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Andrew McKnight @andrewmcknight.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

When my ancestors crossed the Atlantic, they left more than familiar places behind. They left family. Centuries later, #DNA matches made me wonder for the first time about those "Left Behind," and curiosity led me to find my far-away kin. #FamilyHistory #Songwriting youtu.be/4PzpO9T77e4

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Left Behind

Andrew McKnight @andrewmcknight.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Yay for Christine & Aidan - now at least we're a pair of voices in this virtual wilderness ;)

Andrew McKnight @andrewmcknight.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

October is Family History Month. My own ancestry taught me that EVERY spot on my family tree is equally essential to my existence - the known & unknown, rogues & saints, the miracles & near misses. What family treasure still lives in you? #FamilyHistory #Genealogy youtu.be/-8E-jXdvuNg

"Web of Mystery" - Andrew McKnight, live

Andrew McKnight @andrewmcknight.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

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And a little test to see if these iPhone loops will do the same thing here. You need a little waterfall imagery today, in case you hadn't realized it yet :)

Andrew McKnight @andrewmcknight.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I've spent a couple years here quietly listening, learning & "liking" posts. I'm going to start sharing some hopefully welcome moments of music, words & art going forward. If you've followed me - thank you! If I make your world brighter for just a moment, then I've had a good day.

Image of singer, writer, guitarist & storytender Andrew McKnight and his rack of guitars sidestage at a recent Shenandoah Valley house concert.

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Andrew McKnight @andrewmcknight.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

My last livestream of the winter; I’d love to “have you over” for a few songs. youtube.com/live/Sll0v-n...

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"Welcome Spring" Livestream Concert

Andrew McKnight @andrewmcknight.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

It matters more than ever now ❤️

Andrew McKnight @andrewmcknight.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

And of course, for Spotify users who might like to hear my music before then and decide if you'd like to follow me on other platforms (like @bandcamp.com!) here's the page til it goes dark open.spotify.com/artist/0NnIN...

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Andrew McKnight @andrewmcknight.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

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...

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Andrew McKnight @andrewmcknight.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

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.... andrewmcknight.net/blogs/blog/p...

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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...

Andrew McKnight @andrewmcknight.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

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.

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Andrew McKnight @andrewmcknight.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

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

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Andrew McKnight @andrewmcknight.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

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...

Andrew McKnight @andrewmcknight.bsky.social · 18/01/2025

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-...

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Times We're Living In, by Andrew McKnight

from the album Something Worth Standing For

Andrew McKnight @andrewmcknight.bsky.social · 18/01/2025

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...

Andrew McKnight @andrewmcknight.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

Our system already punishes the poor, but I fear it's about to get so much worse. "And insurance corporations shall lead them..."

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Andrew McKnight @andrewmcknight.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

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

Photo of full "Winter Wolf moon" rising over a snowy field and hilltop with pink sunset glow clouds. Photo 2025©Andrew McKnight

Andrew McKnight @andrewmcknight.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

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!

Andrew McKnight @andrewmcknight.bsky.social · 25/12/2024

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 ❤ 🎄✨

Andrew McKnight @andrewmcknight.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

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

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Andrew McKnight - Beyond Borders 2025 Recording Blog

Beyond Borders 2025 Recording Project - Blog for Andrew McKnight, a folk artist from Lincoln VA

Andrew McKnight @andrewmcknight.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

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

View of singer, writer and guitarist Andrew McKnight's livestream set up by the Christmas tree in his "Make a Living" room, with snow outside the windows.

Andrew McKnight @andrewmcknight.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

#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.

Header image from December edition of "A Storytender's Journey", the monthly E-Zine from singer, writer and guitarist Andrew McKnight

Andrew McKnight @andrewmcknight.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

Maybe rather than a top-down starting with the candidate, maybe first the Dems need to build the grassroots to actually compete in Iowa. Lucas Koonce in neighboring MO went after runaway Josh relentlessly for well over a year, and there's not much to show for it.

Andrew McKnight @andrewmcknight.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

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...

Webcard featuring a close up of a Christmas tree, announcing singer, writer, guitarist and "storytender" Andrew McKnight hosts his 15th annual Winter Holiday Vidcast (livestream) on his YouTube channel (@andrewmcknightdotnet) this Sunday Dec. 15th; two shows, one at 3pm EST/8pm GMT, and a second at 8pm EST/5pm PST.

Andrew McKnight @andrewmcknight.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

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-...

