Weirdshire presents Andrew DR Abbott

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Andy Abbott is an artist, musician and writer who lives in West Yorkshire, UK. We love him for his music, his philosophy, and his community arts activism. His acoustic compositions were described last year in the Quietus as "spectral and woozy soundscapes inspired by the “derelict hinterlands” of Bradford where he lives, and with more than a nod to the American primitivism of John Fahey... hypnotic undulations"

In 2024 and 2025 he released an album of recordings influenced by his time as a musician in residence in acute psychiatric wards across Yorkshire under the alias ADRA. His current set is a long-form fluid composition for 12-string and baritone acoustic guitars layered over field recordings that aims to reflect the light and shade of the Calder valley.

“A minor 21st century folk masterpiece … Abbott ignores the comfort of pure folk structures and bluesy scales, twisting his lush folk guitar into something brimming with potent pangs of a serrated kind of poetic discontent.” - The Quietus

“This is another gorgeous release from Andy who has taken an imaginary place as a theme but has clearly used the inspiration on his doorstep in real life and added a little musical fairy dust to transport the listener and the landscape to another place. The everyday, everywhere becomes somewhere special and memorable in Andy’s hands.“ - The Terrascope

"a beautifully structured hour of ambient music; reflective and calm with endlessly unravelling layers."
- Uncut, 2024


THIS SHOW IS UPSTAIRS AT THE JAM FACTORY, SO VERY LIMITED TICKETS. ONCE IT SELLS OUT, THAT'S IT