2004 News Archive

 

December 15th * Tift Merritt's "Tambourine" voted #8 best record of 2004 in No Depression magazine.

December 13th * N.C.'s song "Cora Jones" appears on the "Blue Christmas" compilation cd, January 2005 issue of Mojo magazine. Also included on the cd are the Flaming Lips, Rufus Wainwright, Ed Harcourt, Marvin Gaye, The Staples Singers, James Brown, Handsome Family, and more..

November 23rd * 4 star review of "Leaving Traces" in the December issue of Uncut magazine.

November 20th * N.C. and band complete the "Test your Nerve" tour.. 40 dates, two months throughout Europe. Some countries visited: France, Germany, Spain, England, Norway, Sweden, Holland, Scotland, Belgium. Thanks to everyone who came to the shows...

October 19th * "Leaving Traces", a compilation of N.C. songs from 1994-2004 released throughout Europe and the USA on Fargo Records.. Includes bonus tracks and DVD footage from the "Fade Away Diamond Time" and "Anytime Tomorrow" sessions.

August 30th * N.C. articles in the September issues of French Rolling Stone, and Rock n' Folk.

August 27th * N.C. plays the Festival des Granges in Laimont, France, with Chris Whitley, Mandino Reinhardt quintet, Hamilton De Hollanda, etc.

August 25th * N.C. plays/sings on the new Tift Merritt record, "Tambourine", just released on Lost Highway Records. Produced by George Drakoulias, featuring Gary Louris, Mike Campbell, Maria Mckee, etc... N.C. also shot the back cover and collage photos for the cd artwork.

July 22nd * Four star reviews of "Return in Kind" in the august issues of MOJO and UNCUT magazines.

July 10th * N.C. and band headline the Musiques en Stock festival in Cluses, France.

June 22nd * N.C. plays sold out show w/ electric band at The Borderline in London. Also played the Crossroads festival at the Olympia in Paris on June 18th. Sang and played songs with Gary Louris, Ken Stringfellow, Mary Lee's Corvette, and solo/electric band.. also played solo acoustic show at Hotel du Nord in Paris on June 20th, Louris, Stringfellow, Mike Shapiro, and Thomas Brun also sat in.

June 14th * N.C.'s new covers record, "Return in Kind", released throughout Europe. Includes songs by Johnny Thunders, Doug Sahm, Royal Trux, Faces, Gene Clark, and more. Also features Dave Scher (Beachwood Sparks, All Night Radio) and Eric Heywood (Calexico, Son Volt). Available from www.fargorecords.com.

June 9th * N.C. completes two week solo/euro tour. Dates included a "Return in kind" release party/show in Paris with guest musicians Ken Stringfellow and Andrew Bird, an appearance at the Orange Blossom Special festival in Germany (sat in with Mark Olson, Victoria Williams, and the Creekdippers) , and other shows with Transmissionary Six, Chris Eckman, etc.

June 8th * four star review of "Return in Kind" in the Irish Times.

May 13th * N.C. sings/plays five nights (May 6,7,8,10,11) at London's Royal Albert Hall with Robert Randolph and the Family Band, opening for Eric Clapton.

May 13th * N.C.'s photo of Van Hunt appears in the May 27th issue of "Rolling Stone", American edition.

May 13th * N.C. plays guitar and sings with Robert Randolph and the Family Band, on "Later with Jools Holland"..also on the show are Alicia Keys, Rufus Wainwright, Alanis Morrisette, and Devendra Banhart.

March 10th * N.C. plays guitar on the "Starsky and Hutch" soundtrack, and even appears in the movie for about two seconds.

February 4th * N.C. plays sold out solo acoustic show at Islington Academy in London as part of a Fargo Records showcase. B.J. Cole guests on pedal steel guitar..also on the bill are Andrew Bird and Clem Snide.