Artist description Andy Ewen is best known as the fiery electric guitarist and vocalist with Honor Among Thieves, one of Madison, WI's most respected and longest lived bands. Andrando Solo is his first effort completely on his own, and represents a more intimate, though equally intense side of Ewen's music.

Music Style Surreal folk-blues

Musical Influences Robert Johnson, Robert Zimmerman,Muddy Waters,Richard Thompson,John Lee Hooker,Leonard Cohen,Howlin' Wolf,Nick Drake,John Fahey, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, John Lennon and Captain Beefheart.

Similar Artists Tom Waits, Dylan, Jorma Kaukonen, Leonard Cohen, Blind Willie Johnson, Robert Johnson on Acid..

Instruments voice and guitar

Albums Solo: Andrando Solo. With Band: When the World Runs Fast, United Mindworkers, Four Songs, The Vision and a Friend, and Primordial Soup du Jour.

Press Reviews "I think about Andy all the time...(he) rides that blues groove with great skill and understanding, and really takes it out there" -Knitting Factory Owner Michael Dorf ( Isthmus 1/1/99) "Andy's extremely gifted...(he)has this inner geometric language that's all his own, as well as this amazing capacity to marshall free association into verifiable product" -nationally syndicated cartoonist P.S. Mueller ( Isthmus 1/1/99) "Ewen is a monster" -Manhattan's "Downtown" weekly "an intimate and riveting album" -The Capital Times' Rhythm section in an article about "Andrando Solo"

Location Madison, WI - USA

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