Dave Nachmanoff


David "Dave" Nachmanoff is an American folk singer-songwriter and the sideman to Al Stewart. At the age of ten he played with Elizabeth Cotten, garnering a positive review in The Washington Star.

Biography

Nachmanoff is originally from Northern Virginia and currently makes his home in Davis, California. He is the brother of screenwriter- director Jeffrey Nachmanoff. He earned a Ph.D in Philosophy from the University of California, Davis. He has several solo releases and other collaborations available, and in 2009, appears with Al Stewart on "Uncorked - Al Stewart Live with Dave Nachmanoff". In 2011, he released his first album in five years, "Step Up", featuring musicians Bob Malone, Ian Sheridan, and Victor Bisetti, and vocalists Al Stewart, Rosemary Butler, John Wicks and Liz Bligan. The CD was produced by Ronan Chris Murphy. In 2016, he released "Spinoza's Dream", a philosophically themed album featuring many of the backing musicians from Al Stewart's "Year of the Cat" album. The album was produced by Martin Levan. Nachmanoff's family is Jewish.
Notable festivals that he has performed at include the Northern VA Folk Festival, National Folk Life Festival, Napa Valley Music Festival, High Sierra Festival, Northwest Folklife Festival, Juan de Fuca Festival of the Arts, Kerrville Festival, Tucson Folk Festival and South Florida Folk Festival. Notable music venues at which he has performed include the Great American Music Hall, the Royal Albert Hall, the Freight and Salvage, Kuumbwa Jazz Center, the Birchmere, Club Passim, the Sweetwater, The Bottom Line, and the Woodstock Opera House.
As a side player he has worked with Al Stewart on a regular basis, as well as many others at venues as far ranging as The Bottom Line and the Edmonton Folk Festival. He has shared the stage with Cheryl Wheeler, Steve Forbert, The Pogues, America, Alison Krauss and many more.

Discography

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