Andrew Greer | |
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Background information | |
Birth name | Andrew Brooks Greer |
Born |
Azle, Texas |
July 10, 1982
Origin | Nashville, Nashville |
Genres | Americana, folk, folk rock |
Occupation(s) | Singer/Songwriter, writer |
Years active | 2009 | –present
Labels | MA'M Recordings |
Website | andrew-greer |
Andrew Brooks Greer (born July 10, 1982) is a touring independent singer-songwriter and writer living in Nashville, Tennessee.
Greer was born in Azle, Texas, on July 10, 1982, the son of Thomas and Jane Greer (née, Girard), before moving to Nashville, Tennessee to attend Belmont University. After graduating in 2004 with a Bachelor of Music (BM), he worked at Michael W. Smith's Rocketown Records before beginning his own singer-songwriter artist career in 2009 with the release of Open Book.
Greer's debut album was a critical success, earning 4 out of 5 stars from Christianity Today which called Open Book, "an intensely reflective record that digs deep," and 5 out of 5 stars from The Christian Manifesto, which said, "Greer writes with a soul-bearing honesty refreshing to hear in an industry where cliché after cliché comes all too often. Open Book is a masterpiece." Features in other high-profile national outlets like CCM Magazine and Christian Musician followed. He was also featured as a worship leader for Centrifuge's national student camps in 2011.
Greer will release his second album, Angel Band: The Hymn Sessions in January 2012. The recording features vintage hymns in an Americana style with a line-up of special guests like Ron Block of Alison Krauss & Union Station, Cindy Morgan, Ginny Owens, Sonya Isaacs, Marc Scibilia, Sandra McCracken, Julie Lee and The McCrary Sisters. He has released a playlist of "Behind the Scenes" videos with select guest artists to help promote Angel Band.