andyblue

his stunning vibrato vocals his voice is often compared to Cat Stevens and Burl Ives.
Accompanying himself on piano and guitar, his vast reportoire ranges through topical
blues, political satire, union songs, and contemporary folk, a library of several hundred
pieces. In his early career he worked as a music therapist and Over the past 15 years he has studied with many famous musicians including
Joseph Shabalala (leader of Ladysmith Black Mambazo), Peggy Seeger,
Chris Williamson, John Cephas (Cephas & Wiggins), Ann Rabson (Saphire, The
Uppity Blues Women), Mary Flower, Steve James, Lil Waterson, Andrea Clearfield,
Richard Drueding, and others, and is considered Philadelphia's leading
labor/protest singer. In addition to performing for many civil-rights and labor groups
he leads a commercial act known as Andyblue & The Blues Missionaries.