"The Gauntlet", Nathan's second CD has been dropped. It's available through the Borealis Records website at www.borealisrecords.com
This video captured an improv moment between Nathan Rogers, Celina Kaluk (internationally renowned Inuit throat singer) and Travis Daley (beatboxer) in Iqaluit, Nunavut. It is a cross-cultural adventure in making percussive music with only the voice.
- - Some say he was born into it, some that he was born with it, while others claim he has earned it. With one foot planted firmly in folk music's traditional roots and the other reaching into its dynamic future, Nathan Rogers isnt entirely sure what it is; singer, songwriter, guitarist, throat-chanter, percussionist, revivalist, or innovator. Whatever it may be, "Nathan has the ability to turn the folk world on its ears."
Like many, it all started at home but what a unique home it was. Nathans first experience picking up the guitar was an attempt to copy the challenging riffs his brother David created after studying with celebrated virtuosos Don Ross and Preston Reed. His sister Beth demanded perfection in all vocals as any self-exacting classical voice teacher would, while his mother initiated him into the business side of the music industry. His father and uncle informed both his writing style and an ethos of Canadian people that shines in his lyrics.
With a degree in comparative religion, an award winning voice and two prized
Laskin guitars under his belt, Nathan founded his own record label, Halfway
Cove Music. In 2005 he finally released his debut album, True Stories. Produced by Rick Fenton (former AD of Winnipeg Folk Festival), distributed by
Festival and studded with such outstanding roots musicians as Nikki Mehta, JP Cormier, and Murray Pulver, True Stories was met with critical acclaim both at home and abroad. If multiple encores at every show are any indication, Canadian audiences coast-to-coast seem to like it too.
Nathans performance style leaves the audiences wondering where the rest of
the band is hiding. Singing, chanting, playing the guitar and stomping, he fills
any stage with magnificent powerfully clear lyrics and arrangements.
Described as intelligent and witty, Nathan will move men and women to
tears with his sound and conviction.
Nathan continues to earn his place in the Canadian folk and blues canon. As
Fenton noted, I have never seen any musician Nathans age who works so
hard on his singing and guitar playing. After completing a western Canada
tour in 2005, 2006 will find him performing at folk festivals across Canada and venues in the United States, in some cases as far south as Mesa, AZ and as far north as Iqaluit, NT.
Nathan has become an accomplished throat singer since 2005's "True Stories". His technique has been referred to as "virtuoso" and "among the very best.by any western artist". He has recently flown to Iqaluit to perform his music and to teach Tuvan and Mongolian throatsinging in the far north.
At long last we are very pleased to say that "The Gauntlet" is ready. Please check out the Borealis Records website at www.borealisrecords.com for more info. Some early critical response has been very positive. One of the songs, "The Jewel of Paris" will have a full write-up in an upcoming issue of SingOut! Magazine.
We're very excited to say that members of The Duhks, The D Rangers and Nathan (the band) were able to come out to record this winter. Also sitting in were Chris Carmichael on electric guitars and Gilles Fournier on bass. What a crew! There are fresh tracks for you to listen to on my page here. Enjoy!
Buy The Gauntlet at Borealis Records www.borealisrecords.com
Buy True Stories at your local Canadian record store, iTunes or CDBaby
