Andrew Marlin Stringband

You may be familiar with Andrew from his involvement with Chapel Hill, NC duo Mandolin Orange. As the songwriter for the band, Andrew has become known as a gifted lyricist, producing powerful yet subtle, thoughtfully crafted songs. With Mandolin Orange, Andrew has toured the world, graced famous stages (including the Ryman Auditorium, Red Rocks Amphitheatre, and Newport Folk Festival, to name just a few), sold thousands of records, and received millions of streams. Andrew's first instrument was a guitar he purchased at the age of 14 with money he earned from working at Southern States, a farm store in his home town of Warrenton, NC. "It took me two weeks to pay for a hundred dollar guitar, but once I bought it, I just sat down and started playing with it. I haven't put it down since then. I've been writing tunes since I was fourteen." A guitar purchase was just the beginning for Andrew. At twenty, Marlin moved from his hometown to the southern music mecca of Chapel Hill. He couch surfed while learning the ins & outs of engineering at the Rubber Room Studio under the eye of local engineer Jerry Brown. Since that time, Andrew's reach has grown. He's gone from showcasing at open mics to playing for thousands of fans; from learning how to correctly coil an XLR cable to producing albums in notable studios like Echo Mountain.

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