![]() Released in 2015 on the re-launched Stax Records, the band’s self-titled debut album was a breakout success-now certified Gold in the U.S., ithas sold over a million records worldwide. Rateliff’s 2010 album,In Memory of Loss, propelled him to the forefront of Denver’s tight-knit folk scene, with The New York Times dubbing him “a local folk pop hero” and launched his career as a touring musician.Rateliff had loved soul music since he was a teenager and a set of demos he recorded in the early 2010’s gradually grew into Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats. At 19, Rateliff moved to Denver where he worked night shifts at a bottle factory and a trucking company while testing out songs at open-mic nights. Growing up in rural Missouri, Rateliff got his early music education from his family, who performed in the church band in which Rateliff played drums, and his father’s record collection. “Rateliff’s rich voice and his bandmates’ textured harmonies sound like long and comfortable conversations.”-Paste “Pensive, Rousing, Stark, Eloquent.Cash Echoes.”-The New York Times“We were blown away.” The set list willfeature songs from his new albumas well as his entire catalog.Precedingthe emergence of Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats, Nathaniel released three albums and an ep ‘Desire and Dissolving Men’ (2007), ‘In Memory of Loss’ (2010), ‘Falling Faster Than You Can Run’ (2013), and “Closer’ ep (2014). The show will span from Rateliff stripped back with just his voice and an acoustic guitar to the accompaniment of a full band. In support of an upcoming solo album, Nathaniel Rateliff returns to his early acoustic days with the ‘And It’s Still Alright’ tour. ![]() Refunds will be given at point of purchase The solo releases received critical praise, as Vanity Fair proclaimed, “We were blown away,” while Paste furthered, “Rateliff’s rich voice and his bandmates’ textured harmonies sound like long and comfortable conversations.” and the New York Times declared, “Pensive, Rousing, Stark, Eloquent…Cash Echoes.This event is cancelled due to COVID 19. Preceding the emergence of Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats, Nathaniel released three albums and an EP Desire and Dissolving Men (2007), In Memory of Loss (2010), Falling Faster Than You Can Run (2013) and the Closer EP (2014). At 19, Rateliff moved to Denver where he spent the next ten years working night shifts at a bottle factory and a trucking company while testing out songs at open-mic nights. Growing up in rural Missouri, Nathaniel Rateliff got his early music education from his family, who performed in the church band in which Rateliff played drums, and his father’s record collection. I think that’s the theme of the record.” The new record, And It’s Still Alright, is out February 14, 2020. Regardless of where I’m at after Richard’s death and my divorce, and getting older, I still continue to live and I still continue to find joy. Summing up, Rateliff says, “I think this album is a reminder that we all go through hardship, but regardless of the hardship everything ends up where it’s supposed to. This period jogged something out of his restless subconscious, helping him address some big life questions - the ones that have stumped philosophers, statesmen and profound thinkers since time began, exploring the unsteady terrain of love and death.īut in the end, what he really was doing was creating an homage to his friend. What began as a solo album about the painful slow dance of the unraveling of a relationship turned into something altogether different when Richard Swift, Rateliff’s longtime friend and producer of the Night Sweats’ two albums, passed away in July 2018.
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