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'Singer and multi-instrumentalist Nate Stevens has been on the scene since the early ‘90s, starting his career at coffee shops around Saint Paul before moving on to the clubs, including The Fine Line, The Cabooze, The 400 Bar, The Red Sea, 7th Street Entry, Turf Club and pretty much every other spot in the Twin Cities and surrounding environs. His newest venture is an 8-piece outfit called Mad Love, in which he’s joined by Matt Cartee (drums), Scott Holtzinger (guitar), Marcus Schmid (keyboards), Matthew Stevens (bass) and vocalists Alyssa Kluver, Nicole Paul and Emily Star. He’ll be solo this time out and is looking forward to the evening. Reflecting on the hand he had in recording 4:20 Report, Stevens says, “It was great. Dave gave me a call, somewhere in the process [of making the album]. We were hangin’ out with Danny Boldt and Danny Schauer at a show, ‘Masters of Percussion,’ at [Minnesota] Orchestra Hall. They were talkin’ about the project. I said, ‘If you ever need any harmonica work on the project, let me know.’ And he did. I was more than happy to lay down some tracks. It was fine.” ||'~ http://www.pulsetc.com/article.php?sid=2751 'Mad Love comes at ya with nitty-gritty soul music straight out da kitchen, hot as a pot of grits. Headed up by area veteran and dyed-in-the-wool workhorse Nate Stevens (Wookiefoot, The Stevens Brothers, The Beads), this eight-piece ensemble may be his breakout vehicle. There are tastes of Tower of Power, The Pointer Sisters and, if that don’t put enough “unk” in the funk, you get shades of The Paul Butterfield Blues Band—all blended into an original sound that picks up where the influences leave off and rocks the house from there. Mad Love was a crowd-rousing hit at this year’s Harvest Fest throw-down.'~ http://www.pulsetc.com/article.php?op=Print&sid=28 'I think your energy is really wonderful, and your message of love is so true...something that really resonates with me right now, a lot, as I'm in a phase of trying to move out of a lot of horrible hurt and grief, and just keep loving and keep being as authentic and honest and true to myself as I can no matter what...whether or not I get messages back that I'm okay/not okay/desirable/not desirable... It's always good to get a reminder of how important that is. :-) Peace out!
Amy '~ fan, Amy |
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