Artist Description
"The perfect blend of Midwestern thoughtfulness and New Yorker gruff. Some have even compared his post-Americana rock to the Boss. Yowza."-The L Magazine (NYC)
"Blue-collar folk music from New York City. I simply love it when a young artist takes an old musical genre and blows the dust off; fiddles about with the mechanics and makes it their own. Andrew Vladeck wears his influences on his sleeve and regular Maverick readers will easily spot Dylan, Van Zandt, Cohen and even ‘Nebraska’-era Springsteen in the mix on THE WHEEL but Andrew Vladeck has thrown all of these ingredients into the air and added a good dose of cayenne pepper to come up with his own intriguing fusion of modern and classic folk music."
-Maverick (UK)
Some of New York Singer-Songwriter Andrew Vladeck’s musical contributions are best known via his other bands, The Honey Brothers and Balthrop, Alabama, but Vladeck’s new solo EP and its companion book signal his turn towards literary, alt-folk traditions. Coming on the heels of 2008’s The Wheel, Vladeck will be wrapping up solo tours of US and Europe with a performance at Joe’s Pub on June 15.
Andrew Vladeck’s music mixes the modern and the historical, the urban fold and Americana. After an unusual career as a New York City Park Ranger, the native-born multi-instrumentalist walked out of Central Park to play a lot more music. On his upcoming EP, Passing Knowledge (End Up/Sonic Rendezvous), he balances spirited, lyrical-driven songs with finger-style instrumentation, deft wit, and some freewheeling fun. This recording signals a new direction for Vladeck, one in which he combines his strengths: his virtuosic handle on traditional folk music, and and his award-winning songwriting (first place in the International Songwriting Competition, judged by Tom Waits and Brian Wilson). Andrew is joined on this record by Lauren Balthrop, Colette Alexander and others NYC friends. Andrew was featured on BBC’s The World, and was voted NYC Artist of the Month in The Deli Magazine.
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