Andrew McKnight

Tomorrow is September 11th, and has been my personal custom for many years now, I will be quiet on social media. In these insane times we're living in, those reasons feel ever more poignant now....

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Tonight dear friends, Sunday March 30th at #EarpsOrdinary in #FairfaxVA, please come get your good self some musical medicine for the soul. We’d sure love to sing for you, and we’ve got quite a show planned. Dinner and drinks available, walk up tickets when doors open at 4pm.

If you need a break, come out to the nearby mts of eastern WV. #CaponBridge is 4 miles over the state line, just 25 minutes from #WinchesterVA. Would do us all some good to be together in community & connection, right? Let's sing, let's raise a glass, share a hug, & be human together. #musicheals

There's snow on the ground, a bite in the wind, and all of the warm clothes are out of storage, but it will be warm and cozy here in the "Make-a-Living Room" Thursday night. It goes down at 8pm EST at youtube.com/live/AD5NL5O...

Times We're Living In, by Andrew McKnight from the album Something Worth Standing For

For my blue friends & followers here, I wrote this in 2007, but it feels even more timely now. I hope singing along with the chorus helps gets some of those courage and resilience neurochemicals going for you. These are the times we're living in. andrewmcknight.bandcamp.com/track/times-...

Ahhhh, back in the office with 2 of my 3 bandies today 😉 We'll update the blog shortly; a great day aside from getting stuck on the studio access road! Video rolled too, but I don't know how many of the belly laugh moments got caught on film. Follow our progress andrewmcknight.net/beyond-borde...

Our system already punishes the poor, but I fear it's about to get so much worse. "And insurance corporations shall lead them..."

Photo of full "Winter Wolf moon" rising over a snowy field and hilltop with pink sunset glow clouds. Photo 2025©Andrew McKnight

Taking advantage of our first snowy winter in three years, and while admiring the sunset glow the other night, the Wolf Moon said "hey, look at me!".
2025©Andrew McKnight

Header photo of a winter creek reflecting pink skies and bare trees, the January cover image of "A Storytender's Journey", the monthly E-zine (newsletter) from singer/songwriter/guitarist Andrew McKnight.

The mid-winter E-Zine will soon be out to 3,000 email inboxes. I'd dearly love to connect directly instead of via social algo$. It's a few seconds to subscribe at andrewmcknight.net plus clicking one confirmation email. You'll get only one email/mo. but my continuous gratitude forevermore!

Wherever you are, however you spend this day, whatever you hold close at this season of the year, may your flame burn bright and warm, and may you know the comfort and joy of being loved, for you most certainly are.
Merry Christmas to you ❤ 🎄✨

We started a blog about the Beyond Borders 2025 #recording project; please check out "Day 1 is in the Books!" (And no pressure, but those are Les's platinum & gold records for Will the Circle Be Unbroken watching over EVERYTHING WE DO lol.) andrewmcknight.net/beyond-borde... #music #singersongwriter

View of singer, writer and guitarist Andrew McKnight's livestream set up by the Christmas tree in his "Make a Living" room, with snow outside the windows.

My "office" yesterday for my two Winter Holiday Livestream shows. It really did snow during the whole afternoon show, and here's the proof. I didn't actually play the #resonatorguitar yesterday, but the #Martin, #Lowden & #Fairbuilt were busy!
#singersongwriter #folk #winterholiday #guitar

Header image from December edition of "A Storytender's Journey", the monthly E-Zine from singer, writer and guitarist Andrew McKnight

#Streaming + pandemic + social algorithm$ = huge challenge$ for #indie artists. A simple act of support for #artists & creatives you value? Subscribe to the email list & remove the algo$ from the equation! It takes a few seconds on andrewmcknight.net & I'd be grateful! Dec. drops this afternoon.

ok, done :)

Maybe rather than a top-down starting with the candidate, maybe first the Dems need to build the grassroots to actually compete in Iowa. Lucas Koonce in neighboring MO went after runaway Josh relentlessly for well over a year, and there's not much to show for it.

Webcard featuring a close up of a Christmas tree, announcing singer, writer, guitarist and "storytender" Andrew McKnight hosts his 15th annual Winter Holiday Vidcast (livestream) on his YouTube channel (@andrewmcknightdotnet) this Sunday Dec. 15th; two shows, one at 3pm EST/8pm GMT, and a second at 8pm EST/5pm PST.

My 15th! Annual #WinterHoliday #Livestream from the "Make-a-Living Room", an hour of live musical mischief & seasonal joy (but not much seasonal music ;). Family & friends across the Atlantic, 1st show is 3pm EST/8pm GMT, 2nd is 8pm EST stateside. Please join me at youtube.com/andrewmcknig...

