Radio One Chicago

Nino Arobelidze aka Girl Named Nino is a Georgian born songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer based in Chicago. Nino received her formal music education from DePaul University but maintains the core of her knowledge to be largely DIY. Dubbed “Ever-evolving”(Richard Milne, 93XRT Local Anesthetic), “Rising Star of Indie, Soul, World Music and Jazz”(Daily Herald), Nino’s become an artist to watch in her adapted city of Chicago- “Remember that name…It may be a safe bet that Nino Arobelidze is a name that you’ll hear a lot more going forward”(Robert Chiarito, The Chicago Ambassador). Nino has released two solo albums (Nomad 2014, Girl Named Nino 2016); a collaborative release with Forbidden Knowledge (Urbanismz 2012) a self released EP (Strange Brew 2011) and most recently composed original songs for the documentary film, Our Blood is Wine (Music Box Films, Official selection at Berlinale 2018). Moonlight Daughter, a multi-lingual, genre-fluid album, co-produced with her long-time collaborator Pablo Gordy