Dave Nachmanoff: News

On Saturday, February 27th (tonight) I'll perform at the Cotati Cohousing Community in Cotati, California (Sonoma County) for a solo house concert. In early March, I will be touring across the east coast with Al Stewart. Two shows of particular note are March 5th and March 6th, when I'll be opening for him, in addition to supporting him, at Eddie's Attic (Atlanta) and Sanctuary Concerts (NJ), respectively. I'll do some songwriters-in-residence workshops the following week, in addition to performing as part of the Focus Music Concert Series in Rockville, MD at their unitarian church, and performing two private house concerts in New Jersey. All the details are on my Calendar page  - click the link on the left.

MerlinXL5 Radio this week (1/25/10) features Dave Nachmanoff and Al Stewart in anticipation of the upcoming concert on May 9th. If you haven’t tuned in yet, come see what the hype is all about. Listeners from as far away as Spain and the Philippines can’t be wrong. More information at Daniel Stratton's site: http://danielstratton.net/news.htm

Also, I sell my CDs on CDBaby. CD Baby will donate $1 toward Haitian earthquake relief for every CD and album download sold.

Lots going on in the studio again.  I have been working on some more custom songs, and have a couple of projects that are due out very soon.   The Belles-Silcock family (www.allourboys.com) has their 3rd CD coming out, entitled “Brand New Chapter.”  This one features the boys singing and playing some guitar, even more than the 2nd one did.  Britt Miller’s CD, Juxtapose, is now available on CDBaby, and he has returned safely from his posting in Afghanistan.  

“Jersey to California: New CD by ‘The Dave-Bruce Alliance’" has been released!  This album started when Bruce took his lyrics for a single song and asked me to put them to music. From that first "Custom Song" project, Bruce was hooked, and we became like Bernie Taupin & Elton John, with Bruce writing the lyrics in New Jersey, and sending them along with ideas for the sound or style of song to me in California. Some of the songs were even written in the same room, during some of my east coast tour stops. Before long, we'd assembled a group of songs that we both really liked.  Pick it up at http://davenach.com/products.html . Keep in mind that it won't be available at most shows.   Meanwhile, I am hard at work on the Belles-Silcock family’s 4th CD, and producing a CD for singer/songwriter Steve Kahn! 

By now, you have likely heard of "Uncorked - Al Stewart Live with Dave Nachmanoff". It's getting nice response at folk radio and in some publications. Thanks to each and every one of you who bought it from me either on my site, or at the shows.  I’m very happy with how it sounds, but it’s been wonderful to see the great response that fans and strangers have had!  For anyone who wants to help spread the word, feel free to send reviews to Amazon.com, CDBaby and iTunes, and of course and “blogs” or websites that people use to look for new music. 

Here's the information again:



UNCORKED - AL STEWART LIVE WITH DAVE NACHMANOFF
2009 - Wallaby Trails Recordings - WAL-1001 - 884501202541

"With the release of Uncorked, Al and musical partner Dave Nachmanoff take a trip through Stewart's musical back pages, both in terms of the musical catalogue (they did have nearly twenty albums' worth of songs to pick from), and in terms of performance style."

1) Last Days of the Century/Constantinople/Last Days
2) Coldest Winter
3) Warren Harding
4) News From Spain
5) Bedsitter Images
6) Midas Shadow
7) Running Man
8) Palace of Versailles
9) Auctioning Dave (story)
10) Princess Olivia
11) Life In Dark Water
12) Carol
13) Old Admirals
Produced by Dave Nachmanoff
Executive Producer Paul Stangas

I'm headed to the southeastern U.S. in early November with Al Stewart - we'll perform at the Second Fret Coffeehouse in Statesville, NC (I will also open) on Tuesday, November 3rd; Eddie's Attic on Thursday, November 5th; the Sylvia Theatre in York, SC (I will also open) on Friday, November 6th; and the Holly Springs Cultural Center in Holly Springs, NC (I will also open) on Saturday, November 7th.

