thanks to all of you who came out to the UK shows, a string of capacity and sell out shows was a warm welcome back. Jeremy Searle posted a very flattering review of the Nottingham show up at Americana UK:

http://www.americana-uk.com/auk/modules.php?op=modload&name=PagEd&file=index&topic_id=25&page_id=224

Thanks again to jon redfern http://www.jonredfern.com/ and Patrick Durkan for the emotional and musical support!

It was great to meet and travel with fellow labelmates. Check them out and buy their records.

As most of you know, the new record, off track betting is out now in the UK and Holland. Radio has been good to it, and we debuted at #3 on the euro Americana charts:

http://home.hetnet.nl/%7Enoci48/

and the Maverick / Americana UK charts

http://www.americana-uk.com/auk/index.php

The record is getting a lot of national coverage in the Netherlands as well:

http://extra.volkskrant.nl/select/muziek/overzicht.php

VRPO (dutch national radio) 7 of the week:

http://3voor12.vpro.nl/artikelen/artikel/39301550

Plans are in the works for an October/November return to the UK (with a bit of a band) and the Netherlands.

While in the UK I taped a session with Barry Everrit (aka the music rhino). Which streamed on his radio show last weekend http://www.houseofmercy.net/

I also taped a session for the bob harris country program http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/shows/bobharriscountry/

which will air March 27th. Then stream on the BBC2 website.

Plans are lining up now for the us release, in the meantime, a few American music Blogs have grabbed some samples you can hear:

http://carlsandburgvisits.com/2008/03/19/nels-andrews/

http://bearseatpeople.wordpress.com/from-my-ears-to-your-eyes/

http://dogsorwhoever.blogspot.com/2008_03_01_archive.html

Also WFUVs John Platt previewed a track on his Sunday Breakfast show.

http://www.wfuv.org/programs/sundaybreakfast.html

Ok Im really excited to announce Ill be back in NY this Monday to play a show with Kevin Kinney http://www.kevnkinney.com/ Of Drivin and Cryin fame.

In 2006 I opened a show for Kevin and Slaid Cleaves at the patronaat in Harlem, Nl. The modern dutch theatres are set up like a cinema multiplex with a few different stages that share a common dressing room area. After we finished our soundcheck, (during which I found the lighting guy was surprisingly receptive to my requests for more fog on stage), we went to exit the stage via elevators up to the dressing rooms, and the doors opened to Reggae superstar Lucky Dube and his entire posse. We stepped on with our instruments still strapped to our backs, and the doors closed to the cool reception of a dozen red eyed rastas in suits. The ice was broken by Mr. Dube himself who said hey white boy, play something on dat banjo Jeffrey Richards, my musical co-conspirator, was coincidentally working on an original dub project at the time (called Fine Young Cannabis), and was quick to swing his banjo into position and launch into a skank rhythm (riddem?). Mr. Dube was needless to say bemused and started clapping along. Not wanting to break rank, the rest of the elevator joined in with crooked smiles on their faces as Lucky jumped into a soulful, dancehall version of jimmy cracked corn and I dont care. The doors opened to our dressing floor and we heard the clapping continue on up to their soundcheck on the next floor. The next part was just as surreal to see one of my musical heroes (Mr Kinney) sitting on the dressing room couch. I think I wore out the copy of Sun Tangled Angel Revival Kevin gave me that night. Since moving to new york Ive bumped into him a few times in our mutual home of Brooklyn, and am really pleased to be joining him as his guest with the country rock all stars The Madison square Gardeners (who will also back me up) at the National Underground in Manhattan this Monday night for shaynie raes truck stop.

DATE: March 24th 2008

VENUE: The National Underground

CITY: New York, NY

Shaynie Rae's Truck Stop

http://www.myspace.com/thenationalunderground

I'll be special guest of Kevin Kinney & Madison Square Gardeners.

playing some solo and with the gardeners as my backing band.

159 E. Houston St. between Allen and Eldridge
NY,NY 9pm doors

More news coming soon as US release dates and shows are announced! Also look in the very near future for a double vinyl gatefold LP of Sunday Shoes and Off track betting through reveal in the UK!

Thanks,

nels

blogs, music, pics, videos at

http://www.myspace.com/nelsandrews

http://www.FanBridge.com/unsubscribe/immed.php?userid=56909&email=info@medicinemusic.co.uk&confCode=BcBh2d2ad42c44eeX34Fd2hFhB

5 Mar 2008 20:00
The Maze Nottingham, Midlands
6 Mar 2008 20:00
The Yorkshire House Lancaster, Northwest
7 Mar 2008 20:00
Green Note w/ Jon Redfern London, London and South East
9 Mar 2008 20:00
the talbot Tregaron, Wales
13 Mar 2008 20:00

Off Track Betting released Feb 25th in UK

I'm really excited to announce my new partnership with UK label Reveal records, who'll be releasing my new record Feb 25th. It'll soon be available on reveal via lucky dice in holland and dotshop in norway/sweden/denmark. I'll be over in the uk in march to do a tour with new label mate Jon Redfern. Stop by the reveal myspace site (on my top friends, i don't know how to do html links on here) to see details about the release (and the rumoured LP vinyl edition) as well as the other great bands (including fellow new yorkers Joan As Policewoman and Dave Derby)!

