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If ever there was a poster boy for musical indecision, Andy Stevens, a hardworking songwriter from Saint John NB, Canada could be a prime contender. In recent years Andy has dipped his hand into many different genres ranging from acoustic love ballads with his White Rabbit persona to spaced out prog rock with the band Born Under Satellites and even some mind-numbing heavy metal with We, The Undersigned, with whom he is currently a member.

At the ripe young age of 26 he may finally be arriving at a place where his sonic thirst may be quenched as a solo artist with his latest full length recording “Awakening” on Sandbar Music. His new offering contains 10 songs of delicious easy to listen to rock with the obvious intent right out of the gate to reach for a higher level of  musical sophistication, not to mention a wider audience than his debut release The Glorious Blindfold.

“I just wanted to write some fun rock ‘n roll songs and basically force myself to tread new lyrical ground than where I’ve been in the past.  I feel like I’ve achieved that.” says Andy when asked what he was trying to accomplish with the new album.

Invaluable contributions to the record came from two of Saint John’s outstanding musicians. Playing drums is Clinton Charlton who is both a songwriter and performer in his own right as well as being the drummer for local folk/rock group the Penny Blacks.   Adam Kierstead, guitarist for  Saint John’s own Hospital Grade plays bass on the record. He is perhaps the most versatile multi-instrumentalist the old port city has to offer.  

“The lyrics and wordplay are breezy, but with a desperate overtone of 'what have we done here...’ ”
- Marc Henwood, 103.5FM The Pirate

 “These songs are well-written modern pop songs that would easily slide onto the playlist of both commercial radio and more open-minded venues like CBC Radio 3 Podcast and campus radio.”
- Nelson Hansen, HERE magazine
Awakening
Label sandbar music
Released September, 2009
Awakening
The Glorious Blindfold
Label Independent
Released December, 2007
The Glorious Blindfold

New Shows and Band Updates!

posted by AndyStevens   

Hey Y'all!  So my escapades with We, The Undersigned (myspace.com/wtu) have come to a temporary halt and during this I'm planning a few more shows to promote "Awakening", the new solo album released in October.  Those that attended the CD release party got to witness the first performance of these songs with a live band.  The one's helping me out on stage are top notch, I expect the next few shows to be even better!

Feb 19th at Babaa's Lounge in Charlottetown with PEI's own THE SIDEWALKS we'll be hitting the island of Prince Edward for the first time!  Very excited for this one.  The night before (18th) we'll be rockin a few tunes at SunStar Lounge in Saint John.  I'd like to see a few local yokels out on the 18th.

Both solo albums can now be purchased ONLINE in the Sandbar Music store by going here: www.sandbarmusic.com/index.php/store.html

That's it for today.  MAY THE FORCE BE WITH YOU- andy

posted by AndyStevens   

earlier posts

New Shows and Band Updates!

posted by AndyStevens on Jan 27, 2010  

Hey world, "Awakening" is complete!

posted by AndyStevens on Sep 17, 2009  

New album and band on the way!

posted by AndyStevens on Jul 03, 2009  

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