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Environmental engineer-turned-singer/songwriter Andrew McKnight is a high energy crowd pleaser for audiences from intimate unplugged house concerts to large festival stages. Equal parts Shenandoah Valley storyteller and poet blended with ever-present strains of the historian, geographer and naturalist, his rurally-based music reflects an oral history built on the past while firmly musically rooted in the present. Andrew's insightful lyrics, vocal richness and bluesy guitar licks have become distinctive trademarks, whether drawing contemporary parallels to Thomas Jefferson's relationship with Sally Hemings ("Diary"), conjuring up spooky apparitions in Louisiana's refinery swamps ("Chemical Voodoo"), penning a letter from the present to Confederate war hero Colonel John Mosby, or using a Cadillac El Dorado as a whimsical metaphor for graceful aging ("Million Miles Together").
Andrew has released three critically acclaimed CDs on the independent Falling Mountain Music label. His tour itinerary includes 125-150 dates annually across North America, with past performances at the John F. Kennedy Center and the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta; legendary listening rooms like the Birchmere (DC), Anderson Fair (Houston), Eddie's Attic (Atlanta) and Nashville's Bluebird Cafe; and festivals including Chattanooga's Riverbend Festival, the Herndon and Country Roads Folk Festivals, and Baltimore's huge Artscape festival. In addition to solo performances, Andrew is a member of the exciting Appalachian roots music trio Dang Varmints!, whose energetic and eclectic blend of original folk, oldtime, blues, bluegrass and Celtic music, 3-part harmonies and great stories have delighted audiences around the mid-Atlantic states. He also leads workshops on songwriting, guitar technique, various aspects of the acoustic music industry, and environmental issues. Andrew enjoys an artist endorsement with Elixir Strings.
We invite you to enjoy Andrew's music; you can scroll down and select whatever looks and sounds interesting, or you can try one of these streaming MP3 radio playlists we've put together from Andrew's CDs and concert recordings.
CD Samplers
Turning Pages (2001, CD only)
Where This River Runs (1998, CD/cassette)
Traveler (1995, CD/cassette)
Theme-Oriented Playlists
Environmental, Landscape and River Songs
History and Heritage Songs
"blends wry and romantic stories with keen tuneful observations in a delicious mix of folk, blues and bluegrass... a man not to be missed!"
The National Theatre
"His ability to write songs left me with visions of Staines, Mallett, and Gorka, and I found Andrew McKnight to be one of the most exciting new contemporary talents to come along in years"
Tidewater Friends of Folk Music
"Pick your favorite poet or balladeer and McKnight will equal them with an Appalachian soul"
Victory Review
For more about Andrew including tour dates across North America, please visit his website at www.shenandoahacoustics.com/andrew.
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| A soft country folk song about old lovers staying older friends |
CD: Turning Pages
Label: Falling Mountain Music
Credits: İCatalooch Music, BMI |
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| Live concert recording and monologue of Andrew's anti-sprawl message to Confederate war hero John Mosby, whose historic significance now protects parts of rural northwestern Virginia from massive development. Studio version on "Turning Pages" |
CD: Turning Pages
Label: Falling Mountain Music
Credits: Andrew McKnight |
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| Uptempo country folk; inspired by two lanes, a South Dakota sunset, and lots of room to think. |
CD: Where This River Runs
Label: Falling Mountain Music
Credits: İAndrew McKnight, Catalooch Music, BMI |
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