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Andrew McKnight
@andrewmcknight.bsky.social
Lucky to be human, a dad, touring #singersongwriter, recording artist, author, filmmaker?, #familyhistorian & most of all a "storytender" - please visit http://andrewmcknight.net. #UU, former Enviro Engr., go #Caps & #Nats!, #nativegarden, ❤️ 2 cook
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For you lovely new BlueSky followers, please forgive me if I'm slow on the follow back. If I know you, I'm happy to do so, but sometimes it's hard to tell from your handle (by all means, please pipe up if I do and I'll gladly follow back). Practicing #kindness here, like I do everywhere else.
If you follow me on Spotify, I'm grateful that you did, and in case you want to know why my music will be leaving the platform at the end of November... andrewmcknight.net/news/blog/76...
November 7, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Tomorrow is September 11th, and has been my personal custom for many years now, I will be quiet on social media. In these insane times we're living in, those reasons feel ever more poignant now....

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My Day of Social Media Silence
September 10, 2018 As has been my custom for a decade now to mark the tragedy of 9/11, I will refrain from posting on social media for the day. In these...
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September 11, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Tonight dear friends, Sunday March 30th at #EarpsOrdinary in #FairfaxVA, please come get your good self some musical medicine for the soul. We’d sure love to sing for you, and we’ve got quite a show planned. Dinner and drinks available, walk up tickets when doors open at 4pm.
March 30, 2025 at 2:22 PM
If you need a break, come out to the nearby mts of eastern WV. #CaponBridge is 4 miles over the state line, just 25 minutes from #WinchesterVA. Would do us all some good to be together in community & connection, right? Let's sing, let's raise a glass, share a hug, & be human together. #musicheals
February 1, 2025 at 3:56 AM
There's snow on the ground, a bite in the wind, and all of the warm clothes are out of storage, but it will be warm and cozy here in the "Make-a-Living Room" Thursday night. It goes down at 8pm EST at youtube.com/live/AD5NL5O...
January 23, 2025 at 12:05 AM
For my blue friends & followers here, I wrote this in 2007, but it feels even more timely now. I hope singing along with the chorus helps gets some of those courage and resilience neurochemicals going for you. These are the times we're living in. andrewmcknight.bandcamp.com/track/times-...
Times We're Living In, by Andrew McKnight
from the album Something Worth Standing For
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January 18, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Ahhhh, back in the office with 2 of my 3 bandies today 😉 We'll update the blog shortly; a great day aside from getting stuck on the studio access road! Video rolled too, but I don't know how many of the belly laugh moments got caught on film. Follow our progress andrewmcknight.net/beyond-borde...
January 18, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Taking advantage of our first snowy winter in three years, and while admiring the sunset glow the other night, the Wolf Moon said "hey, look at me!".
2025©Andrew McKnight
January 15, 2025 at 6:09 PM
The mid-winter E-Zine will soon be out to 3,000 email inboxes. I'd dearly love to connect directly instead of via social algo$. It's a few seconds to subscribe at andrewmcknight.net plus clicking one confirmation email. You'll get only one email/mo. but my continuous gratitude forevermore!
January 14, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Wherever you are, however you spend this day, whatever you hold close at this season of the year, may your flame burn bright and warm, and may you know the comfort and joy of being loved, for you most certainly are.
Merry Christmas to you ❤ 🎄✨
December 25, 2024 at 2:10 PM
We started a blog about the Beyond Borders 2025 #recording project; please check out "Day 1 is in the Books!" (And no pressure, but those are Les's platinum & gold records for Will the Circle Be Unbroken watching over EVERYTHING WE DO lol.) andrewmcknight.net/beyond-borde... #music #singersongwriter
Andrew McKnight - Beyond Borders 2025 Recording Blog
Beyond Borders 2025 Recording Project - Blog for Andrew McKnight, a folk artist from Lincoln VA
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December 18, 2024 at 3:57 AM
My "office" yesterday for my two Winter Holiday Livestream shows. It really did snow during the whole afternoon show, and here's the proof. I didn't actually play the #resonatorguitar yesterday, but the #Martin, #Lowden & #Fairbuilt were busy!