I'll have "Uncorked" with me, so if you haven't bought online but would like to buy at the shows, you'll be able to. Folk radio seems to like "Uncorked", which is nice to see - it seems the song "Palace of Versailles" is a favorite of many DJs. I did a house concert the other week and Patty D. (the host) joined me in performing the song.

Here is "Heaven for Pumpkins", an unreleased workshop song from the Grace Cathedral's Boy's Choir summer retreat some years ago.

Over the next week, we'll be turning around pre-orders (at www.davenach.com, concerts, and mail order) for 'Uncorked', which should be available at other retailers in a few weeks.

UNCORKED - AL STEWART LIVE WITH DAVE NACHMANOFF

2009 - Wallaby Trails Recordings - WAL-1001 - 884501202541

"With the release of Uncorked, Al and musical partner Dave Nachmanoff take a trip through Stewart's musical back pages, both in terms of the musical catalogue (they did have nearly twenty albums' worth of songs to pick from), and in terms of performance style."

1) Last Days of the Century/Constantinople/Last Days

2) Coldest Winter

3) Warren Harding

4) News From Spain

5) Bedsitter Images

6) Midas Shadow

7) Running Man

8) Palace of Versailles

9) Auctioning Dave (story)

10) Princess Olivia

11) Life In Dark Water

12) Carol

13) Old Admirals


Produced by Dave Nachmanoff

Executive Producer Paul Stangas

Click on the link below to see the Public Service Announcement my brother Jeffrey Nachmanoff spent the last few weeks working on. It streams a bit slowly so you might want to let it load before hitting play. Please forward to anybody you think might be interested in signing the petition.

http://www.sealthedeal2009.org/psa

I wanted to give everyone a status update about "Uncorked". The latest word is that the manufacturer says copies of the CD will be shipped to me in mid September (maybe around September 15th), so after a week (and maybe a few days), your orders will be turned around and then it will be up to the U.S. postal mail to get them to you . Expect intl. orders to take a little longer due to the mail. If anything changes, I'll post it here on my website.

You can now purchase a DaveNach T-shirt, with the slogan suggestion from Peter Linlor ("Nach, nach") on the back! See http://www.zazzle.com/davenach . Thanks to David Clements for allowing me to use his photo!


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In reference to the last posting about "Uncorked - Al Stewart Live with Dave Nachmanoff", you can now pre-order the CD from both inside AND outside the U.S. at the website on the "Buy CDs" page. We'll be emailing all those who expressed interest (from Germany, New Zealand, Switzerland, Canada, etc) and letting them know they can now pre-order. Once we have the CD in our hands, we will mail them to those who have pre-ordered. Of course, expect the international shipping time to be a little longer. Clips from four of the songs from the upcoming CD are now available. Take a listen:

 

Well, I can finally share the good news! Al Stewart will be releasing, "Uncorked - Al Stewart Live with Dave Nachmanoff"! If you have ever wanted to have a live album of "Al and Dave" - an official, live release - then this is your opportunity. This CD is no bootleg or "Board Tape". Over 70 hours of work went into mixing and editing the tracks, and many more hours went into planning the recording and release. It features thirteen songs, including "Carol", "Running Man", and "Coldest Winter in Memory", among others (full tracklist below).

The CD will be released on Wallaby Records (Al Stewart's label). It was produced by Dave Nachmanoff, mixed by Jeff McCullough, and engineered by Frank Marchand. Heartfelt thanks go out to Paul Stangas (executive producer) - without him, this would not have been possible. If you enjoy the CD, you have him to thank too. Also, thanks to Price Kent, Russ Martin, Jared Ingersol, and my father, Arnold Nachmanoff for your wisdom and advice.

