Thursday, August 21, 2008 Beloved singer makes Duke City cameo By Dan Mayfield Journal Staff Writer       For several years Nels Andrews was one of Albuquerque's best-loved local folk singers. But it was in Holland and Scandinavia where he really became a star.        Though his first record, ...
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... weeks.     That, combined with a crop of alt.country talent, has created a fresh music scene in New Mexico. Locally, bands like The Handsome Family, Nels Andrews, The Rivet Gang, Fast Heart Mart and Edith Grove have ridden the wave.     Many, though have been waiting for Edith Grove to release a new ...
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... played in the second showcase at Shoal Creek Saloon with Boris McCutcheon, Joe West, The Mindy Set, Goshen, Hundred Year Flood, Ryan McGarvey, and Nels Andrews.     This is the second year New Mexico had a presence at SXSW. Last year, Little Kiss Records organized a small showcase with help from the ...
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... 't fit with the other songs. It doesn't mention death. The co-producer has a fixation about death I didn't know about."     Ramblin' Jack Elliott     Nels Andrews opens     WHEN: 8 p.m. today     WHERE: Outpost Performance Space, 210 Yale SE     HOW MUCH: $20 general public, $15 Outpost members in advance ...
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... some of the other festival performers - James McMurtry, Alvin Youngblood Hart's Muscle Theory, Tarbox Ramblers, Earl Thomas, Hundred Year Flood, Nels Andrews & the El Paso Eyepatch, the Believers, Alex Maryol Band, Joe West & Friends, Raising Cane, Stan Hirsch & Friends, Chris Dracup & Tommy Elskes ...
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... around the edges," Koster said.     Bluesman Alvin Youngblood Hart is on the bill this year, as are the Tarbox Ramblers, Earl Thomas, Albuquerque's Nels Andrews & the El Paso Eyepatch and The Believers, a twangy up-and-coming Nashville-based duo.     New Mexico acts scheduled to perform include Hundred ...
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Friday, February 25, 2005 Nels Andrews back in the West By Kevin Hopper For the Journal     Just a month removed from a successful, albeit ice-cold, winter tour of Scotland, local Americana favorite Nels Andrews and his backing band The El Paso Eyepatch will be embarking on a monthlong tour of the ...
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... "I think the one thing missing in Albuquerque is the infrastructure - distribution, networking, production, press," said Albuquerque folk rocker Nels Andrews. "It's good to go (to South by Southwest) and network ...     "Plus, there's these side parties that are the most vital things," he said, ...
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... movie "Garden State."     But the real story locally is the countless musicians who still call Albuquerque home. Most notably, folk/Americana artist Nels Andrews released "Sunday Shoes" with his band, The El Paso Eyepatch, this past autumn. A quietly intense and affecting collection of songs, the record ...
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Friday, November 12, 2004 Check Out Nels Andrews Before He's Off to Europe By Kevin Hopper For the Journal     Nels Andrews, the unassuming local musician who always seems to be smiling under a too-small vintage hat, is gearing up for his first European tour. On the heels of the release of "Sunday ...
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