Nate was kind
enough to “pre-package” a nice little “what you need to know” for me and makes
this post a lot easier for this writer! Be sure to check Nate out at Café 939
with his new live solo band, consisting of a bunch of great musicians from all
walks of the music scene here in Boston, playing his wonderfully crafted and emotionally charged songs.
The Single....
"Where Did
Your Love Go" (release date Tuesday September 17) is the first
single off Nate's full length solo debut, "You, Me and the Silence."
The song represents the tone and overall theme of the album and stays
true to form stylistically continuing with his ghost-like folk music.
"Where Did Your Love Go" was the song that gave the album it's
clarity and direction. The song was recorded and produced by Nate and Dan
Nicklin (OldJack). Nate sings and plays most of the instruments on the
track. He also recruited Phil Aiken (Phil Aiken Army, Jenny Dee and the
Delinquents) to play Piano and Jason Meeker (OldJack) to play drums. The
track is available for fans to buy at http://nateleavitt.bandcamp.com/
The Show....
Tuesday September
17th, The Red Room at Cafe 939 with full band. Also on the bill are the
melodic, indie folk rock band, Barnaby Bright who are currently on tour
supporting Vienna Teng. Opening the show is Cara Domings a pop,
singer-songwriter and guitarist from Boston.
The Red Room at
Cafe 939
939 Boylston St.,
Boston
8pm, All Ages, $12
The Band....
Currently being
billed as The Nate Leavitt Band until a more original name can be discovered
(it could be called Nate and the Greats considering the lineup). In
addition to Nate being the lead singer and guitarist, he has Dan Nicklin
(OldJack) on guitar, omnichord and vocals, Magen Tracy (Parlour Bells) on piano
and vocals, John Maloney (The Rotary Prophets) on bass, Ned Gallacher (Ad Frank
and the Fast Easy Women) on drums, Brian Carroll on mandolin and Noel Coakley
on pedal steel.
The Album.....
"You, Me and
the Silence" the forthcoming 10 song full-length debut is a follow up to
Nate's 2011 EP
"Inference." A deeply personal narrative about
loss set to the sounds of classic country rock, played out like an old folk
tale. It has been said that Nate needs no more than 4 minutes to break
your heart. Nate wrote, produced and recorded the majority of the
album and also played most of the instruments.
The Short Bio.....
Nate has been performing in the Boston music scene for a
little over twenty years. While most of that time was spent with the
Supercharged Soul band The Blizzard of 78, he now makes his time with the bands
Parlour Bells and Old Jack he also performs as a solo artist. Nate's
acoustic based, ghostly-folk debut EP "Inference" received many
positive reviews like this one from Jonathan Perry of The Boston Globe,
"Effectively reflecting his affinity for the softer sounds of
singer-songwriter folk and alt-country of the Ryan Adams (circa
“Heartbreaker’’) variety...Inference is an emotionally stark, bare-bones affair
that puts his plainspoken, plaintive voice squarely front and center."
Alex Schab of The Weekly Dig wrote, "Nate Leavitt’s solo debut packs
a lot of power—subtle, ghostly, chill-the-flesh-off-your-bones power. Which
says a lot, considering this is a folk album." Also Ryan Spaulding
of Ryan's Smashing Life said, "Leavitt is a gifted soul who deserves this
attention and more. Regardless of the name he plays under, most everything he
touches turns to gold. Highly Recommended."
Nate is currently working on a full length album being
released in the Fall of 2013 called "You, Me and the Silence."
Once again he takes on the role of performer, engineer and producer while
playing most of the instruments and recording in his home studio. People
are relating it to Dylan's "Blood on the Tracks" as the material is
personal and focuses on a major change in his life.
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