I am opening it up to pre-orders for those in the United States at www.davenach.com, and as soon as the discs are in our hands, they will be mailed to you. The CD is $15. If you are in the U.S., click the "Buy Now" button on the "Buy CDs!" page (it adds on $2 shipping). For orders from outside the US, you can wait until it comes out on CDBaby.com and order from there, or if you'd like to preorder from me directly, please email my assistant, Jared Ingersol... UPDATE: It is now available internationally . Just order through Paypal by clicking the International button. - August 7 , 2009] The first 100 orders we get will all be signed by me. If you want it signed by Al, bring it to one of his shows. The orders are taken through Paypal, but you can use either a Paypal account or any of the major credit card companies (Visa, Mastercard, American Express, and Discover). Go to www.davenach.com and pre-order today! Here's the tracklist: 1. Last Days of the Century/Constantinople/Last Days (Medley) 2. Coldest Winter 3. Warren Harding 4. News From Spain 5. Bed-sitter Images 6. Midas Shadow 7. Running Man 8. Palace of Versailles 9. Auctioning Dave 10. Princess Olivia 11. Life In Dark Water 12. Carol 13. Old Admirals The artwork is currently being designed. I do not have a release schedule yet, as it has not been sent off to manufacturing yet, but as I get more information about that, it will be posted to the website. Check out a video of Jeff McCullough mixing two songs from the new CD at the DaveNach NING site: http://davenach.ning.com . It's on the left side of the page under the "Videos" section.

 

 

We hope to have a big announcement to share with you soon.

A couple things to report in the meantime. On July 18, I'll be performing in Davis at the Hattie Weber Museum's Davis Community Scrapbook Exhibit; on Friday, July 24, I'll be performing at Leah and Nathan's house concert in Seattle, followed by a performance with Al Stewart (also opening for him) at Cana's Feast WInery in Carlton, OR on Saturday, July 25. On July 26th, I'll be performing at a house concert in Portland. All this information is available on my "Calendar" page in more detail.

Hope your summer is going well!

On Wednesday, June 3rd , Al Stewart and Dave Nachmanoff will do a short Texas
run which includes dates on the 3rd (The Woodlands) and 4th (Austin).
On Saturday, June 6th, he'll be performing at a house concert in
Dallas with bassist Mike Lindauer. On June 13th, he'll perform a solo house concert in Rocklin CA (near Sacramento), and on June 21 a couple will be hosting a house concert in Las Vegas. Details all on the "Calendar" page.

It's been a busy few months for Dave Nachmanoff. In late February/early March 2009, Dave did a pretty fast-paced East Coast tour with Al Stewart. His brother Michael sat in on bass in Annapolis again. Dennis, Esther, Ken and Lin put together a great house concert in PA and Al even dropped in. Dave had some fun local gigs in March and early April with a sort of unofficial "band" who did a great job of learning some of his songs in a short time!

Then in April, Dave went to Southern, CA to record some of the Belles-Silcock boys (www.allourboys.com) putting some vocal and instrumental touches on their 3rd CD, "Brand New Day" which should be out soon. Speaking of new releases, Britt Miller's CD is finally finished and available on CDbaby (www.cdbaby.com/brittonmiller), he's currently deployed in Afghanistan, so here's wishing him congrats on the release and safe return!

Finally, in May, Dave wrote a song with participants of the Birds of Song and Clay event at the UC Davis Arboretum, and he just spent an amazing 5 days with the Belles-Silcock family and the boys wrote 27 new songs with him! So, work will begin soon on CD number 4..

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Hello everyone! The March 1st, 2009 concert that was slated to be held in Hamilton, NJ has been moved just 5 miles across the border to Morrisville, PA. See the Calendar page for the address; please call or email out of courtesy to let us know you're coming. Most folks that were going to the original should be able to get to this new location. It will take place 3/1/09 at 3 PM with a $15 suggested donation. For more information, please email wheland2008 AT verizon.net (replace AT with @) . Thanks Dennis and Ken!

