~ Stop your feet from kicking, let the bottom feeders weep, float to shore with the rest of us discarded debris ~
The prairies may be flat, but the lives on the prairies are full of hidden caves, impossibly high mountains and murky oceans. The Winnipeg songwriters Keri Latimer and Shelley Marshall who front the band Nathan try to write from the beautifully eccentric lives of the people surrounding them, and whom they imagine themselves among. These people span centuries and don’t listen to commercial radio.
At the moment ~ Nathan is currently touring and promoting their latest album “Jimson Weed.” It is their second album as a band and first with Nettwerk Records. It was released in the fall of 2004 in Canada and the U.S. No hype, nobody crying to catch a glimpse of them at airports, but out of nowhere it began a sturdy climb up campus and public radio charts all across North America and a loyal following began to grow. In 2005 the album received a Juno Award Nomination.
The band is comprised of singer/writer/guitarist/thereminist Keri Latimer (formerly McTighe, she got hitched), singer/writer/accordionist/banjo-ist Shelley Marshall (formerly Bilewitch, she got hitched first), Bassist Devin Latimer, drummer Damon Mitchell, and a rotating cast of tubas, pedal steels and trumpets.
Days Gone By ~ Nathan’s debut album “Stranger” was released in 2001. It led to a Prairie Music Award for Outstanding Independent Album, the prairie region choice for CBC Radio’s Big Break national talent competition, and band leader Keri received first place in Manitoba for the National Songwriting Competition. Other highlights include the release of a music video for “Sunset Chaser” which is on steady rotation on CMT, performing live on national television as part of the Canada Day celebration on Parliament Hill and then again as part of the tribute to Winnipeg musicians during the Juno Awards.
Yet To Come ~ With the help of the Paquin and Mongrel Agencies, Nathan will be touring and playing music festivals and venues all over North America this summer and fall. They return home to capture another batch of songs onto a new album.
The winter is the best time to record.
Here is our video for 'The Wind' from Key Principles, shot in May of 2007 in Winnipeg by the lovely and talented directors Caelum Vatnsdal and Simon Hughes:
On April 30/07, we had our song Scarecrow in a most excellent TV show, Heroes - here's a home-made tour vid for that song...
Nathan - Sunset Chaser directed by the wonderful Sean Turrell:
Nathan - Trans Am directed by the beautiful and fantastic Yael Staav:
We played you on our Accordion Noir show here in Vancouver. We hope to hear more. Let us know if you're out our way and we'll share with our listeners. http://accordionnoir. org/drupal/node/92
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Hey – just a reminder to listen in SUNDAY night at 7-8:30 pm CST to hear NATHAN on “This Great White North” an ALL CANADIAN music show from Austin, Texas It’s on 91. 7 KOOP-FM Listen here
Saw today's announcement from ManitobaMusic.Com, and want to extend congratulations and best wishes to Nathan for their 2008 JUNO Award Nomination in the "Roots & Traditional Album of the Year (Group)" category for "Key Principles".
And more congrats and best wishes to Keri for being chosen as a finalist in this year's International Songwriting Competition for "Bad Ideas". (Not such a bad idea at all! LOL)
Quick story: we were playing a gig last Saturday night and were repeatedly pestered by a Toby Keith fan to do a song by you can guess who (it was a Legion gig). After a number of such requests, I--seemingly resigned--announced, "Here's a song by Toby Keith," and proceeded to play your tune, "Pick Me Up Susie." The Toby Keith fan left, little old ladies and men got up to two-step around dance floor, and almost everyone was happy.
THANK you for your "friend" ing ... I absolutely adore your music ... 'bad ideas', yes, that's my anthology ... well, yes, you must absolutely come to FL ... and, thank you for your chosen profession, it keeps the rest of us alive.
