In addition, close friend Kevin Morby, the acclaimed indie-musician who was set to open the subsequently cancelled August Red Rocks dates, joins Rateliff and the band here for an amazing version of Leonard Cohen’s “There Is A War.” Red Rocks 2020 covers an amazing range of music from Rateliff’s celebrated career, music that had never been performed together live before the ill-fated tour including several jewels from And It’s Still Alright, and Rateliff solo albums, In Memory of Loss, Falling Faster Than You Can Run and the Shroud EP, along with “Still Out There Running,” a haunting and urgent track from 2018’s much loved Night Sweats LP, Tearing at the Seams. Now, for the tens of thousands of disappointed fans for whom the live experience was not to be, Nathaniel Rateliff offers Red Rocks 2020, a pristine live recording, produced by Rateliff and mixed by Patrick Meese, featuring 18 tracks in nearly 90-minute of music. The early shows highlighted various aspects of Rateliff’s stellar musicianship, vacillating between warm, stripped-back moments with just voice and acoustic guitar to a full 10-piece folk band accompaniment including a string quartet-and all manner of configurations in between.Īfter a summer lamenting what might have been, Rateliff and the entire band gathered in mid-September for a series of livestreamed shows at Colorado’s legendary Red Rocks Amphitheatre to benefit the Denver based musician’s charitable foundation, The Marigold Project. Even in its initial stages, the band and crew knew they had something incredibly special. For Rateliff and the incredible talent he assembled for this run, it was a crushing blow. Nine days later everything changed-the pandemic hit, and the sold-out nine-month run was cancelled. On March 2nd, 2020 in Minneapolis, MN., Nathaniel Rateliff kicked off his highly anticipated tour supporting And It’s Still Alright, the singer-songwriter’s acclaimed new solo album which had just been released. While Rateliff, Meese and Barone handled much of the album’s instrumentation, several friends make contributions including Night Sweats’ guitarist Luke Mossman bassist Elijah Thomson (of the indie band Everest) keyboardist Daniel Creamer (of The Texas Gentlemen) steel guitarist Eric Swanson (touring musician for Israel Nash) and renowned string arranger Tom Hagerman (of the instrumental vocal ensemble DeVotchKa), whose delicate orchestrations beautifully complement the album’s deep emotional terrain.Description *This is a Vinyl LP* Release Date: 2021 Label: Stax/Concordġ80-gram double LP on “Black Ice” colored vinyl Rateliff’s warm baritone, ranging from gently hushed to a guttural howl, imbues these superbly drawn character studies with raw, naked emotion.Īnd It’s Still Alright was produced by Rateliff, Night Sweats’ drummer Patrick Meese and James Barone of the indie band, Beach House and primarily recorded at National Freedom in Cottage Grove, Oregon, the studio formerly owned by the late Richard Swift (who produced both Night Sweats recordings). And It’s Still Alright, is an intensely personal 10-song album of vibrant country-blues, badland ballads, ornate Americana and jazz-inflected R&B. Nathaniel Rateliff has written and recorded his first solo record since the explosive debut of his work together with The Night Sweats. The new new solo record from the americana and soul influenced singer-songwriter Nathaniel Rateliff, marking his first solo album in almost seven years. Regular vinyl is on 180g 'coke-bottle green' coloured vinyl. Indies exclusive LP is on 180g 'ocean green clear' coloured vinyl.
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