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Over his 15-year career he has enjoyed many accolades within the folk music world; Folk Alliance International Performance Alley Showcase (2010), 2011 Southeast and 2009 Northeast Regional Folk Alliance Formal Showcases, a Performing Songwriter Top 12 DIY selection and the Rocky Mountain Folks Festival Songwriter Showcase, Kerrville New Folk Finalist and Falcon Ridge Emerging Artist. Andrew & Beyond Borders are members of the prestigious Virginia Commission for the Arts Touring Assistance Program. His five solo CDs have earned much critical acclaim and airplay around the world as well as a wealth of NPR stations and several XM/Sirius satellite shows.
Andrew's solo performances are like one man theatre; the songs are woven together with humorous stories and poetic drama, and the musical soundscape traverses influences from Appalachia, tasteful slide and jazzy blues, feisty anthems, rustic folk, and even a little fancy flatpicking on a Carter Family tune. While his guitar is clearly the foundation for a concert, the touches of native American cedar flute, djembe (African hand drum) and even mandolin add delightful and mesmerizing embellishments to the show.
Andrew considers the many prestigious and eclectic performances along his career to be among the biggest blessings; from settings like the Kennedy Center and the International Storytelling Center to the Atlanta Olympics, the Western UU Life Festival at Georgia O'Keefe's Ghost Ranch, and a plethora of house concerts, festivals and listening rooms nationwide. Each one is a unique intersection of the time and place, the songs and stories, and above all, each person in the audience.
In addition to offering several American history and environmentally-themed programs specifically for libraries and schools, Andrew spends two mornings a week singing and creating songs with kids age 18 months on up through kindergarden.
Select Performance Highlights
- Atlanta Summer Olympic Games
- Baltimore Artscape Festival
- Boston Folk Festival
- The Birchmere/WFMA, Washington DC
- Brewery Arts Center, Carson City NV
- Chattanooga Riverbend Festival
- Chesapeake Arts Center, Baltimore MD
- Chesapeake Maritime Museum, St. Michaels MD
- Court Square Theater, Harrisonburg VA
- Delmarva Folk Festival
- The Fret House, Los Angeles
- International Storytelling Ctr, Jonesborough TN
- John F. Kennedy Center, Washington DC
- Katharine Hepburn Theater, Old Saybrook CT
- Mountain Stage NewSongFestival, WV
- Museum of Shenandoah Valley, Winchester VA
- Narrows Center for the Arts, Fall River MA
- Off Square Music Festival, Woodstock IL
- Palace Theatre, Canton OH
- River City Folk (NPR syndicated), Omaha NE
- Rocky Mountain Folks Festival
- South Florida Folk Festival
- Susquahanna Music & Arts Festival, Havre de Grace MD
- Swallow Hill Music Association, Denver
- Toadstone Theater, Helena MT
- Uncle Calvin’s Coffeehouse, Dallas TX
- Virginia Highlands Festival
- Westhaven Center for the Arts, Trinidad CA
