Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield
Encyclopedia
Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield (born Nichola Bloomfield; 1 November 1979 in Great Yarmouth
, England
) is an English
musician, presenter and journalist. She is best known as a podcast
host of This Week in Energy, Transport Evolved and former host of The EVcast. She is also an active supporter of electric cars and has owned several of them.
between 1998 and 2002, where she trained as a classical
oboist
.
's A Reed In The Wind for solo Oboe
as well as performing as an alto
in a piece written specially written for her by Usher to sing on the CD Sacred Physic..
After graduating, Nikki worked for several years as a music teacher before working as a disc Editor for Future PLC's monthly Macintosh
magazine, Mac Format under editor
Graham Barlow for six months in 2005. She then returned to Music teaching, working as a freelance tutor and musician.
Between 2004 and 2006 Nikki worked alongside webcomic
artist Jenn Dolari to produce songs to accompany the webcomic
Closetspace about a young Transgendered girl named Carrie Terrell. Nikki wrote four songs, which she performed as the voice of Carrie..
In 2008 Nikki appeared in an occasional podcast series called Nikki Drives.
She ceased teaching music in 2009, choosing to pursue a career in podcasting. She became the regular Saturday Host of The Evcast in June 2009, and became known for her honest take on the world of Electric Vehicles. Regular guests included Robert Llewellyn
, Chelsea Sexton
and Michael Boxwell
.
December 2009 saw Nikki launch a second Podcast, This Week In Energy with co-host Bob Tregilus. The weekly show broadcasts live every Wednesday at www.thisweekinenergy.tv and discusses the weekly news in the Energy world, with a focus on renewable energy and energy saving. Notable guests have included Dr. Kiki Sanford, Camille Ricketts, and Pilgrim Beart
She has also helped fund-raise for the Roz Rows show on Leo Laporte
's TWiT
network in December 2009. This was to replace a bag of possessions Roz Savage
had stolen whilst on her trip across the Atlantic. As well as this, Nikki released a video to help fund-raise for a different cause in the same month (December 2009). The video released on Google
's YouTube
site was in aid of the Nathan Abbott
fund.,
Come May 2010 Nikki ceased work for the The EVcast, announcing on-air that she would no-longer be hosting the Saturday show, citing personal reasons around a forthcoming adoption and expressing that she no-longer had time to spend podcasting. Rumour surrounded her departure from The EVcast, including an argument with the show's owners, igroops.
June 2010 saw Nikki start a new podcast
, Transport Evolved, which she hosts alongside Michael Boxwell
every Thursday at www.transportevolved.com and is the second podcast to come from her and her partner's company littleCollie.
In keeping with her love for EV
transport, Nikki can also be seen writing for All Cars Electric at www.allcarselectric.com.
having come out at university. She openly supports LGBT
causes and often tweets about GLBT Equality, self-describing herself as a "GLBT campaigner".
She married her partner of five years, Kathryn Gordon in August, 2009. The couple double-barrelled their family name
to Gordon-Bloomfield.
The couple do not have any children of their own but have adopted.
Great Yarmouth
Great Yarmouth, often known to locals as Yarmouth, is a coastal town in Norfolk, England. It is at the mouth of the River Yare, east of Norwich.It has been a seaside resort since 1760, and is the gateway from the Norfolk Broads to the sea...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
) is an English
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
musician, presenter and journalist. She is best known as a podcast
Podcast
A podcast is a series of digital media files that are released episodically and often downloaded through web syndication...
host of This Week in Energy, Transport Evolved and former host of The EVcast. She is also an active supporter of electric cars and has owned several of them.
Education
Nikki attended Guildhall School of Music and DramaGuildhall School of Music and Drama
Guildhall School of Music and Drama is an independent music and dramatic arts school which was founded in 1880 in London, England. Students can pursue courses in Music, Opera, Drama and Technical Theatre Arts.-History:...
between 1998 and 2002, where she trained as a classical
Classical music
Classical music is the art music produced in, or rooted in, the traditions of Western liturgical and secular music, encompassing a broad period from roughly the 11th century to present times...
oboist
Oboist
An oboist is a musician who plays the oboe or any oboe family instrument, including the cor anglais, oboe d'amore, shawm and oboe musette....
.
Career
While still at music college Nikki recorded Julia UsherJulia Usher
Julia Usher is an English musician, project animateur and composer, and is known for musical theater. Besides composing, she also works as a music therapist.-Biography:...
's A Reed In The Wind for solo Oboe
Oboe
The oboe is a double reed musical instrument of the woodwind family. In English, prior to 1770, the instrument was called "hautbois" , "hoboy", or "French hoboy". The spelling "oboe" was adopted into English ca...
as well as performing as an alto
Alto
Alto is a musical term, derived from the Latin word altus, meaning "high" in Italian, that has several possible interpretations.When designating instruments, "alto" frequently refers to a member of an instrumental family that has the second highest range, below that of the treble or soprano. Hence,...
in a piece written specially written for her by Usher to sing on the CD Sacred Physic..
After graduating, Nikki worked for several years as a music teacher before working as a disc Editor for Future PLC's monthly Macintosh
Macintosh
The Macintosh , or Mac, is a series of several lines of personal computers designed, developed, and marketed by Apple Inc. The first Macintosh was introduced by Apple's then-chairman Steve Jobs on January 24, 1984; it was the first commercially successful personal computer to feature a mouse and a...
magazine, Mac Format under editor
Editor
The term editor may refer to:As a person who does editing:* Editor in chief, having final responsibility for a publication's operations and policies* Copy editing, making formatting changes and other improvements to text...
Graham Barlow for six months in 2005. She then returned to Music teaching, working as a freelance tutor and musician.
