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Eric Nicolas and One Love is the flagship band of One Love Music, a top-flight boutique entertainment company with offices in New York City and Watch Hill, RI. One Love has rocked hundreds of parties, weddings, concerts, festivals, and special events for over a decade, but they recently made their debut as a completely independent, agency-free music company, providing a full complement of services in-house – without the added fees the agencies charge.

With their famously encyclopedic repertoire, this band can rock a party with their core 7-piece dance band up to their full 12-piece band with a 4-piece horn section, strings, percussion, and more; pricing depends on the size of your band, the location of your venue, the date and times, and more.

Experience

Eric Nicolas, bandleader, guitarist, and lead vocalist, started One Love in the mid-90s, performing at Le Bar Bat and other iconic NYC venues. As a sideman in the bands of rock legends like Taylor Dayne and Phoebe Snow, Eric collected the best musicians in NYC to maintain the band's extraordinary musicianship and professionalism: members of One Love have recorded and toured with The Rolling Stones, Bruce Springsteen, Paul Simon, Prince, Sting, Bon Jovi, Steely Dan, Cyndi Lauper, Ray Charles, Rod Stewart, Britney Spears, Marc Cohn, Moby, and many, many others. In the early '00s, he was joined by dancer and percussionist Melissa Rodnon, who brought her extensive background in performing arts management and theatrical production to One Love, making them an unstoppable team.

Services Offered

Eric Nicolas & One Love is not only a knock-out dance band but also offers a variety of other musical services, including a wide selection of ceremony music (from classical guitar to contemporary string arrangements) and cocktail ensembles (including classic jazz, Brazilian Bossanova, and samba, bluegrass, New Orleans Second Line, coffee-house guitar/vocal, and more). They have an enormous repertoire of contemporary pop and dance, classic rock, funk and soul, R&B and Motown, alternative, the 80s, country, oldies, and more. They deliver an authentic, tireless hora, reform to orthodox. They can and will learn any of your special requests and craft a unique, customized setlist that will get every one of your guests out of their seats and onto the dance floor. They will create a custom arrangement of any requests for your ceremony processionals and recessionals, and they can sing in any language, including Italian, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Hebrew, Russian - and even Chinese.

Areas Covered

Eric Nicolas & One Love is officially based in New York City and Watch Hill, RI. They regularly travel up and down the east coast, across the country, and internationally. They handle all travel and production arrangements for destination events.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the average price for a wedding reception during peak season?

$10,000 - $13,000

What is the average price for a wedding reception during off-peak season?

$8,000 - $11,000

Which of the following are included in the price?

Ceremony Music
Cocktail Hour Music
Learning New Songs
Lighting
MC
Music During Breaks
Reception Music
Sound/PA System
Travel Expenses

What is the price of your popular wedding package?

$10,200

Which of the following are included in the package?

Ceremony Music
Cocktail Hour Music
Learning New Songs
MC
Music During Breaks
Reception Music
Sound/PA System

Are you an agency or a band?

Band

How many musicians are in your band(s)?

7+

What genres of music does (do) your band(s) play?

Acoustic
Big Band
Blues
Classic Rock
Classical
Country
Dance
Folk
Funk
Gospel
International
Jazz
Latin
Motown
Oldies
Pop
Punk Rock
R&B / Soul
Reggae
Rock
Strings
Swing

What music services do you provide?

Instrumentals
Ceremony Music
Cocktail Hour Music
Learning New Songs
MC
Reception Music
Music During Breaks
Rehearsal Dinner Music
Vocals
Liability Insurance
Willing to Travel

What items are available?

Lighting
Microphones
Sound/PA System
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Amanda S. Married on 06/17/2023
5 out of 5 rating

If you want a packed dance floor, just hire them

I got married at Saltwater Farm Vineyard in Stonington, CT this month. The owner of our venue recommended One Love to us on multiple occasions so we decided to reach out! We were super impressed by how personable and detail oriented they were from our first call. We did not have the opportunity to see them play in person but we did watch them on YouTube, read there impressive reviews and decided to hire them! We are so happy we did. Not only was the music amazing, they helped us to create a schedule for the day that kept the energy going through dinner. They were happy to hop on as many calls as we needed leading up to the day and were incredibly responsive. So many of our guests came up to me on the dance floor to scream in my ear "this band is amazing how did you find them!?" If you want a packed dance floor, just hire them.
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Samantha C. Married on 09/03/2023
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The best wedding band EVER!

I couldn't recommend One Love Band more highly...they were INCREDIBLE at our wedding! Melissa and Eric were a dream to work with throughout the whole process, and the full band was so talented, energetic, and fun! We were especially grateful that they learned and played our first dance song exactly like the recording, since we had fairly complex choreography. They learned and played multiple songs just for us, including for parent dances and our ceremony music -- they are so committed to making your wedding entertainment fully personalized and exactly what you envision. Multiple guests at our wedding told us during and after the party that they were the best wedding band they had ever heard/seen! Absolutely book One Love Band if you want to have the fun and memorable wedding of your dreams!
Roya
Roya Y. Married on 08/26/2023
5 out of 5 rating

WOW!!! The wedding music of our dreams!!!

We dreamt of an epic dance party for our wedding and One Love made it happen!!! We had SO much fun dancing to incredible live music with all of our friends and family - they all loved the music and kept telling us so!!! We could have kept dancing all night. Throughout the planning process from the very beginning, One Love worked closely with us to brainstorm our music goals, fine-tune our set list and first dance requests, and then beautifully executed everything!!! In addition to our reception music, One Love organized beautiful acoustic music for our garden ceremony with guitar and violin, coordinated the music timeline with our catering team with incredible detail, and provided so much reassurance for us leading up to and on our wedding day. The raging dance party at the end of our wedding will forever be the best wedding memories for us!!! We truly could not imagine wedding day without this band. THANK YOU for helping us create the perfect wedding, we love you guys!!!
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