see you over there soon

20 Jan 2008 20:00
banjo jims w/ madison square gardeners NYC, New York
21 Jan 2008 20:00
Southpaw brooklyn, New York
30 Jan 2008 20:00
Toad Cambridge, Massachusetts
19 Feb 2008 20:00
Folk alliance memphis, Tennessee
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folk alliance memphis, Tennessee
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folk alliance memphis, Tennessee
22 Feb 2008 20:00
folk alliance memphis, Tennessee
23 Feb 2008 20:00
folk alliance memphis, Tennessee
5 Mar 2008 20:00
The Maze Nottingham, Midlands
6 Mar 2008 20:00
The Yorkshire House Lancaster, Northwest
7 Mar 2008 20:00
Green Note w/ Jon Redfern London, London and South East
9 Mar 2008 20:00
the talbot Tregaron, Wales
13 Mar 2008 20:00
SXSW Austin, Texas

Nels Andrews

Medicine Music are Euro publicists for Nels Andrews find Medicine Music on Nessmp3.com click here

(and why not have a look round nessmp3.com while your here enjoy this fine community)

Instrumentation
Todd Sickafoose- acoustic bass
Rich Hinman - pedal steel
Mikael Jorgenson ARP, Farfisa, hammond
Adam Levy- Guitar
Ben Perowsky Drums
Brandon Seabrook mandolin, banjo loop guitars.. noise
Nels Andrews vocals, guitars


Biography
He has the rare ability to conjure entire vistas and characters in no more than a couple of lines. His songs are music as landscape, timeless tales that instantly take root in your mind as though they've been there forever. In fact, if Annie Proulx wrote songs she would sound like Nels Andrews." Americana UK



Nels Andrews' debut, full-length album springs from years of crossing our large country and following the stories of her marginal inhabitants. His songs are a testament to the hobos and the shadowy places in every heart. The raggle-taggle El Paso Eyepatch sprang nearly full-formed from a route 66 railroad brothel, converted to musician space. Late Sunday mornings at the Red Door led to recording in a small adobe in a forgotten section of Albuquerque. âSunday Shoes features Jeffrey Richards (Hazeldine, Vic Chestnut) on guitar and electric banjo, Chris Kitchen on bass, Heath Dauberman on drums and harmony vocals by Michelle Collins (ShineCherries), all of whom make up the El Paso Eyepatch. Nels was also joined by Brett Sparks (Handsome Family) on accordian, Jason Daniello on mandolin and lap steel, Dave Guiterrez on pedal steel and Sarah Kramer on muted trumpet.



Nels was recently invited to compete as a finalist in the 2006 Telluride Bluegrass Festival Troubador songwriting contest, and emerged triumphant he is proud to have been chosen as the first place winner, this year's Troubador. Similarly, he was surprised and honored to join the ranks of Lucinda Williams, Slaid Cleaves, Steve Earle and Lyle Lovett as a NewFolk winner at the 2002 Kerrville Folk Festival, running as the 'dark horse contender' according to judge David Massengill. Nels has been showcased at the 2004 Americana Music Association Convention in Nashville as well as at the North American Folk Alliance conference in winter 2006. He has also been invited to perform as an Emerging Artist at the 2006 Falconridge Folk Festival in New York.



The debut album Sunday Shoes was released nationally in Jan 05, and in the EU in Spring of that same year. Sunday Shoes was deemed by BBC 2's legendary DJ Bob Harris as an album of the year?, and went on to be listed in the top 5 of the year end Americana UK charts, as well as KRO Dutch National Radio, Altcountry NL, Ctrl Alt Country (Belgium), and the European Radio Americana Chart . Sunday Shoes continues to find itself in Top Ten albums of the year lists, almost always as the only independent release.



Nels has since shared stages across Europe with the likes of Slaid Cleaves, Kevin Kinney, The Handsome Family, and John Dee Graham, and 2005 found him playing the mainstage at Holland's TakeRoot festival, the Big Big Country festival in Glasgow, Scotland, The Orange/Vodaphone Evolution festival in Newcastle, England, and the Thirsty Ear Festival in his home state of New Mexico.



While working on his second album, Nels is exploring his new surroundings of New York City, as he recently moved to Brooklyn. He looks forward to learning the underground music of the subway and to hear how the wind changes from the oceanwide mesa to these urban rooftops. His new, yet untitled, record is produced by Todd Sickafoose (Ani DiFranco, Erin McCuewen) who also handles upright bass, and features Adam Levy (norah Jones, Amos Lee) on guitar, Michael Jorgenson (wilco) on Hammond & keys, and Ben Perowsky (John Laurie, John Cale, Ricky Lee Jones) on drums. His second record strays a bit of the standard troubador path, incorporating harps, sampled electronics, toy pianos, and a glass harmonica. (due out summer '07)



2002 Kerrville Newfolk Winner
2004 Americana Music Association Showcasing Artist
2006 Folk Alliance Official Showcasing Artist
2006 Telluride Troubador Winner
2006 Emerging Aritist Falcon Ridge Folk Festival
2006 Mountain Stage Newsong winner
2006 ISC International Songwriting Competition semi-finalist

Booking: Laura Thomas ComboPlate Booking
phone 512.423.7667 | fax 512.448.1443
email: comboplate at austintx dot net


Discography
Some Pig 2001 (self)
Sunday Shoes
2004 Little Kiss Records, Lucky Dice Netherlands
2005 Catamount Records, Shellsock, Fish, UK
All 10 tracks recieved heavy airplay folk/americana radio
2006 Duct tape and Whisky split single w/ aj roach

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