Music in New York Notes
Featuring stories and photos from my NYC days and about my NYC musician friends. ⇨ Read more
Andy May
Andy May’s activities and appearances
A Musician’s Journey
It’s a Musician’s Life:
The times, the places, the bands, philosophical musings, and annotated photos from my own journey as a musician. ⇨ Read more
The Philosophies of Friends
My goal is – and always has been – to contribute something positive with my music. Here are some thoughts from others that have carried me through the years. ⇨ Read more
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Harry Warner: Music City Icon
“Let me tell you why I am the luckiest person on Earth.” That is how my friend, Harry Warner, would often start a conversation with a total stranger at the coffee shop that we visited during one of our semi-regular “get-togethers.” ⇨ Read more
Register for Acoustic Kids, Walnut Valley Festival
Perform on-stage at the Walnut Valley Festival! Musicians aged 16 or younger of all skill levels are encouraged to participate. You don’t have to be an advanced player to be an Acoustic Kid… but you can be! Questions? Problems? Please let us know using our Contact form.
“The Bluegrass Situation” on Curtis McPeake and “Leather Britches” (McPeake & May, “The Good Things”)
…The fact that [Curtis] McPeake has been named a recipient of one of 2018’s Distinguished Achievement Awards from the International Bluegrass Music Association should come as no surprise. But, McPeake will not be accepting the award from retirement: Earlier this year [McPeake] and his collaborator, multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Andy May, released a full-length album, The Good Things (Outweigh the Bad). On its final track, “Leather Britches,” you can hear that same timelessness in McPeake’s duet with Nashville stalwart fiddler Aubrey Haynie. They kick the tune with fiddle and banjo only, showcasing that classic pre-bluegrass format, Haynie fiddling fantastically far and wide while McPeake holds it all together with his three-finger roll, seventy years in the making. ⇨ Read more