“For the first Night Sweats record, I demo’ed everything up and created most of the parts. ”For a long time I always had to go off on my own,” says Nathaniel Rateliff of his creative process. About Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats In the event of cancellation due to extreme weather, tickets will not be refunded. Be prepared for extremes such as sunshine, heat, wind or rain. Special offer! Every ticket for this show includes a digital download of Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats’ forthcoming album, “Tearing at the Seams.” You will receive an email with more details about this offer approximately 7 days after your ticket purchase.Īll concerts are held rain or shine. General Admission Lawn tickets allow access to the upper standing section of the amphitheater located just above the reserved stadium seating section.Īdditional ticketing information and policies can be found here. Reserved Stadium seating tickets allow access to the reserved, stadium style seating section located just behind the main pit of the amphitheater. General admission pit tickets allow access to the standing room only section located directly in front of the stage. The Future is out on Friday 5th November via Concord / Stax.Logjam Presents & Trail 103.3 are excited to welcome soul influenced, Americana-folk band Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats to the KettleHouse Amphitheater for a live performance on August 9, 2018.
The Future effectively combines provocative lyrics married to the Sweats’ trademarked attack one that’s successful, even triumphant, and paves the way for more of the same in forthcoming endeavors. It’s something of a missed opportunity but a minor criticism on this return to form for Rateliff and his band. While the three-piece horn section is a key ingredient in the Night Sweats’ sound, they never solo and generally stay on a low boil, enhancing the songs yet lacking a tougher, jazzy edge that would bring another dimension to the sound. The latter's pumping drums, driving horns and robust, husky vocals is a textbook example of this act’s collective strengths. The songs range from the bittersweet ballad ‘Baby I Got Your Number’, featuring Rateliff’s most supple singing, to the bouncy reggae-tinged ‘Oh I’, and the soulful Motown drive of the closing ‘Love Don’t’. The Night Sweats’ wallop is full of potency on tracks like ‘So Put Out’, which taps into some post-divorce anger as he howls “Even now you let me down / you’re still so put out / you’re loud and run your mouth” over a relentless thrusting thump. The opening title track - a song espousing a religious and political fervor - features crying pedal steel, gospel backing vocals and Rateliff singing like he just listened to Bob Dylan’s New Morning with “Well they’ll come to steal and divide / All that’s good”. Rateliff’s lyrics have always been well crafted, but his darker side is now apparent. That ambiguity is displayed on ‘Survivor’, the first single, where he sings “I’m afraid the weight of the world is catching up with you / I’m afraid to admit it’s catching up to me too” over a heart-pounding rhythm section that’s equal parts funk and rock, the horns punctuating the groove. Written and recorded during the pandemic, Rateliff reflects on this challenging, uncertain time in the set’s lyrical themes. Since both sides of Rateliff were now revealed, the next phase was to combine the two on the long-awaited third group effort, The Future. The ruminative collection was met with far greater acclaim than his pre-Sweats work from a newfound audience, perhaps not familiar with his older material. It was a courageous, even audacious move, and it worked. The result was 2020’s return to his reflective roots, eschewing the band’s name, horns and rugged soul for the meditative And It’s Still Alright.
But Rateliff was intent on featuring his more introspective side especially after a painful divorce and the death of his first producer Richard Swift. It was a major transformation from the pensive, largely acoustic work he had previously chronicled, both with earlier outfit The Wheel and solo on tiny indie labels.Ī rollicking 2017 live album and the appropriately titled Tearing at the Seams studio recording followed, solidifying the Night Sweats’ earthy attack. That explosive, gold-certified record introduced the gruff-voiced singer/songwriter to a worldwide audience, eager to support his soul, R&B and rock-laced sound. Only the most fervent Americana fans were aware of Nathaniel Rateliff before his 2015 debut with his seven-piece band the Night Sweats.
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