“Andrew Cadie consistently captivates audiences with his virtuoso and rousing performances, whether on the guitar or the traditional folk fiddle, accompanying some songs with his wonderfully clear, powerful voice.”
– Lauffener Bote (Germany)
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Andrew Cadie is a highly distinctive singer, multi-instrumentalist, and songwriter who inhabits a crossroads between the traditional folk music of his native Northumberland and the words and sounds of the vinyl heyday.
His own writing and performance style is deeply informed by an enormous internalised repertoire of traditional work songs, American folk and soul, fiddle and pipe tunes and even some psychedelic rock. Through a decade of busking this material during his formative years, powerful elements of all of these styles have merged in to a highly personal blend. Andrew Cadie’s solo show is marked out by his powerful live-energy and engaging stage-presence. Audiences in small venues and at large festivals have already been wowed with everything from stomping guitar anthems, intense fiddle-singing renditions and wild dance tunes, culminating in standing ovations and multiple encores.
Based in Germany, he has been one half of the multi award-winning duo Broom Bezzums for 20 years. The band continue to tour all over Europe, with over 700 gigs and six albums under their belts. However, during pandemic live-streams Andrew found a new type of joy in the intensity of facing an audience alone. He started crafting a set with brand new songs for a parallel career as a solo-performer. Keep Hauling, the modern-day shanty Andrew wrote in his kitchen while frying eggs, is probably his best-known song to date. It was covered by Devonian acoustic supergroup, Show of Hands and used by Cornish shantymen, Fishermans Friends in their eponymous film before Broom Bezzums recorded it themselves. Andrew now even has a solo “cover version” of his own song!
“A musical cultural treasure under a new star: His often highly virtuosic guitar accompaniments greatly enhance these melodies, creating ballad-like psychograms and moods that move us because they seem so authentic and alive.”
– Die Rheinpfalz (Germany)
“He’s a musician with an ear for a finely tuned melody – his playing is both sensitive and crafted… Soulful, evocative, lyrically convincing songs.”
– The Living Tradition (UK)