Andy Bole is a musician with a first class pedigree in acoustic music. He has over the past several years played in some of the finest Acoustic bands, most  notably the legendary  The Late Night Band who for many years were regarded as one of the finest acts in the U.K. During his time with The Late Night Band, Andy performed at festivals all over Europe and America and they produced many critically acclaimed albums. Andy has also performed at concerts in Europe and America both solo and with his bands Cortez and Fret & Fiddle and also with members of Fairport Convention, Gong, Blowzabella, The Eleanor Rigby Experience, The Electric Light Orchestra, Dave Stewart and Mike Oldfield and has studied the Hansa Veena with renowned Indian classical musician Barun Kumar Pal. As a well respected solo artist Andy has produced seven solo albums which have met with much critical acclaim. In fact his album Ramshackle Pier was voted instrumental album of the year by top acoustic magazine Froots. His masterly playing of the Bouzouki and Weissenborn acoustic slide guitar is in regular demand for use on many television and film soundtrack work.
 
WHAT THE CRITICS SAY!
 
Andy Bole is not only capable of producing hauntingly beautiful melodies that go on buzzing around in your head long after you've listened to them ,he also has a healthy disregard for musical convention, frequently embarking in untrodden directions that lesser musicians shy away from.
THE GUARDIAN
 
Bole has a way of writing memorable tunes and sounds. It's only possible to give vague outlines of music in prose, so to avoid getting totally incoherent and ridiculous, let's finish by nominating this as the best instrumental album of the year - buy it, then let's discuss it.
FOLK ROOTS
 
World class guitarist Bole weaves magic spells throughout this superb organic set with Arabic, and Celtic influences alongside Bert Jansch, Jimmy Page and Ry Cooder. Compendium showcases his mastery of the Weissenborn guitar as well as dobro, bouzouki and mandolins.  He knows that the trick is not to play too much, and dazzles as  much with his good  taste and compositional excellence as he does with his undoubted virtuosity.
STEVE BRADLEY - THE BIRMINGHAM POST
 
ANDY BOLE HAS THE FOLLOWING C.D'S AVAILABLE BY MAIL ORDER AT £13.00
FROM
 
BOLE MUSIC - 327 JOCKEY RD, SUTTON COLDFIELD, W.MIDLANDS, B73 5XE, U.K
 
TEL: 0121 321 1670
EMAIL ANDY HERE
 

 
  ANDY BOLE--THE CRY OF THE SWAN
 
  ANDY BOLE--COMPENDIUM
 
  ANDY BOLE--RAMSHACKLE PIER…… RE-RELEASED BY ReR U.S.A JAN 2005
 
  ANDY BOLE--GUITAR RAAG
 
  ANDY BOLE & SALLY MINCHIN--FRET & FIDDLE
 
  ANDY BOLE & TINA McBAIN--LIVE
 
  ANDY BOLE & TINA McBAIN--THE RACONTEURS
 
  SHANKARA
 
  THE LATE NIGHT BAND--THE KINGS OF BAROQUE-A-BILLY
 
  THE LATE NIGHT BAND--STRANGE SURVIVALS
 
  THE LATE NIGHT BAND--BARKAS YARKA
 
  THE ELEANOR RIGBY EXPERIENCE
 
  FRET & FIDDLE
 
  CORTEZ