Bio
Andrew is an accomplished singer songwriter, a captivating tap style guitarist and an award winning music producer.
Andrew Smith is one of the few Canadians to have won the prestigious Kerrville Newfolk Songwriting Competition in the USA with his songs ‘Rite of Passage’ and ‘Holes in the Night Sky’. Andrew’s tap style guitar playing is sought out for many collaborative projects and his instrumental cd escape velocity won him the Okanagan Instrumental Artist Award and has been nominated for many international awards.
Andrew has been a music producer since 1998, and is a winner of the Okanagan Producer of the Year award.
From 2010 to 2015 Andrew played in an indie-folk duo with his son Zachari. The father and son duo toured across Canada and Europe and their second cd Stumbling Horse was released in 2014. Since Zach moved to Montreal in 2015 Andrew has been playing and touring with jazz guitarist Neil Fraser.
When not touring, Andrew and Zachari continue to spend their days working out of Lake Studios in both Kelowna and Montreal.