Damsel in the Dark

The Marissa Nadler Fan-site

2004

BSR LIVE BLOCK, 23/09/2004
"Marissa's songs are mostly stories of tragic deaths & suicides, forbidden fates, and jilted love affairs. Each performance drips with a vaudevillian nostalgia. The melodrama is obvious. Maybe you should dim the lights."
    1. Horses and Their Kin
    2. Box of Cedar
    3. Dolphins
    4. Hay Tantos Muertos
    5. Annabelle Lee
    6. Hay, That's No Way to Say Goodbye
    7. Mayflower May
    8. Under an Old Umbrella
    9. Mr. John Lee

      available to listen here...

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WFMU, 29/11/2004
with Nick Castro and Josephine Foster
"More beautiful 'doom & gloom' featuring a trio of quirky folk. Nick Castro's debut album, 'A Spy in the House of God', is beautifully tinged with psychdelic touches. Marissa Nadler's been hailed as a smoky chanteuse both sultry and captivating, and her mournful dirges and melancholic ballads are influenced by old-timey americana folk, portuguese fado, psychedelia, and country. Nick Castro says this of Josephine Foster: 'Everyday I wish I had never heard her so that I could hear her for the first time again. I envy you. She is my fav current singer by far and one of my (many) all-time favorites. She can make me weep instantly. Usually by tormenting and ridiculing me (joking) but her singing is great too.'"

    1. Josephine Foster - Little Life (with Marissa providing backing vocals)
    2. Nick Castro - Deep Deep Sea
    3. Marissa Nadler - Velveteen Rose
    4. Josephine Foster - Silly Song
    5. Nick Castro - No Sweeter
    6. Marissa Nadler - Box of Cedar
    7. Josephine Foster - Well-Heeled Men
    8. Nick Castro - Jack of All Seasons
    9. Marissa Nadler - Annabelle Lee
    10. Josephine Foster - Who Will Feel Bitter at the Days End
    11. Nick Castro and Marissa Nadler - Princess of the Island
    12. Nick Castro - Photographs
    13. Marissa Nadler - Virginia
    14. Marissa Nadler - Bed of Solid Stone
    15. Josephine Foster - Deathknell
    16. Josephine Foster - Don't Wait, Mary Jane

      available to listen here...

2005

BBC SESSION, SUMMER 2005
with Orion Rigel Dommisse on keyboards and harmony vocals
    1. Box of Cedar
    2. The Little Famous Song
    3. Annabelle Lee
    4. Flora Barone, Queen of the Vaudeville Throne

Marissa is featured in OneMusic's Music Exposed feature, here...

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PVHF, 06/2005
with Orion Rigel Dommisse on keyboards and harmony vocals

    1. Virginia/Your famous song
    2. Thinking of you
    3. Hay Tantos Muertos
    4. Flora (unreleased song)
    5. Annabelle Lee
    6. Feathers (unreleased song)
    7. Box of Cedar

      (setlist taken from here...)

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KDVS Bomb Shelter, 08/09/2005

    unknown setlist

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WFMU, 31/10/2005
"What better way to spend Halloween than with a set of ghostly tunes by Marissa Nadler? Her other-worldly music conjures up the spirits of past and present, best described on her website as, '...unique and gorgeous, skillfully and simply hinting at the songs of the sea, the haunting chansons of maidens, the cowboy ditties of ranchers, and the funerary processions of mourners.' Marissa made her second trip out to play in our WFMU studio, on the way to moving all her worldy possessions back to Boston. She then sets off to a nomadic life travelling and playing throughout Europe."

    1. Stallions
    2. "no name yet"
    3. Mayflower May
    4. Mr. John Lee
    5. Sarah
    6. "thinking of you"
    7. Yellow Lights
    8. Flora Barone, Queen of the Vaudeville Throne
    9. Under an Old Umbrella
    10. 12 string improv
    11. Annabelle Lee

      available to listen here...

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VPRO, 01/12/2005

    1. Mr. John Lee
    2. Virginia
    3. Flora Barone, Queen of the Vaudeville Throne
    4. Annabelle Lee
    5. Hay Tantos Muertos
    6. Box of Cedar
    7. Under an Old Umbrella
    8. Feathers While You Are Here

      available to listen here...

