Nels Andrews is a folk singer based in Santa Cruz, California.
In 2002, Andrews was selected as a winner in the New Folk Competition at the annual
Kerrville Folk Festival
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Kerrville
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, Texas. In 2006, Nels was selected as the winner of the Telluride Bluegrass Festival's Troubadour Competition. In August 2006, Nels was selected as a winner of the Mountain Stage New Song Competition. Andrews' debut full-length recording, ''Sunday Shoes'' rose to Number 1 on the UK Americana Chart, and finished the year ranked Number 4 on the Euro Americana Chart's Top 20 albums of 2004.
Discography
Studio albums
* ''Sunday Shoes'' (March 15, 2005, self-released)
[Ronnie D. Lankford, Jr.]
Review: Sunday Shoes
AllMusic
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* ''Off Track Betting'' (2008, Reveal Records)
* ''Scrimshaw'' (2012)
EPs & singles
* ''Some Pig'' (EP)
* ''Duct Tape & Whiskey'' (split single with
AJ Roach)
References
American folk singers
American male singer-songwriters
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
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