VANDAVEER

VANDAVEER is the song-singing, record-making, globetrotting project penned and put forth by alt-folk tunesmith Mark Charles Heidinger. Born in Ohio, raised in Kentucky, and currently camped out in the nation’s capital, Vandaveer offers up melodic Americana that is both haunting and easy, forlorn and welcoming, with stories as universal as the songs they inhabit. Vandaveer shapeshifts from studio to stage and back with a revolving cast of characters, most prominent among them Rose Guerin, offering up the loveliest harmonies heard this side of Eden.

What started as a solo side project for Heidinger in 2007 blossomed into something more dimensional a year later, with Guerin adding new depth and color to Vandaveer’s sound. The two were integral members of DC’s Federal Reserve collective, a ramshackle group of folk and not-so-folk types alike curating monthly musical happenings throughout the DC area. Informal collaborations in that environment soon galvanized, with Guerin’s voice becoming a reliable fixture in Vandaveer. The band has toured regularly on both sides of the Atlantic since, playing nearly 500 shows, steadily building a diverse fan base from the ground up.

Vandaveer’s third full length, Dig Down Deep, offers a collage of churning rhythms, steady guitar and ringing piano beneath tales of war and impermanence, loss and love. The music serves as both mirror and platform for Vandaveer’s stories—booming bass drum during moments of turmoil and conquest, throaty cello in moments of peace and predation, trembling keys in moments of uncertainty and hope. Out of the mosaic rise two voices in perfect harmony narrating and navigating the lives of Vandaveer’s characters with confidence and grace. With rich lyrical imagery and lush, spectral production courtesy of long-time collaborator Duane Lundy, Dig Down Deep is Vandaveer’s finest effort to date — a record both dense and direct, for and from the heart.

Now Taking Pre-Orders

Dig Down Deep was released on April 18, 2011 in France (Alter K) and April 26, 2011 in North America (Supply & Demand Music).

This very special limited edition LP is pressed on 180 gram sun colored vinyl, each hand stamped and numbered with an old-school Kingsley Pneumatic Press.  All copies include a code for digital download of the full LP so you won’t need to drag the hi-fi outdoors or into the gym.  200 pressed and sold direct only from Vandaveer on tour, from Vandaveer at Bandcamp or from Centrifuge. 

Release date is 10/11/11.  Pre-orders will ship on 10/11.  Once these are gone, they’re gone.  International buyers please email info@centrifugerecords.com prior to purchase for actual shipping costs.

VANDAVEER Tour Dates

THU 9/15 – Arlington, VA – IOTA *
FRI 9/16 – Baltimore, MD – The Metro Gallery *
SAT 9/17 – Staunton, VA – The Mockingbird Cafe *
SUN 9/18 – Takoma Park, MD – Tree House Concerts *
WED 9/21 – Annapolis, MD – Ram's Head
FRI 9/23 – Roanoke, VA – Kirk Ave. Music Hall
SAT 9/24 – Cincinnati, OH – MOTR Pub (MPMF)
TUE 9/27 – Toledo, OH – Ottawa Tavern *
THU 9/29 – Dayton, OH – Southpark Tavern *
FRI 9/30 – Canton, OH – The Auricle *
SAT 10/1 – Pittsburgh, PA – The Brillobox *
SUN 10/2 – Morgantown, WV – WVU Center For Creative Arts (Mountain Stage) ^
FRI 10/14 – Louisville, KY – Headliners ^
SAT 10/15 – Lexington, KY – Natasha's
MON 10/17 – Berkeley, CA – Freight & Salvage %
WED 10/19 – Los Angeles, CA – Hotel Cafe %
THU 10/20 – San Diego, CA – Brick By Brick %
SAT 10/22 – Phoenix, AZ – Crescent Ballroom %
SUN 10/23 – Flagstaff, AZ – Cococino Center For The Arts %
TUE 10/25 – Albuquerque – Low Spirits %
THU 10/27 – Austin, TX – Stubb’s %
FRI 10/28 – Houston, TX – Fitzgerald’s %
SAT 10/29 – Dallas, TX – Poor David’s Pub %

 * w/ Sean Rowe
^ w/ Ben Sollee
% w/ Melissa Ferrick

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To spend more quality Vandaveer time and to order other Vandaveer music, t-shirts, etc. visit www.vandaveer.net  or vandaveer.bandcamp.com

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