Nels Andrews is a folk singer based in Brooklyn, New York. Known primarily as a folk singer, few know of his apprenticeship with cult blues icon Washboard Williams.

In 2002, Andrews was selected as a winner in the prestigious New Folk Competition at the annual Kerrville Folk Festival

Kerrville Folk Festival

The Kerrville Folk Festival is a music festival held for 18 consecutive days in the late spring/early summer at Quiet Valley Ranch near Kerrville, Texas. The event has run on a yearly basis since 1972. In November 2008, the Kerrville Folk Festival and Kerrville Wine & Music Festival were acquired...

 in Kerrville, Texas

Texas

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. Past winners of this coveted award include, Eric Taylor

Eric Taylor (musician)

Eric Taylor is an American singer-songwriter from Texas. He is known for his anecdotal songs which often take the form of short stories. In addition to Taylor's seven solo releases, his songs have been recorded by Nanci Griffith, Lyle Lovett and many others.-Biography:Eric Taylor was born in...

, Steve Earle

Steve Earle

Stephen Fain "Steve" Earle is an American singer-songwriter known for his rock and Texas Country as well as his political views. He is also a producer, author, a political activist, and an actor, and has written and directed a play....

, Nanci Griffith

Nanci Griffith

Nanci Griffith, is an American singer, guitarist and songwriter from Austin, Texas.-Biography:...

, Lyle Lovett

Lyle Lovett

Lyle Pearce Lovett is an American singer-songwriter and actor. Active since 1980, he has recorded thirteen albums and released 21 singles to date, including his highest entry, the number 10 chart hit on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs chart, "Cowboy Man"...

 and Slaid Cleaves

Slaid Cleaves

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.

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.

Nels Andrews' debut full-length recording, Sunday Shoes rose to #1 on the UK Americana Chart, and finished the year ranked #4 on the Euro Americana Chart's Top 20 albums of 2004.

Andrews frequently appears in concert with AJ Roach

AJ Roach

' is an American singer-songwriter originally from Virginia, but now based in Brooklyn, NY. Roach was born in Newport News, Virginia, but his family moved to his parents ancestral home in Duffield, Virginia when Roach was still very young....

. The two have toured together in the United States and Europe in late 2006.http://www.the-medicineshow.co.uk/nelsandrews/pressroomajnels/index.html

Discography

Studio albums

• Sunday Shoes (March 15, 2005, self released)
• Off Track Betting (2008, Reveal Records)

EPs & singles

• Some Pig (EP)
• Duct Tape & Whiskey (split single with AJ Roach
  AJ Roach
  ' is an American singer-songwriter originally from Virginia, but now based in Brooklyn, NY. Roach was born in Newport News, Virginia, but his family moved to his parents ancestral home in Duffield, Virginia when Roach was still very young....
  
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Compilations

• Before the Goldrush: The Covers Project (2008, A Nest of Eggs) [A Project Benefit Teach for America, includes cover of Tom Waits
  Tom Waits
  Thomas Alan "Tom" Waits is an American singer-songwriter, composer, and actor. Waits has a distinctive voice, described by critic Daniel Durchholz as sounding "like it was soaked in a vat of bourbon, left hanging in the smokehouse for a few months, and then taken outside and run over with a car."...
  
  ' "I Hope I Don't Fall in Love with You"]
• American Meth: The Soundtrack (2009, The American Meth Education Foundation) [Includes 3 tracks by Andrews, 11 by other artists]