VANDAVEER is the song-singing, record-making, globetrotting project penned and put forth by alt-folk tunesmith Mark Charles Heidinger. Born in Ohio, raised in Kentucky, and currently camped out in the nation’s capital, Vandaveer offers up melodic Americana that is both haunting and easy, forlorn and welcoming, with stories as universal as the songs they inhabit.
Having toured continually since his debut release in 2007, Vandaveer has played nearly 500 shows throughout the US and Europe, sharing stages large and small with a host of humbling artists, including Bon Iver, Alejandro Escovedo, Vashti Bunyan, Bill Callahan, Alela Diane, Joe Pug and scores more… Vandaveer’s sophomore release, Divide & Conquer, leapt above the throng on both sides of the Atlantic following its 2009 release, garnering acclaim and high marks from fans, critics and all manner of folk in between.
Vandaveer shapeshifts from studio to stage and back with a revolving cast of characters, most prominent among them the angelic Rose Guerin, offering up the loveliest harmonies heard this side of Eden. Vandaveer’s third full-length LP, entitled Dig Down Deep, will be released in the spring of 2011, with extensive touring to follow…
