Andy B And Soul Folk

Andy Bernstein (AKA Andy B) is a veteran of the New Brunswick, NJ Roots Rocker scene from the mid-80s as the primary singer/songwriter for the six-album VooDUDES. “New Brunswick had an incredible music scene,” he reflected. “The downtown area had gone to pot, and the only people that went there at night were the people that were into music. Bands like the Smithereens launched from here.”

Andy is now into his third album from his solo career. “I did the first one independently,” he said. For his second effort he cut, My Roots Are Showing, which earned him an invitation to perform at the 2019 Texas Indie Fest, and Austin Music Week (SXSW), and the attention of a record label for his second project, Look What The Cat Dragged In. It included SoulFolk, which was the name he gave the group of players featured on the project – and serendipitously described the vibe of his music. “I named the band that because my songwriting really is based in the British pub rock vein of the early and mid 70s. It’s taking things from different elements, different roots music mostly American, and coalescing it into your own style.”

For Andy’s most recent project, Tellin’ Myself Weird Li’l Stories, he has a distribution deal with DECA Records. The project includes eight originals, a Motown cover and a traditional rendition of “House Of The Rising Sun.”

“My brother, Bob, who is basically a studio pedal steel player on the west coast – you hear him in a lot of movies, you just don’t know who he is – He used to make fun of me. Whenever I was playing as a kid, I would go into this zone, and he would say, ‘what were you thinking about?’

I would respond with, ‘I was telling myself these weird little stories to evoke emotion.’ So anytime we were together and I might get lost driving or something like that, He would say, ‘What, are you telling yourself weird little stories again?’

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