As well as being a writer, Andy is an accomplished musician and songwriter, who plays mandolin and English Border bagpipes.

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He is the founder of Telling the Bees - darkly crafted Acid Folk with pagan undertones. Check out the myspace site - new recordings coming soon.


Andy was a founder member of Jabberwocky, a troupe of medieval minstrels who played at festivals (including Glastonbury, Croissant Neuf stage) throughout the nineties. He has been a member of various bands including: The Space Goats, Celtarabia, Paescod, Nonimus.

He currently plays pipes in an, as yet, unnamed trio with Colin Fletcher (guitar/double bass) and Jane Griffiths (violin, viola, concertina), and directs The Hurly Burly Band - a Rabelaisian carnival street band which appears only once a year, on the streets of Oxford on May Morning.

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