Between 2004 and 2006 Nikki worked alongside webcomic
Webcomic
Webcomics, online comics, or Internet comics are comics published on a website. While many are published exclusively on the web, others are also published in magazines, newspapers or often in self-published books....
artist Jenn Dolari to produce songs to accompany the webcomic
Webcomic
Webcomics, online comics, or Internet comics are comics published on a website. While many are published exclusively on the web, others are also published in magazines, newspapers or often in self-published books....
Closetspace about a young Transgendered girl named Carrie Terrell. Nikki wrote four songs, which she performed as the voice of Carrie..
In 2008 Nikki appeared in an occasional podcast series called Nikki Drives.
She ceased teaching music in 2009, choosing to pursue a career in podcasting. She became the regular Saturday Host of The Evcast in June 2009, and became known for her honest take on the world of Electric Vehicles. Regular guests included Robert Llewellyn
Robert Llewellyn
Robert Llewellyn is an English actor, presenter, and writer. He is best known as the mechanoid Kryten in the hit sitcom Red Dwarf, and for his role as presenter of Scrapheap Challenge.-Early career:...
, Chelsea Sexton
Chelsea Sexton
Chelsea Sexton is a marketing expert and advocate of alternative fuel vehicles. Sexton entered the automotive industry at the age of 17 after buying her first Saturn...
and Michael Boxwell
Michael Boxwell
Michael Boxwell is an eco-technology author who has written the books Owning an Electric Car, Solar Electricity Handbook and Proof of Delivery Buyer's Guide, all published by Greenstream Publishing....
.
December 2009 saw Nikki launch a second Podcast, This Week In Energy with co-host Bob Tregilus. The weekly show broadcasts live every Wednesday at www.thisweekinenergy.tv and discusses the weekly news in the Energy world, with a focus on renewable energy and energy saving. Notable guests have included Dr. Kiki Sanford, Camille Ricketts, and Pilgrim Beart
She has also helped fund-raise for the Roz Rows show on Leo Laporte
Leo Laporte
Léo Gordon Laporte is an Emmy Award winning, American technology broadcaster, author, and entrepreneur. A former resident of Providence, Rhode Island, he now lives in Petaluma, California with his wife Jennifer and two children, Abby and Henry....
's TWiT
Twit
Twit may refer to: A person of lesser intelligence, it is normally used in a humors way.*Idiot, a mentally deficient or self-defeating person*TWiT.tv, a podcast network**This Week in Tech , a podcast on the previously-listed network...
network in December 2009. This was to replace a bag of possessions Roz Savage
Roz Savage
Rosalind Savage is a British ocean rower and amateur runner, now pursuing a career as an environmental advocate, writer and motivational speaker.-Background:Savage was born in Cheshire...
had stolen whilst on her trip across the Atlantic. As well as this, Nikki released a video to help fund-raise for a different cause in the same month (December 2009). The video released on Google
Google
Google Inc. is an American multinational public corporation invested in Internet search, cloud computing, and advertising technologies. Google hosts and develops a number of Internet-based services and products, and generates profit primarily from advertising through its AdWords program...
's YouTube
YouTube
YouTube is a video-sharing website, created by three former PayPal employees in February 2005, on which users can upload, view and share videos....
site was in aid of the Nathan Abbott
Nathan Abbott
Nathan Abbott was an American lawyer and law teacher of distinction.Abbott was born in Norridgewock, Maine, the son of Abiel Abbott. He was educated at Yale College, graduating in 1877, and studied law in Boston University...
fund.,
Come May 2010 Nikki ceased work for the The EVcast, announcing on-air that she would no-longer be hosting the Saturday show, citing personal reasons around a forthcoming adoption and expressing that she no-longer had time to spend podcasting. Rumour surrounded her departure from The EVcast, including an argument with the show's owners, igroops.
June 2010 saw Nikki start a new podcast
Podcast
A podcast is a series of digital media files that are released episodically and often downloaded through web syndication...
, Transport Evolved, which she hosts alongside Michael Boxwell
Michael Boxwell
Michael Boxwell is an eco-technology author who has written the books Owning an Electric Car, Solar Electricity Handbook and Proof of Delivery Buyer's Guide, all published by Greenstream Publishing....
every Thursday at www.transportevolved.com and is the second podcast to come from her and her partner's company littleCollie.
In keeping with her love for EV
EV
EV, eV, e. V. may refer to:* Electronvolt, a unit of energy* Eingetragener Verein, a registered voluntary association in Germany* Estonia's official name, Republic of Estonia, in Estonian: Eesti Vabariik*Everett Railroad's reporting mark...
transport, Nikki can also be seen writing for All Cars Electric at www.allcarselectric.com.
Sexuality
Nikki is openly LesbianLesbian
Lesbian is a term most widely used in the English language to describe sexual and romantic desire between females. The word may be used as a noun, to refer to women who identify themselves or who are characterized by others as having the primary attribute of female homosexuality, or as an...
having come out at university. She openly supports LGBT
LGBT
LGBT is an initialism that collectively refers to "lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender" people. In use since the 1990s, the term "LGBT" is an adaptation of the initialism "LGB", which itself started replacing the phrase "gay community" beginning in the mid-to-late 1980s, which many within the...
causes and often tweets about GLBT Equality, self-describing herself as a "GLBT campaigner".
She married her partner of five years, Kathryn Gordon in August, 2009. The couple double-barrelled their family name
Family name
A family name is a type of surname and part of a person's name indicating the family to which the person belongs. The use of family names is widespread in cultures around the world...
to Gordon-Bloomfield.
The couple do not have any children of their own but have adopted.