Andy Vine is an English

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

-born folk

Folk music

Folk music is an English term encompassing both traditional folk music and contemporary folk music. The term originated in the 19th century. Traditional folk music has been defined in several ways: as music transmitted by mouth, as music of the lower classes, and as music with unknown composers....

 musician

Musician

A musician is an artist who plays a musical instrument. It may or may not be the person's profession. Musicians can be classified by their roles in performing music and writing music.Also....* A person who makes music a profession....

 living in Vancouver

Vancouver

Vancouver is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It is the hub of Greater Vancouver, which, with over 2.3 million residents, is the third most populous metropolitan area in the country,...

, Canada

Canada

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Music

Andy's musical style is described as "maritime folk, old-time rock and Celtic". He released his first album

Album

An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...

 "Making Waves" in 2005. One song from this album (“Woman of Labrador”) was inspired by Elizabeth Goudie

Elizabeth Goudie

Elizabeth Goudie née Blake was a writer. Her sole work, Woman of Labrador was published in 1973.-Life:...

, a pioneer in Labrador, Canada and has been included in the Great Canadian Songbook. In 2007 Andy wrote "Excuse Me Your Planet Is Burning".

External links

• Great Canadian Songbook
• Andy Vine at CDBaby
• Interview with Andy Vine in the KCC Neighbour newspaper (p. 14) (pdf)