American Nomad Music

1/19/14 – Seattle, WA

Big thanks to Jakob, Jes and Taylor of the Blackberry Bushes Stringband for hosting us, sharing your wisdom, humor, and of course the music! What a fun show to be a part of at the Nectar Lounge with you all, as well as Left Coast Country and the Lucy Horton Band. One of the perks on this road is getting to hear phenomenal musicians, and this show did not disappoint! Hopefully we’ll share the stage in the near future. Expanding the family is one of my favorite elements of this tour!

Our stay in Seattle has been a nice long one. We’ve had a minute to sprawl out a bit, to get comfortable and get to know our new friends. It’s bought the inspiration level to a new high. Now, as we start our journey back to the Bay, I am full of motivation to hone the craft in a way I haven’t experienced in a while. I’ve got new guitar exercises, more compassion for the beginner in me, and an eagerness to push through the moments of resistance. Score!!! Speaking of scoring, what a conundrum watching the Seahawks/Niners game here, having grown up in Alaska in a Seahawks house and living in the Bay! I know, I know. It’s hard one to understand, but I really felt torn! This is one fun day off! TOUCHDOOOOOOOWN!

Onward to La Center, WA tomorrow to get ready for our Portland, La Center (WA), Salem and Cottage Grove, Oregon shows! We’re excited for all those we’ll meet, every note we sing, and all the well wishes on the way.

1/13/14- Arcata, CA

What gorgeousness we’ve got to encounter! And to think, what all is to come on this adventure? I’m eager to see, and so happy to be right here, feeling inspired to write, to learn, and keep lapping it up!

Today’s a day of work and a bit of rest, and what a beautiful space we have to do so. The sun is shining, the tunes are singing, and the air is nice and clean! I’m looking forward to our practice session after a bit of a break out side, and then for a hike down at the Arcata Marshes. An extra day here in this lovely little town? Yes please, that was a GREAT idea! I feel right at home.

If there’s a theme so far, for me it’s connection. The music has brought us to such kindness, beauty, and down to earth people. We’ve thoroughly enjoyed all the new faces! Big shout out to Terry of the Wayside Bar and Grill, Kate and Jonathan from Mt. Shasta, My dear friend CatMac in Redding, David and Jackie of the Arcata Playhouse, and Zach and Margie Zwerdling in Arcata. These folks have shared delicious meals, cozy beds for our sweet heads, great conversation, and the opportunity to connect as we miss all our little dears back home. Our homes on the road have been just that, and we’re filled with gratitude!

We’ve successfully completed two shows and our first travel day of the NW Country Mile Tour, and boy are we basking in the glow. That’s not to say that we aren’t ready for the hiccups that will follow, but for now, we are soaking up every second of this dream come true. We have felt so much love in the matter of two days, and with the appetite whetted, we’re eager for every step of this Country Mile.

We’d been looking forward to our first show at the Independent for months, and there wasn’t a drop of disappointment. I found myself in a haze of love, excitement and powerful energy buzzing about. Big thanks to all you lovelies for coming out. The support of you, our dear friends and fans, is surely the icing on top. To all of the amazing people whom we met, welcome to the family; we sincerely hope to cross paths again!

The Wayside Bar and Grill has taken such great care of us, and we leave with warmer hearts. What a wonderful community. We had a small crowd of intent listeners, with lots of smiles, laughter and dancing kiddos. I loved seeing people singing along with songs they’d never heard, without our suggesting we join in a sing along. We shared comfortable conversations with kind people, and can’t wait to return and meet the rest of the town!

Love is the tie that binds us. It carries us through the rough spots on the road, and has lifted us to cloud nine and beyond. And love is what we’re giving right back, with every breath and note sung, it’s all for you little darlings! Send us a message, drop us a line, we’re holding you right by our hearts as we journey on.

All the love!

Hey everyone!

Hope you are having a great September! We’ve been really busy of here with American Nomad. Sometimes it feel like the world is spinning faster every day. This past weekend we competed in the Berkeley Old Time Music Competition and won the prize for best vocals… pretty cool. The week before that, a tune of ours was on KALW to help kick off their week long fund drive. What an honor! In other news, we are continuing to work on the album. Last week, after four 8 hour days in Laurie Lewis’s studio, we put the finishing touches on all of lead vocals, harmonies, and guitar for the album. Hassan and Shiloh are officially done with all of their parts on the record. It’s starting to sound like actual music. All we have left is fiddle and banjo over dubs. We are also excited to announce that Crooked Still’s own Tristan Clarridge will be featured playing cello and fiddle on Country Mile! How lucky are we! We honestly can’t wait to share it with you. Thanks for the support in helping make this happen.

Speaking of thanks, its almost 2 weeks away till American Nomad’s – Thank You Performance at Viracocha October 11th. We can’t wait to show you guys some of our new tunes we’ve been wood shedding with the band! Again, if you donated to the Kickstarter at the 50 dollar level, for the backer party prize, you get into this show free. Thanks again for being so supportive of our music.

RSVP if you are coming!

Friday October 11th
Viracocha
15 dollar cover
998 Valencia St
(between 21st St & Liberty St)
San Francisco, CA 94110
Neighborhood: Mission
(415) 374-7048
viracochasf.com

Save the date! American Nomad is doing its next local show October 11th at Viracocha in SF. This will be a thank you performance to our wonderful community for supporting our project so generously. If you pledged 50 dollars on the Kickstarter for the backer party prize, this is the show you get in free! Please reply to the survey I sent out with your name so I can put you on the guest list. This is not exclusive to backers by the way. All are welcome. Spread the word! American Nomad loves you!

Hey folks!

American Nomad has some great news. We just hit our Kickstarter goal! Thanks so much for all the help with Country Mile everyone. We can’t wait to get into the studio. We’ll be heading into record July 13th! Coming right up.

We have until 330pm on July 5th to raise more money, and if you still felt like donating, know that all the money we raise from here will go right into paying for our first West Coast tour when the album is completed. Thanks again for the generous support.

Donate on our Kickstarter Page

If you’d like to come celebrate with us, we are doing a celebratory set at the Ashkenaz July 11th from 830pm to 930pm. We’ll be playing the whole album live!

Let us know you are coming with an RSVP on our Facebook event page