with Americana band on stage. Many patio umbrellas, keeping people cool

Nina Jo Smith@njsmith· May 19

I’ve been hosting house concerts, a wonderful way to share music and community. Here’s The InVocations backed by Cej (grand finale) last Saturday. Little photo fliers inside the door to the gear room document who’s played “The Library” so far.

Seven small photo fliers tacked to a door above a cardboard sign that says WILL SING FOR PIE, a bumper sticker that says Kindness makes you beautiful and a California flag.

Nina Jo Smith@njsmith· May 17

Well said. Blue ribbon post. Truly.

Nina Jo Smith@njsmith· May 16

House concert, anyone? (5/16), 2 pm, Orange County, CA.

Nina Jo Smith@njsmith· May 12

I ❤️ mine! @ >70 @ternbicycles.com #ebike

Small black e-bike locked to a bicycle-shaped bike rack.

Nina Jo Smith@njsmith· May 8

Nice night at Writers Round Laguna Beach. I like the moody look of the venue at night.

Moody photo of a bar at night. Sign says Laguna Beach Beer Company.

Nina Jo Smith@njsmith· May 5

Look up! (She did)

View of the side of an orange epiphyllum flower

View of the face of an orange epiphyllum flower being held up to expose its petals, pistils and stamens.

Nina Jo Smith@njsmith· Apr 29

I went to a really nice event last night, Songwriters in the round, Tustin California. 10/10 can recommend. (Writers Round OC)

Three songwriters facing each other in a circle. Man in hat behind is using his iPhone to film the one playing.

Nina Jo Smith@njsmith· Apr 27

I played it on YouTube, looked up and it had cast it to my tv! youtu.be/A6P9-n1tCPM?...

Nina Jo Smith THEY KILLED GOOD IN MINNESOTA cover art with rainbow border on black background.

Nina Jo Smith@njsmith· Apr 26

Sweet dreams.

A field of Matilija poppies with storm clouds in the background

Nina Jo Smith@njsmith· Apr 25

My new song, They Killed Good in Minnesota is now on all the streaming platforms. Also, Jaimee Harris is playing Ojai Underground tonight (April 25) so if you’re in the area, get there! Or catch one of her remaining West Coast shows if you miss her tonight.

Nina Jo Smith@njsmith· Apr 23

PS Book’s great!

Book cover, text reads the Life, Art and transcendence of Alice Coltrane COSMIC MUSIC. Featuring a color photograph of Alice, a Black woman with images of the cosmos in her Afro. The author’s name, Andy Beta it’s dropped out of the lavender background

Nina Jo Smith@njsmith· Apr 20

Simply horrific in my backyard. Flowers in bloom under the relentless blue sky. Springtime in California. Ugh.

Garden with fountain and flowering bloom under a blue sky.

Nina Jo Smith@njsmith· Apr 20

Not everything is terrible. I locked myself out of my car this morning, so I got to enjoy some nature while waiting for AAA. This tower of jewels with a bee friend.

Purple flowers known as tower of jewels with one bee
pollinating it

Nina Jo Smith@njsmith· Apr 19

Another fun house concert in the books. Photo by Francis Co.

White woman smiling, standing at a microphone while playing ukulele. Audience in foreground.

Nina Jo Smith@njsmith· Apr 17

They Killed Good in Minnesota is out now on Bandcamp and just got approved for release on all streaming platforms next Friday, 24 April! ninajosmith.bandcamp.com/track/they-k... - Thanks for listening!

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THEY KILLED GOOD IN MINNESOTA
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Good in Minnesota

Nina Jo Smith@njsmith· Apr 16

Oh, he’s a great writer and I love this book. Here’s mine for today.

Pink book in a Café table. Title and author in white letters.
The Beginning Comes After the End: Notes on a World of Change Rebecca Solnit

Nina Jo Smith@njsmith· Apr 14

They just want to hang a “WHITES ONLY” sign at the border.

Nina Jo Smith@njsmith· Mar 23

My morning chorus. Thanks, Merlin.

Nina Jo Smith@njsmith· Mar 22

White woman and white men playing acoustic guitars in front of a small building with a mural of a tree with an owl sitting on a branch in front of a full moon.

Drawing of a woman wearing a blue skirt and blue blouse playing an acoustic while standing in front of a music stand.

Nina Jo Smith@njsmith· Mar 17

I’ve had a lot of really nice feedback for my song They Killed Good in Minnesota that I posted on YouTube. I just wanted to let you know the Recording will be out soon. I’m so pleased with the song and how it sounds. I hope it will serve and comfort.

A computer monitor showing music tracks. A man is seated in front of it and looking at it.

Nina Jo Smith@njsmith· Mar 11

Somehow, I never expected to get so much mileage out of this T-shirt.

White woman wearing a T-shirt that says what would Jimmy Carter do?

Nina Jo Smith@njsmith· Mar 11

I couldn’t agree more.