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Unfamiliar with Andy Kimbel? Read on:
"His music is passionate, energetic and emotionally charged. Often, Andy will dazzle his audience with bluesy improvisations making it almost impossible to hear the same song performed twice the same way."
Andy
Kimbel is a very talented folk and country-blues performer whose star is rising quickly on
the national blues and folk scene. Listen to him play and you will hear the influences of
traditional blues, folk, R&B and a touch of New
Orleans
style roots music.
Hard to pigeonhole, Kimbel has been likened to Lightning Hopkins, John Hammond and Leo
Kotkke. He performs a unique selection of material that ranges from gentle ballads and
pointed originals, to hard driving country blues and slide guitar using various tunings
and harmonics. His own distinct interpretations set him apart
and give even old traditional blues a new face. Andy is a great improviser, often
re-inventing words and music using the themes of traditional blues stemming from the early
20’s to the mid 30’s.
"His always expressive guitar playing that ranges from frolicking and exuberant to driving and soulful. Whether picking, plucking, or using a skillful slide, Kimbel brings to the stage vision of the roots of American Music that conjures up everything from rambling railroad trains to dark and lonely nights of solitary traveling"...Big Shout Magazine
WXPN Philadelphia PA declares, "Andy's knocking them dead with his original material!" Andy's picture graced the cover of the Philadelphia Inquirer earlier in his career. The accompanying article hailed Andy as "Definitely the finest singer songwriters doing the blues on the local scene." Dan Maher of the popular Inland Folk radio program heard in Washington State says: "Some of the most incredible guitar finger picking I have ever heard." Michael Paul, WPGR Wilmington says: "Andy is one of the most talented, passionate and energetic singer songwriters." The Syracuse Post Standard declares: "Andy Kimbel is an emotional force in his own right".
In June 2002, Andy was promoting his tour dates, Blues &Other Moods CD and Web Site by performing on national television for hundreds of thousands of viewers regularly on QVC's Jammin' in the Kitchen with Steve Bryant. Now On his tours, Andy has been playing as many as 135 shows a year performing at festivals, folk and blues halls, and workshops. His new tour will continue through the winter of 2007.
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