Your name:
Nate Maingard.
Where are you from?
South Africa, now living in London.
How would you describe yourself?
Indie-folk troubadour, modern storyteller, hopeful
romantic.
Who are your main influences musically?
Radiohead, John Lennon, J. Tillman, Bon Iver.
What do you hope to achieve in music?
To be the change I want to see in the world and inspire
others to do the same.
What has been the highlight of your career so far, and
why?
SO many. A big one was playing White Mountain Folk
Festival in 2011. I had committed the last of my money to getting up there,
making it work, printing albums. I wasn’t sure how I was going to afford fuel
to make it to the next gig. But every step of the way magical things kept
happening and kept me on the road. When I finally played White Mountain, the crowd
was so responsive and kind. I stepped off the stage and sold 50 albums over the
next 24 hours. It was an emotional experience for me, on all levels.
And what’s the moment you want to forget?
Nothing, I cherish it all.
If you had to pick just one of your songs to represent
your music, what would it be and why?
Home, because it’s in no rush, it talks about the places
we come from and what we carry with us, it’s about Home being a heart-feeling
more than a place. It’s about community and love and hope.
Where can we listen to it?
Where can we find out more about your music?
http://natemaingard.com is
where it all goes down (it has links to everything else too).
Anything else you’d like to say about your band/music
that I forgot to ask?
“In times of universal deceit, telling the truth is a
revolutionary act.” —George Orwell.
In that sense, I am a revolutionary.
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