Here are a couple links to an interview that was aired on Chicago's WXRT on June 14th, 2009...

It's cut into two parts.

PART ONE: http://podcast.93xrt.com/wxrt2/1853157.mp3
PART TWO: http://podcast.93xrt.com/wxrt2/1853161.mp3

Hope you enjoy it...

Thanks,

Chicago Acoustic Underground posted a show I did with them a while back yesterday!

Take 20 or 30 minutes and listen.

CAU is a great show and over the past couple years, they've done over 200 episodes. This show goes out to around 150,000 people in over 30 contries There's a LOT of good stuff on there.

Check it out HERE

Thanks,
Nathan

On The Fear, Nathan Xander takes a bold and reaching step to transform himself from a barroom/coffeehouse singer into a main stage commodity. The rich textures of his voice power through the chords, be it acoustic or electric, and conjure memories of smoke and sawdust. Although he lives and plays in one of the largest cities in the country, the fear is that he won’t be heard, he won’t be known, he won’t be loved.

As its core, The Fear is roots rock and a big chunk of Americana. This album is honest and filled with heart, fear, and ultimately faith. What will draw new listeners to this collection is that faith, especially during these times. As we all begin to dig deeper, think harder about how we live and how we spend, the decision to purchase an album may be difficult. Yet, purely independent artists like Xander with stripped down and simple stories should be the first to get our support. Search for the self-released albums and spend what you can. Let them know that you are here for them and that they have nothing to fear.

http://thedelimagazine.com/chicago/

we went ahead and started us a facebook page... if you're a member of facebook you should be part of out new community. you can find the page here: http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/pages/Nathan-Xander/59264828319 (you'll have to copy the link and paste it... for some reason i believe that facebook and myspace don't like each other very much)

also... you can get updates directly to you, via your blackberry or iphone or good old fashioned computer, at: twitter.com/nathanxander

have a good one...

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http://www.pittsburghcitypaper.ws/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A58457

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Dylan made me do it: Nathan Xander

It's not a problem at all for Chicago singer-songwriter Nathan Xander that people keep likening his voice to Bob Dylan's. "When I started writing songs, it was Bob that really made me want to do it," he says. "But I'm really a mix of every band that I like. It's not as if I'm trying to sound like Neil Young on this song, or have a Dylan harmonica on that song. It just filters in there."

After leaving his native Union City (a half-hour drive from Erie in Amish country), Xander spent five years in Pittsburgh, living in Mount Washington, Dormont and the South Side. "It's where I met my girlfriend, and I'm back there about eight times a year, hanging with her parents," he says. He eventually wound up following her to Chicago ("she didn't want me to give chase, but I did anyway"), and now works for a moving company while gigging with a klatch of like-minded folkies, including William Blackart and Adam Faucett.

"There's this bar that does open mics -- it's the kind of place that stays open 'til 5 in the morning and has a grand piano, and they let us sit there and drink and play guitar to our hearts' content," Xander says. "Those guys asked me to do a show with them, and now we've become good friends, and we're informed by each other's music. Our stuff is in a similar vein, but still different."

Xander's initial EP, Swiftly, Surely, was released by a Providence, R.I. label associated with a capsule album-review Web site called 75 or Less (the name refers to 75 words per review). His new CD The Fear -- which he'll debut this Fri., Feb. 6, at Club Café -- is self-released, although with frequent comparisons to Jason Molina (Songs:Ohia/Magnolia Electric), he may have an outside chance at convincing the Secretly Canadian label to come on board. "That wouldn't be too bad at all," he says. "There are some Chicago bands on that label."

Meanwhile, Xander prowls the touring circuit restlessly, and even his own Web site, "Always Never Home," which reflects that semi-nomadic nature. "Originally, that was the title of a song on the EP, with the tone being that I was just not there mentally when I wrote it. But now I can see how it might refer to me being on the road a lot."

listen to it here:

http://www.wnur.org/airplay/archives2008/Nathan_Xander_WNUR_20081115.m3u

It's been a beautiful year having you on my page here... Sadly, we must make room for more pertinent information.

Soon,
Poppa

here is a link to our perfromance on the wnur 89.3 airplay show. this episode was originally broadcast live on march 28th in chicago.

http://www.wnur.org/airplay/archives2008/Nathan_Xander_WNUR_20080328.m3u