Perth-based independent musician Andrew Winton is an exciting and accomplished performer not to be missed! Andrew combines acoustic, lap slide and dobro guitar, and his unique customdesigned 'Wintonbeast' seven string lap guitar, with stomps, humour and original songwriting to provide an engaging and authentic performance.
Andrew crosses blues, roots, pop, bluegrass and gospel genres, and has engaged a growing audience with his innovative lap guitar playing and dynamic vocals.

About Andrew Winton Award winning and internationally recognised, Andrew is an independent solo artist based in Western Australia. Combining a range of lap slide instruments including the 7-string Wintonbeast with hollers, stomps & melodic vocals, Andrew delivers an engaging and authentic performance. He plays original music with blues, roots, folk, gospel & jazz influences, and has a reputation for stunning slide, infectious rhythms, quirky lyrics & storytelling. Andrew has released three solo albums and is currently touring nationally to launch his latest album ?Surface Tension?. www.andrewwinton.com

RECENT HIGHLIGHTS

supports for Jeff Lang, Lucky Oceans, Anne McCue, Nick Barker, Josh Pyke, Ash Grunwald, Geoff Achison Performed A Day On the Green in Nov 08 with Hoodoo Gurus, Thirsty Merc, Mark Seymour top 10 Australian Songwriters Association awards 2008 Rock/Indie Category top 10 MusicOZ Awards 2008 World/Folk category finalist International Songwriting Competition 2007 in Blues Category nominated for West Australian Music Industry (WAMI) award 2008 Best Guitarist nominated for WAMI 2007 Best Blues/Roots Act invited to perform SxSW music festival Texas 2007 tour of US/Canada 2007 including performances SxSW, Canadian Music Week (Toronto) Aussie BBQ @ SxSW 07 sharing the stage with Hoodoo Gurus, You Am I, Beasts of Bourbon, Airbourne recently contacted by John Mayall (UK) who is performing Andrew's song 'Number's Down' live & plans to record it national tour 06 promoting successful release 'The Decompression Chamber' Winner Australian Songwriters Association best song in Folk/Acoustic category 06 Winner Australian Songwriters Association best live performance @ the awards night 06 finalist MusicOZ awards instrumental category 06

FESTIVAL APPEARANCES (AUSTRALIA) Blue Mountains Festival of Folk, Blues & Roots 08, 06 Maldon Folk Festival 08 Big Sky Readers & Writers Festival 08 Woodford Folk Festival 07 Fairbridge Folk Festival last 7 years Bridgetown Blues Festival last 7 years Blues on Broadbeach 07 National Folk Festival 07, 06 Harboursound Festival Albany 08 West Coast Blues & Roots Festival 07 Illawarra Folk Festival 07 Nannup Music Festival 07, 05, 04 Coastfest 06 Port Fairy Folk Festival 04