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2006

NO LOVE FOR NED, 03/04/2006
    1. Yellow Lights
    2. Annabelle Lee
    3. Days of Rum
    4. Famous Blue Raincoat

      available to listen here...

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MAIDA VALE STUDIOS FOR BBC RADIO, 24/04/2006

    1. Diamond Heart
    2. Bird on Your Grave
    3. Silvia
    4. Mexican Slumber
    5. Red is the Color

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TERRASTOCK 6, 23/04/2006, (BROADCAST ON KFJC-FM)

    1. (last few seconds of) Mayflower May
    2. Old Love Haunts Me in the Morning
    3. Horses and Their Kin
    4. Diamond Heart
    5. Yellow Lights
    6. Dying Breed
    7. organ instrumental
    8. Box of Cedar
    9. Hay Tantos Muertos
    10. Annabelle Lee
    11. Mr. John Lee

      available to listen here...

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BONANZA, RESONANCE FM 21/05/2006

    1. Diamond Heart
    2. Mexican Summer / Mexican Slumber
    3. Dying Breed
    4. Annabelle Lee

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WZBC, BOSTON, 26/06/2006

    1. Diamond Heart
    2. Bird on Your Grave
    3. Chelsea Hotel #2
    4. (12 string instrumental)

      a video is available to watch here...

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PHONING IT IN, BSR, 10/08/2006
"Marissa Nadler phones it in from suburban Boston en route to a show. Alternating between a 6- and 12-string guitar, everything about her music is beautiful and dark. A modern Maybelle Carter... listen to this show!"

    1. Farewell Heartache
    2. Salutations in the Dark
    3. Buckets of Rain
    4. Old Love Haunts Me in the Morning

available to listen here...

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WRKO, BOSTON, 11/08/2006

    unknown setlist

2007

TWISTED BRANCH TEA BAZAAR, CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA, 06/03/2007
with Orion Rigel Dommisse providing cello and backing vocals

Not a radio show, but a live recording as featured by Monkeyclaus.org
There is also a pre-show interview with Matthew Clark of the Monkeyclaus team for download.

    1. Thinking of You
    2. Mexican Summer
    3. Dying Breed
    4. Virginia
    5. Box of Cedar
    6. Daisy and Violet
    7. Annabelle Lee
    8. Rachel
    9. Suzanne (Leonard Cohen)
    10. Tecumseh Valley (Townes van Zandt)

available to listen here...

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THE NEW AFTERNOON SHOW, WNYU, 08/03/07

    unknown setlist

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GIDEON COE SHOW, BBC 6MUSIC, 13/03/2007

    1. Diamond Heart
    2. Dying Breed

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LIVE AT THE HEMLOCK TAVERN, SAN FRANSISCO, CA, 24/06/2007
Not a radio show, but a live session recorded by camerphonic.com
with Jonas Haskins on Bass

    1. Diamond Heart
    2. Mistress
    3. Silvia
    4. Mr. John Lee (unfortunately not working on this site)
    5. Fifty Five Falls
    6. Hyacinth
    7. Hole is Wide
    8. Salutations in the Dark
    9. The Story of Daisy and Violet
    10. Chelsea Hotel #2

available to listen here...

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VARIETY MIX, KEXP, 27/06/2007
with Jonas Haskins on Bass

    1. Diamond Heart
    2. Silvia
    3. {interview}
    4. Salutations in the Dark
    5. Fifty Five Falls

available to listen here...

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PIPELINE!, WMBR 88.1 FM, 21/08/07

    1. Diamond Heart
    2. *new song* - is this a cover? e-mail me if you can help with details
    3. Silvia
    4. Fifty Five Falls / Annabelle Lee
    5. Mistress
    6. Salutations in the Dark

available to listen here...

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THE DAYTROTTER SESSION, WMBR 88.1 FM, 05/09/07 (published 19/10/07)
Sound Engineering by Brad Kopplin

    1. Sylvia
    2. Diamond Heart / new song (see show above)
    3. Salutations in the Dark
    4. Honey Bear

available to listen here...
with an accompanying feature and interview here...