Nate has been performing in the Boston music scene for a little over twenty years. While most of that time was spent with the Supercharged Soul band The Blizzard of 78, one of the city's most revered guitarists now makes his time as a solo artist as well as with the bands Parlour Bells(nominated for Video of the Year by the Boston Music Awards 2013) and Oldjack(nominated for Best Live Act by the Boston Music Awards 2011). Nate and his various bands have played hundreds of shows throughout the New England area, have toured the country and opened for Coldplay, Snow Patrol, Lissie, Ronnie Spector, Guster, The Sheila Divine, Gentleman Hall and more. This past March, Nate played SXSW with his solo band and Oldjack. Nate is also Producing two new releases from Parlour Bells and Magen Tracy. In 2014 Nate released his full length debut album "You, Me and the Silence." Once again he takes on the role of performer, engineer and producer while playing most of the instruments and recording in his home studio. People are relating it to Dylan's "Blood on the Tracks" as the material is personal and focuses on a major change in his life. Magnet Magazine featured the title track as their MP3 at 3PM. Nate's acoustic based, ghostly-folk debut EP "Inference" received many positive reviews like this one from Jonathan Perry of The Boston Globe, "Effectively reflecting his affinity for the softer sounds of singer-songwriter folk and alt-country of the Ryan Adams (circa “Heartbreaker’’) variety...Inference is an emotionally stark, bare-bones affair that puts his plainspoken, plaintive voice squarely front and center." Alex Schab of The Weekly Dig wrote, "Nate Leavitt’s solo debut packs a lot of power—subtle, ghostly, chill-the-flesh-off-your-bones power. Which says a lot, considering this is a folk album." Also Ryan Spaulding of Ryan's Smashing Life said, "Leavitt is a gifted soul who deserves this attention and more. Regardless of the name he plays under, most everything he touches turns to gold. Highly Recommended." Press Magnet Magazine's MP3 at 3PM for the track "You, Me and the Silence" "Too much summer in your summer? Add a little of fall’s regret and winter’s darkness with Nate Leavitt’s “You, Me and the Silence.” Chiefly known as a guitar ripper in Parlour Bells and OldJack, Leavitt shows off his singer-songwriter chops with a set of country-folk ballads and lonely Americana." Jed Gottlieb - The Boston Herald “With Parlour Bells and Oldjack, Nate Leavitt is one of Boston’s best guitarists. Now he’s got solo mojo.” Michael Marotta - Vanyland “Try to keep yourself from weeping quietly in your cubicle at work - these songs are beautiful but they’ll sock you in the gut.” Jed Gottlieb - The Boston Herald "The sound that Leavitt has found on You, Me and the Silence strays from that of the previous bands he has worked with, and seems more to draw inspiration from contemporary country music in the vein of Jason Isbell." Eric - Maimed & Tamed “There is a deep amount of heart, sorrow and persistence in this man’s songs. He is a songwriter after my own heart, writes about the darkest of human emotion that some folks are just plain afraid to touch on. These songs make me feel something, which is what music is supposed to do.” Red Line Roots “A few years ago, when I was just getting into all this stuff, I'd hear people say that Nate Leavitt was Boston's secret weapon. The secret has been out for quite some time, so we can stop calling him that. I'd say that in the rock and roll Cold War with other cities, Nate Leavitt is our nuclear deterrent.” Richard Bouchard - Former Local Talent Buyer at T.T. the Bears Place and Editor of Boston Band Crush