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Feb 20 / Lawrence, KS
Mass Street Music – Feb 20,12:30 PM
Feb 22 / NYC, NY
Guitar Center Manhattan – Feb 22, 7:00 PM
Feb 23 / New York City, NY
Highline Ballroom – Feb 23, 8:00 PM
Feb 24 / Boston, MA
Showcase Live – Feb 24, 8:00 PM
Feb 25 / Oxford Valley, PA (Philadelphia suburb)
Best Buy Oxford Valley, PA – Feb 25, 4:30 PM

News

Special Events/Clinics news celebrating the Joyland release

January 22, 2010 12:08 PM
Special Events/Clinics news

A couple of quick announcements: doing some really fun special events scheduled around the digital release of the Joyland album on Feb 23.  All are FREE and will feature a guitar clinic, meet and greet, and performance of some of my tunes. Plus, very cool giveaways and prizes including a Yamaha Acoustic, D'Addario strings and much more.

I'm committed to spreading the joy of fingerstyle guitar and, whenever possible, incorporating worthy non-profit music oriented school or outreach programs because the need for music in our lives is more critical than ever, imo. Please note: Aside from my music in-stores stuff- I will be doing similar programs with a few public schools - so these won't be open to the general public but to the students in various music programs.  Here are the dates that i have so far (more posting shortly):

Sat Feb 20, 2010 Mass Street Music in Lawrence Kansas (http://www.massstreetmusic.com/) in-conjuntion with Americana Music Academy  http://www.americana-music.org/ 

Monday Feb 22, 2010 7pm NYC Guitar Center Manhattan 25 West 14th Street (between 5th & 6th Ave) New York, NY 10011 (212) 463-7500

Thursday Feb 25, 2010 Best Buy Oxford Valley, PA (a Philadelphia suburb) - there is a video game related contest so please check with this store for more details:

http://stores.bestbuy.com/577/2010/01/21/world-reknowned-acoustic-guitar-virtuoso-andy-mckee-in-store-appearance-feb-25th-2010/

Just added France and Spain dates

January 21, 2010 4:37 PM
Hi Everybody, just added a week in France and couple of days in Spain - we are still trying to squeeze more dates in Spain as my booking calendar is really starting to hum along now.  See you all very soon and I'm looking forward to rocking out with ya!

Cheers, Andy

Holland Dates Added!

January 13, 2010 10:46 AM
Hiya Folks, just added Netherlands dates for early May 2010. To all my Dutch fans see ya soon & can't wait to bring the Joyland tour your way!  Cheers, Andy.

Happy New Year! US tour dates and other news..

December 31, 2009 1:28 PM

Hi Everybody,

Ringing in the New Year a bit early with big HELLO to y'all... I really hope 2010 is the best year ever for you guys. 

Couple of notes: The new record, Joyland, comes out in about 2 months with a bunch of killer new videos so please watch for those. I am also hearing from a bunch of folks that guitar magazines (UK, US, and other places) are seeking nominations for "Best of 2009" and "Best-guitar-player-of-the-Year" things. Any support you could lend my way would be greatly appreciated on that end.

Just got a new Xbox 360 so I can cut down on the split screen action on the home front and be a smoother multi-player game guy. My wife and I are both revisiting Oblivion and we were tired of waiting for hours to take turns running around the forests of Cyrodiil!

Ok enough of that dorky business.


Wishing you a bunch of peace as we go through the next months of busy-busy holiday stuff.


Saludos and Cheers!


Andy

Celebrate the release of Joyland with me in New York Feb 23, 2010

December 10, 2009 6:05 PM
Hi Everybody, my new CD Joyland is coming out on Razor and Tie Records on Feb 23, 2010 and I want to celebrate this with a kick-off gig, aka "CD release party", at New York City's Highline Ballroom. My good friend and stellar musician Johnny Dickinson will be opening the show. This will be a great night of music.  Also, I will be posting more US dates shortly but wanted to let y'all know the news as soon as everything's confirmed. Can't wait to see you soon! Cheers, Andy

Tons O' stuff happening – Concert dates, video shoots, Album updates & more - So let’s get to it!

