The Burnaby Blues + Roots Festival has announced its headliner for 2018.
Nathaniel Rateliff and The Night Sweats are bringing their mix of folk, soul, Americana, rock鈥檔鈥檙oll and vintage rhythm and blues to the stage at Deer Lake Park for this summer鈥檚 event on Saturday, Aug. 11.
Rateliff grew up in Hermann, Missouri and started his music career playing with his family鈥檚 band at church. After his father was killed in a car accident, Rateliff focused even more of his attention on music 鈥� together with his friends, including Joseph Pope III, who鈥檚 now his bassist.
鈥淲e would walk around these deserted country roads and talk about music all the time, how it can change the world and how it could change our world,鈥� Pope says in a press release. 鈥淢usic was what we thought would save us.鈥�
Following a move to Denver, Pope and Rateliff formed their first band, Born in the Flood. A series of demos recorded in the early 2010s, inspired by old Stax and Motown records, pointed Rateliff in a new direction and eventually developed into the band鈥檚 2015 self-titled debut. The massive hit pushed them out on the road for two long years, as Nathaniel Rateliff and The Night Sweats played such big-name festivals as Coachella, Farm Aid, Newport Folk Festival and the Monterey Pop Festival鈥檚 50th anniversary.
In May 2017, they travelled to Rodeo, New Mexico, to write their followup album, Tearing at the Seams, set to be released March 9 this year.
See more about the band at www.nathanielrateliff.com.
The Burnaby Blues + Roots Festival will also include a lineup of yet-to-be-named musicians; other performers will be announced in April. Once again, the family-friendly event will feature a full day of music, food vendors and activities for people of all ages.
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