• Nikhil wearing sunglasses and a blazer is playing an electric guitar against a wooden wall.
  • Nikhil playing a yellow Gibson acoustic guitar in a music store with brick walls and hanging electric guitars in the background.
  • Black and white portrait of Nikhil standing against a rustic wooden background.
  • Nikhil Bagga singing into a microphone while playing an electric guitar on stage with a colorful background.

At just 16, Seattle-based singer, songwriter, and guitarist Nikhil Bagga is already making waves on some of the world’s biggest stages. Born in Toronto, he picked up the guitar at nine, inspired by legends like AC/DC, Ed Sheeran, and Queen. By ten, he was busking on San Diego’s Pacific Beach and performing in Tokyo. At twelve, he sang the National Anthem for 17,000 fans at a Seattle Kraken game, and by fourteen, he was playing the NHL Winter Classic for more than 50,000 live—and millions watching worldwide.

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Will Borgen told a large gaggle of reporters around him in the Mariners locker room that he thought the best part of the event’s presentation was the national anthem played by 14 year-old Nikhil Bagga amid raucous appreciations of the guitarist’s talents and range of notes played.”

NHL.COM

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  • “the Medina middle school student and musician also taught himself a new song on the guitar every day for 60 days”

    425 Magazine
    30 Under 30

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  • Tinnitist

    “Bagga’s raspy vocals and fiery solos channel '90s grunge energy”

  • Glide Magazine

    “Bagga displays a tenacity for thick bleeding guitar tones and the '90s punchy alt rock of Teenage Fanclub and Matthew Sweet”

  • Surviving the Golden Age

    "Bagga mixes elements of power pop and arena rock… the songwriting shows knowledge beyond his years”

  • BarStool Sports

    “Hard to imagine there’ll be a better rendition of the national anthem in 2024”

    Jan 2nd, 2024. 2.2M Views

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