(Logan and Nathan)
Meet Logan and Nathan. A Vancouver music duo that blends folk music, with gorgeous lulling vocals, and beautiful guitar. They are a mash of folk, jazz, soul, and cosmic country.
Take a bit of Nathan Turner’s West Coast “salt-water swagger” and Logan Thackray’s “wild Rocky Mountain meltwater” and blend those colours with guitar, banjos duels, and shared vocals. Often they will be accompanied by other musicians on drums, cello, and saxophone. They have been partners in both music and life for nearly a decade. Their lyrics play on themes like intimacy, longing, self-doubt, and critical thought.
Logan is a multifaceted artist who majored in Anthropology for her Bachelor of Arts. Her first artistic outlet was an abandoned guitar she found in a dumpster in the Rocky Mountain town of Canmore. She now dives into printmaking, leather work, painting, drawing, and most recently stained glass. Her art as well as her music are all meant to reflect her experiences as a human trying to navigate the world.
Nathan is characterized as a songwriter and traveller. He hitchhiked across the western stretches of the Pacific Northwest and toured Canada, the US and Uk with his other bands, Red Haven and The Honey Tongues. At Vancouver’s Monash Studios he received an education in engineering records and now produces, mixed and engineered dozens of recordings, including songs for the Logan and Nathan duo.
Logan and Nathan honoured us at No Apologies Necessary radio by performing in one of our first Co-op Radio Station fundraisers. What was meant to be a full roster hosted at the now lost Cafe Deux Soliels turned into a wonderful, earthy, and classically East Van backyard music jam. Here I got to hear the beautiful, echoing, lulling and gentle voices of Logan and Nathan. Their love for each other shone through every song they performed and every picture I took of them. It was beautiful.
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As a rule of thumb I’ve learnt that musicians who are romantic together should not make music together. Because an untimely demise of a relationship can have major repercussions to the music attempting to be created. But this is not the case with Logan and Nathan. In fact having the pleasure of seeing this love displayed on stage and through carefully cultivated and thought of lyrics made you feel like you were privy to the truth and genuine nature of their relationship. With lyrics expressing longing and connection, seeing this great love between them further amplified what they were saying in song.
Logan and Nathan have performed at many local venues in Vancouver, BC including The Backstage Lounge, The Heatley, Cafe Deux Soleils, and Trees Organic Coffee. The have participated in and performed at BC Festivals like Canmore Folk Festival, Tiny Lights Festival, and Robson Valley Music Festival.
Unfortunately there are no scheduled upcoming shows. But you can find more about Logan and Nathan through the links below:
You can also find their music on Bandcamp and Spotify.
Written by Volante Matheson, Radio Arts & Entertainment at BCIT
Contact: vmatheson1@my.bcit.ca