Career
Originally from Missouri, Nash moved to New York City in 2006. Nash performed in clubs on the Lower East Side such as The Living Room and Rockwood Music Hall. In 2009, he independently released his debut solo album, New York Town which was recorded at The Magic Shop in New York"s Soho neighborhood.
New York Town was eventually picked up by Dutch label Contintental Records Services in Europe and the United Kingdom. His sophomore album, Barn Doors and Concrete Floors was released on March 29, 2011.
The album was recorded during the summer of 2010 on a small farm located in the Catskill Mountains in upstate New New York Nash recruited Sonic Youth"s Steve Shelley to co-produce the album and play drums on all the tracks.
Ted Young engineered the album. Released by Continental Record Services, the album garnered further attention in Europe and the United Kingdom and received positive reviews in publications like The Independent.
Barn Doors and Concrete Floors was also chosen as the top album of 2011 by the Euro Americana Charts.
Extensive touring in Europe in support of Barn Doors helped Nash gain greater exposure. In late 2011, Nash left New York City and moved to Dripping Springs, Texas. His third record, Israel Nash"s Rain Plans, was recorded in the summer of 2012.
Rain Plans was produced by Nash and again engineered by Ted Young.
The album was tracked on a Studer 16-track 2" analog tape machine intentionally avoiding the use of modern digital recording technology. Nash"s house outside of Dripping Spring served as the studio and residence for the band during the recording session.
The band consisted of Nash"s touring lineup from the Barn Doors album cycle, including drummer Josh Fleischmann, Joey and Aaron McClellan on guitar and bass (respectively), and Eric Swanson on Pedal Steel. Released by the London label Loose Music on September 30, 2013, the album received generally positive reviews from the European press
In 2014, Rain Plans was released in the United States by Loose Music through Nashville based label services company Thirty Tigers.
lieutenant quickly became a favorite on National Public Radio and several non-commercial radio stations such as KEXP in Seattle, WXPN in Philadelphia, KUTX in Austin, and The Current in Minneapolis-Saint Paul. In January 2015, Israel Nash was featured on a session of World Cafe.