November 23, 2009 1:39 PM

Hey guys! So I've just finished up recording my new album, Joyland, and it should be going off to mastering this week. I also just wrapped up shooting some video that we plan to include with the CD. It'll have some notes about the songs and recording process as well as some general interview bits. On this album I've branched out a bit and included some instrumentation on a couple of songs. There's also a new harpguitar tune and a couple of covers including another one of my favorite 80's tunes. It should be be available in February! 

Concert dates – Hello 2010 touring calendar!  Posting dates today as a matter of fact.

I will support Joyland with a ton of touring! I am starting in the US, going to the UK, then to Europe and back to the US. It is my plan to play as many different cities and countries in the world as I can in the next 2 years (wow, did I just say that??? EXCELLENT!)  So, if you don’t see your country listed (or your city for that matter)  please be patient and keep watching for dates. I am expecting to go to Asia, the Middle East, Oceania, and South America. I'll keep you posted!

I can’t wait to see you all and share my new music with you.

Cheers and Saludos!

Andy

Thanks, Everybody!

October 23, 2009 8:49 AM

Hi Everybody, Thanks for watching the videos... just found out that For My Father just crossed 4M and Drifting just crossed 25M. I am humbled and thrilled by your support. Cheers! Andy

CNN, Sweden gig, Youtube/Andymckee channel updates and more!

October 22, 2009 2:35 PM
Hi everybody!
 
Just got back from the International Guitar Festival in Uppsala, Sweden.  I had a crazy good time there at the clinic and the show! National TV and press were awesome but the fans were absolutely unbelievable, thanks for such a warm welcome and for hanging out after the show. Nice to meet y'all!

I really enjoyed the group Inti-Illimani Historico, an phenomenal band from Chile. They played with the noted classical guitarist John Williams. They KICKED OUT THE F'ING JAMS! Their lead song writer, Horatio Salinas is the real meal freaking deal. Check 'em out as soon as you can because they are really good.  http://www.intiillimani.org/ 

Got some love last week from CNN - Headlines news with Robin Meade .. thanks to all who wrote and twittered about this..its just awesome!! Check on this link...
The Andy McKee Youtube channel has been great and frustrating simultaneously.  A lot of international fans can see a bunch of the new stuff, while many others can't. These markets are being checked into as we speak. This has been a multi-week process and your patience is greatly appreciated. I've been using facebook for status checks so thanks to everyone around the world for helping me figure out what countries area able to see it and which ones aren't. Your support means everything to me and I remain committed to making sure that everyone who wants to the new vids can see them. Next year when I start touring again, I want to start posting a bunch of new stuff that is not necessarily just my music videos.  It may be your takes on my songs or just video highlights of the everyday world as I encounter it.

Portugal is on the horizon! I just confirmed the venue in Fafe, PT for Nov 12 so if you can make it please look to see if this city is the right place for you.  The venue looks great from what I have seen online.  For those folks wanting to catch a live show, these will be my last dates until I start my tour next year to support the new record. On that front, I am still hoping for a February release date for the new record... of course, I will send updates on that as it gets closer.

Time to get back to the olde geetar and write some tunes. See you all very soon.

Andy

International viewing on the new videos is now rolling ... maybe or maybe not

October 8, 2009 12:14 PM

Still not there for my international pals - hoping any minute now.  Trying lots of technology workarounds.  thx, Andy... & I will update this post as this evolves.

Alrighty... we should be International right now! make that, that's what I am talking about !!! Please let me know if anything doesn't work or any if country that you live in  can't see this. Let me know right away. You should all be able to see at least 10 new videos with more stuff coming up on-line shortly. Thanks for hanging in there - Andy


http://www.youtube.com/andymckee



videos reposted in HD and trying to solve a mystery

October 1, 2009 2:05 PM
Just had the videos reposted in HD and trying to solve a mystery of why anyone outside the USA can't  see these. Love the technology but the snafu's are lame.  Thanks for keeping with me as this gets figured out. Andy

Drifting - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNas_ur14wo

Africa - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYAfxmf-5FA

Rylynn - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmJTEEKOSEI