SPH Presents Concerts in the Chapel with Nathan Hamilton
Doors 6, Show 7
This artist has solidified his right to be in the top echelon of Texas singer-songwriters and this show will be one with all the feels. There may be a special guest or two joining in as well. As usual, this is a BYOB show with complimentary beverages available as supplies last. There will be a pickin' party after the show so instruments are welcome!
Nathan Hamilton is a multidisciplinary artist based in Austin, Texas. As a singer songwriter he has been performing professionally for more than 25 years. During that time, he released six solo albums and two as a member of the Good Medicine Band. He was a winner of the New Folk Award at the 2000 Kerrville Folk Festival and a Top 5 Finalist for Best Americana Song in the 2008 Independent Music Awards. Nathan has toured extensively throughout the US, Europe, and Japan and in 2012 was selected as an official musical ambassador for the City of Austin as part of its Sister Cities program. Nathan composed the score for the independent feature film “Fugitive Dreams" and has written original music for videos produced by the homeless outreach group, New York City Relief.
“Townes, Guy, Butch, Robert Earl, Lyle- the list of talented Texas songwriters is impressive and seemingly endless. Nathan Hamilton has secured his place on this Texas troubadour list." - Country Standard Time
"In a word, damn. Austin’s Nathan Hamilton was always “good”- good in the way you would hope any singer-songwriter with a Kerrville New Folk win to their name would be. But who knew he could be great? That’s not meant as a backhanded compliment; it’s just a real (and welcome) kick in the butt when an artist you think you’ve got all sized up throws you off guard by quietly releasing a record that rocks on the level of Six Black Birds. By the time Six Black Birds winds down to its closing grace note, the acoustic guitar strum and quietly reflective tone of “Hanging On” feels like a deep sigh after surviving a thrilling knife fight." - Richard Skanse -Texas Music Magazine
"These are the songs of a man who is thinking long and hard about the passing of time, the intimacies we cherish and the connections we lose with each calendar turn, and the memories we leave behind. Hamilton wastes precious few words, delivering songs of compact precision that dramatize the honesty at their core. He has arrived at a destination many songwriters set off for but few reach: bold, stark, simple and beautiful truth." - Lone Star Music Magazine
Southside Preservation Hall and Southside Preservation Association are supported in part by a grant from Arts Fort Worth.