Mark Mandeville & Raianne Richards

Artist Information

Biography

Mandeville & Richards are a folk duo from Massachusetts who sing songs which resonate with the lover of Americana and old country music, commanding familiar traditional melodies and poignant, introspective lyrics, and backing them with delicate arrangements on ukulele, clarinet, guitar and banjo. They began in the basements, coffee shops and art spaces of New England, and have since tested the stages of more traditional folk music venues, colleges, and bar rooms from Boston to Austin, Denver to Nashville, Asheville to Portland, and back 'round again. Hundreds of concerts have been given and thousands of records have been sold, all on their own steam and without the support of major industry assistance. Mandeville & Richards are currently signed to Massachusetts indie label Nobody's Favorite Records and are presently promoting Mark's new studio album, Mark Mandeville & Old Constitution, which has been heralded to be “one of the most anticipated indie releases of the year (The Glass, Chris McGovern).”

Mandeville and Richards are co-founders of the Massachusetts Walking Tour - promoting local music, arts and culture on foot, scheduled for June 15-24 2012. www.masswalkingtour.org

Instrumentation

Mark Mandeville - Guitar & Banjo, Vocals & Harmonica
Raianne Richards - Electric Bass, Vocals & Clarinet, Guitar & Ukulele

Discography

Mark Mandeville - Mark Mandeville & Old Constitution (2011)
Mark Mandeville - No Big Plans (2010)
Raianne Richards - Simple In This Place (2010)
The Accident That Led Me To The World - The Island Gospel (2008)
The Accident That Led Me To The World (2006)


All released by Nobody's Favorite Records

Links

• Facebook
• MySpace
• Bandcamp

Audio

• Take A Little Home
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• Between The Signal And Me
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• Underneath The Cost
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• Diggin Me A Hole
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• Sleep When Youre Dead
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• No Secrets
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Video

Take A Little Home

Between The Signal And Me

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Press

• a master of gentle meditative nuances [+ Show ]
  

  "Mandeville has proven to be a master of gentle meditative nuances that captivate numerous audiences..."Mandeville has proven to be a master of gentle meditative nuances that captivate numerous audiences. His seven-piece group, Old Constitution, hits the right notes, captures the right feeling, and uses the right textures."

• Fine stab at some classic Americana sounds [+ Show ]
  

  "New England duo Mark Mandeville and Rianne Richards are joined here by a fine bunch of players to f..."New England duo Mark Mandeville and Rianne Richards are joined here by a fine bunch of players to form Old Constitution and to deliver a neat little set of well-penned and very attractive country tinged numbers."

• His dedication to the spirit of the music never wanes [+ Show ]
  

  "Artistically, Mandeville has taken a great big bite out of a difficult genre. It’s not easy to play..."Artistically, Mandeville has taken a great big bite out of a difficult genre. It’s not easy to play this style of music and bring something new to the table without throwing the table out entirely. In this case, Mandeville should consider this album to be quite the success. His dedication to the spirit of the music never wanes..."

• this man simply makes good simple direct music [+ Show ]
  

  Cool genuine organic pop music played with traditional instruments. Although Mark Mandeville's music...Cool genuine organic pop music played with traditional instruments. Although Mark Mandeville's music is probably best described as Americana pop, such a generalization somehow seems a bit limiting. So it would perhaps be more appropriate to say that this man simply makes good simple direct music without all the pretentious excesses that ruin so many modern recording artists' music. Mandeville combines threads of folk, pop, blues, country, and bluegrass into his tunes...always keeping vocal melodies and lyrics at the forefront. This is one classy album housed in a beautifully designed digipak sleeve complete with accompanying lyric sheet. Eleven heartfelt tunes here including "Land of Plenty," "Diggin' Me A Hole," "No More Feeling," and "Sleep When You're Dead."

• Country songs sounding like Nashville [+ Show ]
  

  "It's been some years that I follow Mark Mandeville, since the times of the acoustic folk noir band ..."It's been some years that I follow Mark Mandeville, since the times of the acoustic folk noir band The Accident That Led Me To The World. This is his second record under his own name and the first to include electric instruments as guitars, bass and drumkit. The results are awesome. Country songs sounding like Nashville but keeping the insurgent touch and a perfect voice that remains the earliest Ryan Adams works. One of the records that has been with me over the last months"

Setlist

From "Mark Mandeville & Old Constitution" (2011):
Ted Kaczynski Blues
Land Of Plenty
Underneath The Cost
Diggin' Me A Hole
Take A Little Home
Hope In This World
No More Feeling
Cardboard Wings
House Of Stone
Between The Signal And Me
Sleep When You're Dead

From "No Big Plans" (2010):
Airplane Song
Wrong Side Of That Line
No Big Plans
I Ain't Going Out There
It Is What It Is
These Walls
Heavy Winds

From "Simple In This Place" (2010)
No Secrets
Line In The Sand
Best Advice
A Hundred Miles

Cover songs/arrangements:
Follow The Drinking Gourd - trad.
Worried Blues - trad.
I Am A Pilgrim - trad.

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