Times We're Living In, by Andrew McKnight from the album Something Worth Standing For

I'm flattered & grateful for a wave of followers from the #leadwithkindness side of the great divide. I'm no lawyer or activist, but I try to "fill the well" for all working for #democracy. Wish this song wasn't more timely than when I wrote it in '06. andrewmcknight.bandcamp.com/track/times-...

Andrew McKnight's 6 solo album covers including the album and book set Treasures in My Chest, plus Andrew McKnight & Beyond Borders live One Virginia Night CD and Andrew's hard rock legacy project, Nor'easter's Calm Before the Storm album.

Tomorrow is #BandcampFriday, where 100% of sales are passed through to lots of very grateful artists, me included! I handle the shipping so I can sign #holidaygifts for someone special. Please do come have a look & listen at andrewmcknight.bandcamp.com - I have 2 live concerts as download-only too.

The Mystery of My Backyard Jane Doe December 4, 2024. It's been over a year now.  During my shows for most of the last year since it happened last October, I've been sharing the story of t...

My 2024 audiences have heard about the murder victim buried 50 years in the cemetery behind my house, exhumed last fall with hopes of identifying her. Sadly, #DNA hasn't yet solved the case. I remain ever hopeful that her name is not lost to history & her family. andrewmcknight.net/blog/blog/74...

Andrew McKnight & Beyond Borders featuring founding Nitty Gritty Dirt Band member Les Thompson (on R with upright bass), at work in Les's Cabin Studios on a mountain near Leesburg VA

Pretty thrilled that tonight is our kick-off session for our long-awaited Andrew McKnight & Beyond Borders #recording project. All these years we've written songs together & done them at shows - over an album's worth! - and tonight we lay out the map at our #CabinStudios. #singersongwriter

YouTube video by Andrew McKnight "A Dram to the Holidays" - Andrew McKnight

A tribute to my ancestors, living in low light with not a lot to be hopeful about, yet finding joy & spark in the holiday season. I've sung it with people from the stage, in churches & in glorious harmony around the tree at our holiday party. To you, "A Dram to the Holidays" youtu.be/4zjap3Jzw7w

Those who've known my work as a folkish #singer/songwriter the past 3 decades might be surprised - or not! - that I have a secret past as a #hardrock #guitarist ;) Restored, remixed & released during the pandemic; try a kickstart to your day streaming at noreasterrocks.bandcamp.com/album/calm-b...

Thank you my friend - I use it mostly for following news accounts I've grown to trust over the last couple years; anyone who knows me would likely agree that "micro-blogging" is not one of my strengths lol.

Andrew McKnight (on R) and Beyond Borders, live at the Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk VA, November 7, 2024.

Very happy 2025's calendar is filling in places I'm thrilled to be going; some solo, some w/ Beyond Borders. Among my holiday leftovers; gratitude to everyone who got dressed, drove & spent a couple hours w/me IRL last month. I am mighty thankful for all the blessings in this crazy musical life. 💝

YouTube video by Google Thanksgiving 2013 Google Doodle

I remember when this came out, and I still think it's a cool little decoration for my Thanksgiving. Can't help but grin, and it's fine fiddle music too 😉
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Great news, wishing you both a great feast of gratitude - Happy Thanksgiving!

Singer/songwriter, guitarist and "storytender" Andrew McKnight standing in front of the Blue Ridge foothills smiling with coffee mug.

For you lovely new BlueSky followers, please forgive me if I'm slow on the follow back. If I know you, I'm happy to do so, but sometimes it's hard to tell from your handle (by all means, please pipe up if I do and I'll gladly follow back). Practicing #kindness here, like I do everywhere else.

Photo of Andrew McKnight & Beyond Borders together after a concert, from webcard for their show Nov. 24, 2024 at Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church, 26 West Boscawen St., Winchester VA. Showtime is 4pm.

We return for a show at the Godfrey Miller Center series at Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church in #WinchesterVA this Sunday at 4pm. After the show go enjoy one of the many restaurants a short walk away on the Walking Mall. Meet my band andrewmcknight.net/andrew-mckni... #folk #Americana #acoustic

Image of three acoustic guitars upright on stands, with a resonator guitar laying on the hardwood floor in front of them. Photo by Christi Porter

It isn't booking shows & tours that keep roof overhead, but I sure have been playing #guitar a lot lately. My phone is filling up with creative fragments; I need to craft them into something soon. Right now, it just brings #joy. (My fave is whichever one I'm playing!) Photo by Christi Porter.

Webcard for Virginia singer/songwriter, guitarist and "storytender" Andrew McKnight's upcoming house concert in Bristol CT Sunday Nov. 17 at 7:30pm. For more info please visit his website http://andrewmcknight.net.

Western #Connecticut friends - I'm doing a #houseconcert in my dad's hometown of Bristol Sunday, 7:30pm. A concert unplugged & up close in a lovely old house together with lovely people. Still a few seats available - please RSVP & join us! As always, tour details & other news andrewmcknight.net