“One of Browne’s latest singles, “The Dummy in Me,” is a reflection of the growth he’s experienced both professionally and personally over the years”.
Sammie Purcell (Rough Draft Atlanta)
author of songs, all sorts.
“WOW, what a STUNNING SONG” Kendall Jane Meade (Indie Dream Pop)
“Beautiful” Kate Kennedy (Substack)
“Just listened and it genuinely sounds great!! I really love the reflective feeling behind it too.”
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RottenGirl (Substack)
Andy Browne has enough history to fill an interview without ever reaching the present.
As a young musician in Atlanta, he fronted The Nightporters, opened for The Clash and crossed paths with R.E.M. at a time when the city’s alternative music scene was beginning to take shape. Yet Browne makes it clear very quickly that nostalgia is not what interests him most.
“These days my only concern is with the now,” he says.
That perspective runs through his current work. The punk background is still part of him, but so are Bowie, The Beatles, jazz, blues, folk, country and the quieter rhythms of everyday life. These days, a walk with his dog Samson can apparently carry as much creative weight as an old backstage story.
Brad Foley (Notes From The Crowd)
https://crowdnotes.substack.com/p/andy-browne-from-atlanta-punk-to?r=17i6cs&utm_medium=ios
While playing our summer residency at DogHobble Winery (Blue Ridge, Ga) William Duvall (Alice in Chains) singer, dropped by and had a little acoustic Jam with Dave Ward and I. Was fun. Hadn’t seen him in while so it was good to catch up. His wife Theresa was very Lovely.
Your influences span everything from Bowie, Dylan and The Clash to jazz, blues, Southern folk and country. When you sit down to write today, how do those very different influences find their way into an Andy Browne song?
If you’ve ever made a stew, you just throw it all together in a pot, boil it and most times something amazing happens.
It may be the simplest description of Browne’s music. England and Atlanta, punk and acoustic music, Bowie and Dylan, Stevie Wonder and Southern roots all find their way into the same creative mix. The influences are broad, but the end result still sounds distinctly like Browne.
One example of how those influences come together is “Highwire,” a song that reflects the more textured, acoustic side of Browne’s current work.
Brad Foley (Notes From The Crowd)
“His version of REM’s song Harborcoat was something else, haunting yet accessible in one of the coolest ideas for a cover song I have ever heard” Barry Lamon (The Ohm)
“Wide-ranging influences are evident throughout his music, from Andy’s growing up in England to Georgia’s southern folk and country, jazz and blues, as well as to his perennial favorites The Clash and David Bowie”. Jeff Siewert (Atlanta Music Grapevine)
“There was a grit and punk edge to his songs yet a presence of loss as well, heartache and self punishment thrown in for good measure” Barry Lamon (The Ohm)
“I detect a faint resemblance – in scope and ambition – to prime-era Bruce Springsteen”. Bill Kopp