#singersongwriter #folk #winterholiday #guitar
December 16, 2024 at 2:59 PM
#Streaming + pandemic + social algorithm$ = huge challenge$ for #indie artists. A simple act of support for #artists & creatives you value? Subscribe to the email list & remove the algo$ from the equation! It takes a few seconds on andrewmcknight.net & I'd be grateful! Dec. drops this afternoon.
December 12, 2024 at 2:47 PM
My 15th! Annual #WinterHoliday #Livestream from the "Make-a-Living Room", an hour of live musical mischief & seasonal joy (but not much seasonal music ;). Family & friends across the Atlantic, 1st show is 3pm EST/8pm GMT, 2nd is 8pm EST stateside. Please join me at youtube.com/andrewmcknig...
December 10, 2024 at 2:13 PM
I'm flattered & grateful for a wave of followers from the #leadwithkindness side of the great divide. I'm no lawyer or activist, but I try to "fill the well" for all working for #democracy. Wish this song wasn't more timely than when I wrote it in '06. andrewmcknight.bandcamp.com/track/times-...
Times We're Living In, by Andrew McKnight
from the album Something Worth Standing For
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December 5, 2024 at 9:47 PM
Tomorrow is #BandcampFriday, where 100% of sales are passed through to lots of very grateful artists, me included! I handle the shipping so I can sign #holidaygifts for someone special. Please do come have a look & listen at andrewmcknight.bandcamp.com - I have 2 live concerts as download-only too.
December 5, 2024 at 9:41 PM
My 2024 audiences have heard about the murder victim buried 50 years in the cemetery behind my house, exhumed last fall with hopes of identifying her. Sadly, #DNA hasn't yet solved the case. I remain ever hopeful that her name is not lost to history & her family. andrewmcknight.net/blog/blog/74...
The Mystery of My Backyard Jane Doe
December 4, 2024. It's been over a year now.  During my shows for most of the last year since it happened last October, I've been sharing the story of t...
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December 5, 2024 at 8:16 PM
Pretty thrilled that tonight is our kick-off session for our long-awaited Andrew McKnight & Beyond Borders #recording project. All these years we've written songs together & done them at shows - over an album's worth! - and tonight we lay out the map at our #CabinStudios. #singersongwriter
December 4, 2024 at 11:07 PM
A tribute to my ancestors, living in low light with not a lot to be hopeful about, yet finding joy & spark in the holiday season. I've sung it with people from the stage, in churches & in glorious harmony around the tree at our holiday party. To you, "A Dram to the Holidays" youtu.be/4zjap3Jzw7w
"A Dram to the Holidays" - Andrew McKnight
YouTube video by Andrew McKnight
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December 4, 2024 at 12:09 AM
Those who've known my work as a folkish #singer/songwriter the past 3 decades might be surprised - or not! - that I have a secret past as a #hardrock #guitarist ;) Restored, remixed & released during the pandemic; try a kickstart to your day streaming at noreasterrocks.bandcamp.com/album/calm-b...
December 3, 2024 at 2:41 PM
Very happy 2025's calendar is filling in places I'm thrilled to be going; some solo, some w/ Beyond Borders. Among my holiday leftovers; gratitude to everyone who got dressed, drove & spent a couple hours w/me IRL last month. I am mighty thankful for all the blessings in this crazy musical life. 💝
December 3, 2024 at 2:35 AM
I remember when this came out, and I still think it's a cool little decoration for my Thanksgiving. Can't help but grin, and it's fine fiddle music too 😉
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Thanksgiving 2013 Google Doodle
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November 28, 2024 at 4:06 AM
For you lovely new BlueSky followers, please forgive me if I'm slow on the follow back. If I know you, I'm happy to do so, but sometimes it's hard to tell from your handle (by all means, please pipe up if I do and I'll gladly follow back). Practicing #kindness here, like I do everywhere else.
November 21, 2024 at 10:45 PM
We return for a show at the Godfrey Miller Center series at Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church in #WinchesterVA this Sunday at 4pm. After the show go enjoy one of the many restaurants a short walk away on the Walking Mall. Meet my band andrewmcknight.net/andrew-mckni... #folk #Americana #acoustic
November 21, 2024 at 2:31 PM
It isn't booking shows & tours that keep roof overhead, but I sure have been playing #guitar a lot lately. My phone is filling up with creative fragments; I need to craft them into something soon. Right now, it just brings #joy. (My fave is whichever one I'm playing!) Photo by Christi Porter.
November 21, 2024 at 3:11 AM