Dave's song, "A Certain Distance", has made the semi finals in Mike
Pinder's Songwars!Mike Pinder’s SONGWARS songwriters contest
is a quarterly competition to nurture songwriters with the help from the pros. Mike Pinder was one of the founding members of The Moody Blues in early 1960's. The band had many hits including Go Now, Nights in White Satin, and Tuesday Afternoon, to name only a few.

The end of 2008 is here! I hope it was a good year for you and that 2009 will be even better. The tour of Holland and Germany is over, and you can read a blog about it at www.davenach.eu , in addition to looking at photos, videos, and listening to audio from radio interviews. We also hope to have more footage on YouTube (www.youtube.com/davenach) and DaveNachExtras.com in the near future. In 2009, I'll continue to be out on the road with Al, in addition to holding songwriting workshops, solo shows, and working on a new record!"

I have just released an instrumental dance single (no not 'Joe The Georgian') on iTunes! It's a cover of a very well known song, "Macarena". The producer (Jeff McCullough) did a fantastic job, and for less than a buck you can download it, carry it around in your iPod, and play it at your next party. Let me know what you think. Here's the link:
http://ping.fm/T3yaQ
In addition, I was profiled in the November/December issue of Flatpicking Guitar Magazine (www.flatpick.com). You can purchase a copy at their website or download a PDF at www.flatpickdigital.com .
The editor, Dan Miller, included the tablature version of my song "Midnight Sea" from my "Time Before The Fall" CD, and on the accompanying CD, he also included a bonus track, my instrumental version of "Year of the Cat" from "Wordless
Rhymes".

The tour in Holland is over (for some details visit davenach.eu and read the Blog there), and we are midway through the German tour. We have had some rocking nights, and played a lot of songs we have never played together! Unfortunately, trying to squeeze in a solo show on the 31st proved to be one too many things to do on this run and we have regretfully decided to cancel. The rest of the shows remain unchanged of course. Hopefully I will make it back to Europe for some solo dates in the not too distant future. Of course I am doing some of my own songs at the shows with Al, so please come out to one of those dates if you are in the area.

I am in Holland now and the big European tour has begun. For anyone who had planned to tune into a live radio broadcast on October 4, I am sorry to say it never happened! We were all ready to go on and there was a power blackout in the neighborhood that shut down the whole area. Anyway, we did play two shows so far in lovely theaters not too far from Amsterdam, and we have two more shows over the next few days. For more info on the tour see www.davenach.eu!

Summer is winding down, and the summer sale on some of my CDs will be over at the end of this month. I've been doing a lot of outdoor shows with Al Stewart and some fun house concerts. There are fresh video clips and songs on the new www.davenachextras.com site, so check it out if you haven't had a chance. Al's new CD is out now and available from CDBaby! And finally, Al and I are are gearing up for our European tour coming up this Fall (for details see www.davenach.eu)!

It's been about 6 months since I've updated this section - hmmm... and just over 6 months since Django was born. Lots to report, but I can't fit it all here. More stuff happening on the web - YouTube, MySpace, Facebook (see the Links page for details). Lots of touring since October. Finished the Silcocks 2nd CD "Team Silcock" and working on a 3rd! New photos on the photo page... Gearing up for a European tour in October and November (Germany and Holland). I feel so fortunate to be able to keep making music and to have so many wonderful friends around the world.

Sophia is now a big sister! Benjamin Django Nachmanoff (known as "Django" to us) was born Wednesday, October 17, 2007 at 1:37 pm PDT. At 19 inches long, he weighed in at 6 lbs, 13 oz.

Jen and Django are doing great! Thanks to everyone for all the good thoughts and wishes. And thanks very much for the wonderful gifts! But we have enough "stuff" here in Nachville -- so buy my CD's instead! :o)

For those who like looking at pictures of babies - you can scan to the bottom my photo page now and see a few pics of the little guy... If you don't like that sort of thing, just don't scroll down that far!