13 Facts About Andy Cutting

Andy Cutting was born on 18 March 1969 and is an English folk musician and composer.

Andy Cutting plays melodeon and is best known for writing and performing traditional English folk and his own original compositions which combine English and French traditions with wider influences.

Andy Cutting is three times winner of the Folk Musician of the Year award at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards and has appeared on around 50 albums, both as a solo artist and in collaboration with other musicians.

Andy Cutting was born in Harrow, London and is married with three children.

Andy Cutting made one album with Blowzabella before they broke up in 1990.

In 1989 Andy Cutting formed a partnership with Chris Wood, whom he had met two years earlier at Sidmouth Folk Festival.

Andy Cutting has been a member of several bands, including Fernhill and Tanteeka.

Andy Cutting is a popular workshop tutor and has taught at summer schools for Folkworks.

Andy Cutting is the diatonic accordion tutor at the Burwell Bash.

In March 2011, Andy Cutting was part of the Cecil Sharp Project, a joint commission between Shrewsbury Folk Festival and EFDSS that saw him and seven other modern folk musicians take part in a week-long residential project to create new works related to life and works of folk collector Cecil Sharp.

Andy Cutting is part of Leveret, with Sam Sweeney on fiddle and Rob Harbron on concertina.

Andy Cutting has won the Folk Musician of the Year award at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards three times: 2008,2011 and 2016.

Andy Cutting has composed many tunes, several of which have been recorded by other artists.