UPCOMING DATES
FR-SA 6/7-8 - EGLEN WV, One Man Jam Festival at Silver Lake Park, 3086 Seneca Trail Andrew does a set each night
SAT. 6/8 - MORGANTOWN WV, Concert at U.U. Fellowship, 429 Warrick Ave. 7pm
SUN. 6/9 - CLARKSBURG WV, Special Music Service at West Fork U.U., Uptown Event Center, 305 Washington Ave. 11am
SUN. 6/16 - LEESBURG VA, Special Music Service at U.U. Church of Loudoun, 20460 Gleedsville Rd. 10am
FRI.-SAT. 6/21-22 - ALDIE VA, 25th Annual Mountville Folk Festival, Andrew solo as well as Andrew McKnight & Beyond Borders. RSVP mountvillefolkfestival@comcast.net Don't miss it!
SUN. 6/30 - GETTYSBURG PA, Special Music Service at U.U. of Gettysburg, 136 South Stratton St. 10:30am
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Songwriting with Soldiers. Andrew was honored to lend a hand and a pen to wounded warriors last weekend at the beautiful Madison Fields farm in central Maryland. Working with renowned singer/songwriter and music therapist Mack Bailey and his Music Therapy of the Rockies program, Andrew was connected one on one with two veterans for a pair of 2-hour sessions to hear their stories. The result of their collaborations was a pair of powerful and inspiring songs, " This Bridge" and " New Mission Now". Join us for the grand unveiling on Facebook Live (http://Facebook.com/AndrewMcKnight.Musician) Monday June 10th at 8pm Eastern!
Project Underway. Work has begun on Treasures in My Chest - Andrew's recording and full-length companion book planned for pre-release to family, friends and fan-mily late this year. The recording is a song cycle drawn from the connections between Andrew's musical DNA and many discoveries of his McKnight family heritage, while exploring the greater age-old human questions of "who am I?" and "how did I get here?". Several of the songs have already become concert staples, including "Web of Mystery" (see it at https://youtu.be/E1_oArg8CY4).
We need and welcome your help bringing these Treasures to life! We'll launch the crowdfunding campaign online in mid-June, but you can read about it and help get this ambitious project started right now in ways little and large - http://www.andrewmcknight.net/campaign
ESSAY: "What were Those Blank Checks Worth?" Memorial Day, 2019 "Between my parents, at least six of my ancestors fought to preserve the Union in various regiments from the state of Connecticut. Two of them fell here in Virginia, at Deep Bottom and Weldon Railroad in Grant's relentless and costly 1864 march to Richmond. My 4 time great (4G) grandfather Asa Harvey was wounded at Deep Bottom and eventually died of disease. And of course my 3G grandfather Aretas Culver was held prisoner at Andersonville POW camp for six months, and died at home soon after he was paroled.
While their personal feelings about slavery are unknown to me, they each "wrote that blank check" and handed it to Abraham Lincoln in order to preserve the Union, this imperfect experiment begun some 85 years earlier on a rotted foundation... read the full article here .
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