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Times We're Living In, by Andrew McKnight

from the album Something Worth Standing For

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Andrew McKnight @andrewmcknight.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

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.

Andrew McKnight's 6 solo album covers including the album and book set Treasures in My Chest, plus Andrew McKnight & Beyond Borders live One Virginia Night CD and Andrew's hard rock legacy project, Nor'easter's Calm Before the Storm album.

Andrew McKnight @andrewmcknight.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

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...

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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...

Andrew McKnight @andrewmcknight.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

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

Andrew McKnight & Beyond Borders featuring founding Nitty Gritty Dirt Band member Les Thompson (on R with upright bass), at work in Les's Cabin Studios on a mountain near Leesburg VA

Andrew McKnight @andrewmcknight.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

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

Andrew McKnight @andrewmcknight.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

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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...

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Andrew McKnight @andrewmcknight.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

Thank you my friend - I use it mostly for following news accounts I've grown to trust over the last couple years; anyone who knows me would likely agree that "micro-blogging" is not one of my strengths lol.

Andrew McKnight @andrewmcknight.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

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. 💝

Andrew McKnight (on R) and Beyond Borders, live at the Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk VA, November 7, 2024.

Andrew McKnight @andrewmcknight.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

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 😉 youtu.be/oGspoOoK69s?...

Thanksgiving 2013 Google Doodle

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Andrew McKnight @andrewmcknight.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

Great news, wishing you both a great feast of gratitude - Happy Thanksgiving!

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Andrew McKnight @andrewmcknight.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

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.

Singer/songwriter, guitarist and "storytender" Andrew McKnight standing in front of the Blue Ridge foothills smiling with coffee mug.

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Andrew McKnight @andrewmcknight.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

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

Photo of Andrew McKnight & Beyond Borders together after a concert, from webcard for their show Nov. 24, 2024 at Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church, 26 West Boscawen St., Winchester VA. Showtime is 4pm.

Andrew McKnight @andrewmcknight.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

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.

Image of three acoustic guitars upright on stands, with a resonator guitar laying on the hardwood floor in front of them. Photo by Christi Porter

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Andrew McKnight @andrewmcknight.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

Western #Connecticut friends - I'm doing a #houseconcert in my dad's hometown of Bristol Sunday, 7:30pm. A concert unplugged & up close in a lovely old house together with lovely people. Still a few seats available - please RSVP & join us! As always, tour details & other news andrewmcknight.net

Webcard for Virginia singer/songwriter, guitarist and "storytender" Andrew McKnight's upcoming house concert in Bristol CT Sunday Nov. 17 at 7:30pm. For more info please visit his website http://andrewmcknight.net.

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Andrew McKnight @andrewmcknight.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

We're gonna see how different the 3rd line is when they possess the puck more - 56% at the dot, and over 50% the last few years. Feels like a worthy gamble for that and the PK ability too (tho some of that time he will be the one in the bin 🤔)

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Andrew McKnight @andrewmcknight.bsky.social · 12/11/2024

If I'm going to properly test, might as well share my social media content & see what happens. Saturday's show at the Vanilla Bean Cafe in the #QuietCorner of Connecticut is an annual tour stop and a lovely place for a show and meal. I'd sure love to sing for you, now more than ever.

Webcard for Virginia singer/songwriter, guitarist & "storytender" Andrew McKnight's 7pm concert Saturday Nov. 16th at the Vanilla Bean Cafe, in the center of Pomfret CT. For more details please visit http://AndrewMcKnight.com

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Andrew McKnight @andrewmcknight.bsky.social · 12/11/2024

As we honor our vets, #MusicTherapyRetreats uses songwriting to help heal their less-visible scars of service & sacrifice. Their #VeteransDay fundraiser hopes to expand their reach nationwide & serve more of our vets. Humbled that "Life I Choose" is on #StoriesAndSongsVol3 youtu.be/wZMWYVAslQo

"Life I Choose", performed by Andrew McKnight

Andrew McKnight @andrewmcknight.bsky.social · 12/11/2024

I am lucky to live on the edge of the historic village of Lincoln VA, connected to the suburban world edging ever closer but still with the last dairy farm in our county between. Typical scene out walking the gravel roads around our village, which is also only 60 miles west of DC.

Andrew McKnight @andrewmcknight.bsky.social · 11/11/2024

I finally followed bunches - scads! - hordes! - of Twitter people over here into this beautiful blue unknown. Let's see how this thing goes. If we've connected on any of those $ocial media sites with the algo$ chasing the almighty crypto before you were smarter than me and left, please say hi!