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Lending Support to Local Farms

Andrew's home in western Loudoun County Virginia is rapidly gaining a reputation as "DC's Napa Valley" for its now nearly three dozen wineries. The fertile Blue Ridge foothills are also becoming a hotbed for Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) and "locovores"; fans of eating food grown locally.

TV Feature with Catoctin Creek Distillery

MyJoogTV.com in partnership with the Wine Compass is filming a series of video podcasts "where we pair our favorite musicians with makers of fine wines, brews, spirits, or anything else that is fermented".

About Andrew McKnight & Beyond Borders

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Beyond Appalachian, beyond blues, beyond folk

Easy-to-use links to preview Andrew McKnight & Beyond Borders music, video and press materials. (For Andrew's solo performance info.). This page uses Flash-based widgets but not auto-play.

Since their collective debut in March 2008 at the Kennedy Center, the quartet's sweet vocal blend, eclectic arrangements and tight delivery have delighted audiences around the mid-Atlantic region.

New Fishing and Conservation CD Released

Songs from the Tackle Box is a new compilation CD released by Patriot Records and dedicated to fisherman and responsible stewardship of America's rivers and resources.

Civil War Music Exhibit

"The Road to Appomattox" and "Letter to Colonel Mosby" (both from Andrew's 3rd CD Turning Pages), will be part of a new exhibit being developed by Jennie Avila of Aca-Perco at the Discovery Station in Hagerstown MD.

Help Get Us to the Festival

A request for the festival-goers; when you & your friends share comments/performer suggestions for future fests, a few dozen write-ins for Andrew McKnight & Beyond Borders would be hugely appreciated. You might help get us onstage at FloydFest, Falcon Ridge, Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion, Philly Folk, or your favorite roots-music friendly fest. Andrew and his bandmates love playing festivals and being there with you around the late night campfire picking circles as well.

Thanks a ton for helping us make 2011 a big festival summer!

 


 

Next Vidcast - Gems from the Vault Coming Soon

We've yet to decide the date, but the next vidcast will likely be a solo Andrew performance of some rarely heard material from his CDs that he's been reworking this summer. Perhaps even live from the front porch? Early August, and stay tuned for details.

Open Letter to You: "Help Us Make the Live CD/DVD"

What is old becomes new again. Centuries ago royals would sponsor artists to live and work in their court, and hopefully create great works in honor of their patrons. As we stand among the ruins of what used to be the music business machinery, a growing trend is oddly reminiscent of those olden times - fans funding the work of their favorite artists.

Andrew McKnight & Beyond Borders Film Concert for DVD May 28th

Bandmate’s Battle with Cancer and New Music Business Realities Shape Career Retrospective

May 1, 2010
LINCOLN VA - It’s been fifteen years since longtime western Loudouner and nationally touring singer/songwriter Andrew McKnight’s debut CD Traveler introduced music fans to his literate and melodic songcraft. Reflecting on the occasion, he says “If you told me on that summer day when the UPS man unloaded those first 13 boxes of CDs that my life would unfold like this, I couldn’t have imagined it.”