By Callum Ludwig
With two Yarra Ranges shows on the set list in October, Australian singer-songwriter Nathan Cavaleri is days away from beginning a national tour for his fourth studio album ‘Miracles’.
Mr Cavaleri will return to Sooki Lounge in Belgrave on Thursday 26 October and make his second visit to Warburton to play at the Alpine Hotel on Saturday 28 October this year.
Mr Cavaleri said the start of a tour always comes with mixed emotions.
“Most of it is excitement, but there’s also the natural amount of fear and terror that comes with the unknown but these are the types of areas that I really love playing at and they’ve got a different sense of community,” he said.
“I played Warburton one to two years ago, and I loved it so much, loved the whole area and I’d never been there before. Belgrave is similar, I get the same grounded feeling and I’ve played Sooki Lounge a fair few times over the last decade or so and it’s just such a great venue with good people behind it.”
Mr Cavaleri’s tour begins in Katoomba, New South Wales on Friday 7 July and will conclude with an appearance at Rock The Boat Cruise on Friday 24 November.
Mr Cavaleri said when he gets to perform at a place like Warburton or Belgrave, he feels at peace.
“Touring for me comes with complications because of my history with mental health challenges and trying to tour at times when I probably shouldn’t have been, but when I was there, all the anxiety disappeared,” he said.
“The natural ebbs and flows of adrenaline that would come around a show were much more manageable. I felt a lot more grounded, and swimming in that river in the middle of winter definitely helped to bring me back into my body.”
Pressure and expectation have followed Mr Cavaleri’s music career with stars of the blues and rock scene like Mark Knopfler from Dire Straits and B.B King heaping praise on his guitar skills from a young age, he released his debut single just prior to his 10th birthday and his debut album before he turned 11.
Mr Cavaleri said he had to face all the voices of his past and all his demons to get to a deep truth in Miracles.
“I wanted to do something that was true to me, and this album is getting a lot of love and it seems to be translating in the way that I intended,” he said.
“We ventured outside of the blues, the blues are still in there, but I’ve definitely gone on beyond that and I was worried about whether my more traditional blues lovers were going to be disappointed with the album but so far that hasn’t been the case.”
Tickets and more information can be found at www.nathancavaleri.com/.
