Nels Andrews

b. USA. Americana guitarist and singer-songwriter Andrews experienced an itinerant child years which wanderlust continuing in his adult years. He spent period employed in menial careers in locations as much afield as Alaska and New Mexico, encounters that would gas his nascent songwriting skill. Andrews’ early apprenticeship like a performer is at blues night clubs before getting wider reputation in 2002 when he earned the brand new Folk Songwriting Competition on the Kerrville Folk Celebration in Tx. His gritty true to life stories and moody delivery fascinated positive notices among the united states folk music community, along with his 2005 debut, Weekend Shoes, enjoying significant success in European countries. Andrews shifted to NEW YORK to utilize manufacturer Todd Sickafoose on materials for the follow-up, Off Monitor Betting. This 2008 discharge utilized a fuller audio than its forerunner but continued to be rooted within a folk context.