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Nathaniel Rateliff

Biography

And It’s Still Alright

What began as a solo album about the painful slow dance of the unraveling of a relationship turned into something altogether different when Richard Swift, Rateliff’s longtime friend and producer of the Night Sweats’ two albums, passed away in July 2018. This period jogged something out of his restless subconscious, helping him address some big life questions — the ones that have stumped philosophers, statesmen and profound thinkers since time began, exploring the unsteady terrain of love and death. But in the end, what he really was doing was creating an homage to his friend. Summing up, Rateliff says, “I think this album is a reminder that we all go through hardship, but regardless of the hardship everything ends up where it’s supposed to. Regardless of where I’m at after Richard’s death and my divorce, and getting older, I still continue to live and I still continue to find joy. I think that’s the theme of the record.” The new record, ‘And It’s Still Alright,’ is out February 14th, 2020.

Growing up in rural Missouri, Nathaniel Rateliff got his early music education from his family, who performed in the church band in which Rateliff played drums, and his father’s record collection. At 19, Rateliff moved to Denver where he spent the next ten years working night shifts at a bottle factory and a trucking company while testing out songs at open-mic
nights. Preceding the emergence of Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats, Nathaniel released three albums and an EP; Desire and Dissolving Men (2007), In Memory of Loss (2010), Falling Faster Than You Can Run (2013) and the Closer EP (2014). The solo releases received critical praise— Vanity Fair proclaimed, “We were blown away,” while Paste furthered, “Rateliff’s rich voice and his bandmates’ textured harmonies sound like long and comfortable conversations.” and the New York Times declared, “Pensive, Rousing, Stark, Eloquent…Cash Echoes.”


Video & Press
  • Watch Nathaniel Rateliff’s Tiny Desk (home) Concert, Live from the Mercury Cafe

    [NPR] By Bob Boilen Nathaniel Rateliff stands in an old familiar place, sharing his pain. The Mercury Café is one of the first places Nathaniel frequented when he moved to Denver in 1998, hearing jazz, dancing, and eventually playing many shows there. For his Tiny Desk (home) concert, he’s assembled a dozen players including a […]

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  • Phoebe Bridgers & Nathaniel Rateliff Among Upcoming ‘Saturday Night Live’ Musical Guests

    [JamBase] By Scott Bernstein The next three episodes of NBC sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live will feature Machine Gun Kelly, Phoebe Bridgers and Nathaniel Rateliff as the musical guests, respectively. Each artist will be making their SNL debut. Saturday Night Live returns on January 30 with an episode featuring John Krasinski as host and Machine Gun Kelly as the musical guest. Then, Bridgers performs […]

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  • ‘I Needed to Make a Record of Songs Like These’: Nathaniel Rateliff on His Stark New Solo Album

    [Rolling Stone] After a divorce and the death of friend and collaborator Richard Swift, the singer-songwriter opens up about why he’s stepping away from the Night Sweats for an unguarded LP ByDAVID BROWNE  It rarely happens, but a few hours before he’s set to walk onstage at New York’s Beacon Theatre in early December, Nathaniel Rateliff is […]

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  • Nathaniel Rateliff Announces New Solo Album, Tour Dates

    The “And It’s Still Alright Tour” will feature both acoustic and full-band performances [Consequence of Sound] BY BEN KAYE Nathaniel Rateliff, Rett Rogers Prior to launching to soul-rock stardom with The Night Sweats, Nathaniel Rateliff had a strong solo career as an indie Americana artist. This spring, he’ll return to those roots with a new solo album and accompanying […]

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