An Evening with Devon Sproule, Andy Friedman, & Paul Curreri February 23, 2010

"Exquisite... brings a renewed eloquence to the medium." -The New Yorker

"Original imagery... dynamic finger-style guitar work." -Acoustic Guitar Magazine

"Engaging and honest... sparkling originals." -Relix Magazine

"One of the very finest records I've heard in awhile. And, I don't mean just in this genre. I mean, any genre. As interesting as anything out there." -Vintage Guitar Magazine

His gag cartoons have been published in The New Yorker, but the songs written by "hard scrabble singer-songwriter" (Time Out New York) and "erudite redneck" (Boston Globe) Andy Friedman aren't written for laughs. "Friedman has a mastery of wordy self-loathing that many white dudes with guitars would kill for," says Nashville Scene.

The title track to his debut studio album, 2006's Taken Man (City Salvage Records/Rounder Europe), found itself at number 30 on the New York Post's "207 Best Songs To Download in 2007. " Other songwriters and performers on the extensive list included Amy Winehouse ("Rehab," 1), Neil Young ("Dirty Old Man," 65), Bruce Springsteen ("Radio Nowhere," 114), and 50 Cent ("I Get Money," 205).

Nicknamed the "Hillbilly Leonard Cohen" (Athens News) and "The King of Art Country," (Minneapolis City Pages) Friedman's "fractured folk songs" (Los Angeles Times) explore issues of art, wild dreams, and wanderlust, while celebrating "those who wash down life's knuckle sandwiches with ice-cold despair" (Time Out New York). NPR's Faith Salie adds, "Friedman is not exactly one of those musicians you play while you're paying your bills or cleaning the house. His songs demand that you sit down and listen to them, which is why he is such a hot live act."

In January of 2009 Friedman released his sophomore studio album, Weary Things (City Salvage/Kindred Rhythm), to widespread critical praise. Catch Friedman and his backing band, known as The Other Failures-"one of the most respected bands on the Brooklyn scene" (Cleveland Free Times)-in your town soon.

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http://www.paulcurreri.com/

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