Honored to be chosen to showcase at this years Folk Alliance International showcase this year!
Exclusive live acoustic album tracks over at Paste / Noisetrade
Versions of “Embassy to the Airport” & “Welterweight” recorded live in a Montreal hotel room at HHB Canada’s pop us studio with Rory Cloud on guitar/ vocals : STREAM/DOWNLOAD
Parade Magazine says "Nels Andrews Lyrical Pigeon & the Crow will have you dreaming of the sea"
The Bluegrass Situation premieres "Table by the Kitchen"
Folk Radio UK Premiere's second single "Memory Compass"
News of a Nels Andrews single is always worth getting excited over. We described his music as combining “deft storytelling with a warmth of tone and gentleness of pace… Like finding a seashell at the back of a dusty cupboard, putting it to your ear and hearing the ocean.” It is in fact the ocean in Santa Cruz, California that Nels Andrews now calls home, a place that surely inspires him and forms the perfect back-drop for contemplation.. Click to read more/ listen
Popmatters premiere ! Full album to be released August 9th..
Popmatters premiers the first single from “Pigeon & the Crow” here:
Back home through NM / Southwest
Fall UK Tour Dates
SONGS & BOOKS TOUR
JESS MORGAN & NELS ANDREWS
TOURDATES announced for this September and October. Check them out, come see our show, hear the songs and stories, peruse the books...
25 SEPT BEDFORD | ROGANS BOOKS
26 SEPT NORWICH ARTS CENTRE https://norwichartscentre.co.uk/events/jess-morgan-nels-andrews/?spektrix_bounce=true
27 SEPT CRANFORD / OLD FORGE
28 SEPT SHREWSBURY / THE HIVE https://hiveonline.cloudvenue.co.uk/jessmorgannelsandrews
29 SEPT LONDON | SLAUGHTERED LAMB https://www.ticketmaster.co.uk/jess-morgan-and-nels-andrews-slaughtered-lamb-london/venueartist/436156/5302446/
30 SEPT SHEFFIELD | CAFE #9
02 OCT HEBDEN BRIDGE | TRADES CLUB https://thetradesclub.com/events/jess-morgan-and-nels-andrews
03 OCT WIGTOWN BOOK TOWN**
04 OCT ABINGTON | WEE GIG
05 OCT GLASGOW | GLAD CAFE* https://www.ticketmaster.co.uk/glasgow-americana-jess-morgan-nels-andrews-tickets/artist/5301466
10 OCT ORKNEY | THE SOUND ARCHIVE https://www.seetickets.com/event/jess-morgan-and-nels-andrews/the-sound-archive/1378602
12 OCT LOCH TAY | THE BIG SHED
15 OCT EDINBURGH | THE BRIG BELOW
18 OCT COVENTRY | BIG COMFY BOOKSHOP
*matinee performance **venue to be confirmed
Birds of a Different Feather
Pigeon and the Crow:
An Illustrated modern folktale set in the foggy central Californian coast; song depicted via graphic novella.
Pigeon and the Crow is a collaboration between Illustrator Mike Bencze and songwriter Nels Andrews bringing together their worlds of sound and image. brought to you in part by the Arts Council Santa Cruz County.
The project is a fictionalized telling of the true story of a young girl who fed a crow in her backyard and received gifts in return. Here, the relationship re-imagined as a love story, in the form of a supernatural ballad. It's also the first track of Nels' upcoming full length album.
Nels will perform songs from his upcoming album backed by talented full band, and Mike's artwork will be on display. Artwork, CD's, and featured graphic novella (with flexi-disc of the single included!) all available for purchase.
Come join us for an evening of art, song, and collaboration.
Event is free of charge. Pre-order books for $10 each. Buy books day of for $15 each.
RSVP as space is limited: pigeonandthecrow.eventbrite.com
Pigeon and the Crow
As the final mixing comes together for the new album, I'm pleased to announce that, thanks to a Grant from SC arts council, I'll be collaborating with artist/illustrator Mike Bencze on a Graphic Novella based on one of the songs from the upcoming album to be released as a multimedia single in the next year.. whoop!
South of San Gregorio
The new album's coming together beautifully, as the tracks make their transatlantic passages to include the host of international musicians involved.
Here's a teaser of one of the new tunes. "South of San Gregorio" recorded in a cave in the Santa Cruz mountains w/ Dorota Szuta on violin:
Lord Huron's Clubhouse
This week I went into Lord Huron's Clubhouse/studio in LA to begin work on my next project. Irish songbird/flautist Nuala Kennedy is at the helm, guiding a polyrythmic crew. I think we got captured something special... stay tuned.
