Biography
 | Andy Northrup is first and foremost a songwriter. He has written for stage, screen and for his own singer/songwriter efforts namely the release of the CD "Slow Burn Avenue" in 2001 and his second effort "Cardboard Logic" released in 2005. Both discs were produced independently on the "R New House Up North" label and both discs have been well received by critics and public/private radio in America, Europe, Australia and Northrup's native Canada. The USA's Stonewall Society further honoured Northrup by eventually announcing him as their "Musical Artist of the Year" for 2005 as well as giving him two other awards for individual songs. |
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A collaborative type by nature, Northrup credits musician..songwriters like Charles Maisonneuve, Darrin Hagen, Rob Clements and Maria Dunn as typical of the individuals he has written with. Two of Andy's favorite collaborators are his bandmates in "The Andy Northrup Trio", Pat Campbell and Ed Garrick, both of whom are accomplished songwriters, multi-instrumentalists and arrangers. A new collaboration is on the horizon for Andy as he will be making his way to Wales to do some work with Andy Thomas of Progrotech.com for his third disc in the spring of 2007. As of late Northrup has also been known to take on acting roles in such productions as Lanford Wilson's "A Poster of the Cosmos" (Stagestruck 2005 - Best Director - Amy Defelice, Best Actor - Andy Northrup - note - This piece was remounted for Image Theatre's 2006-07 mainstage season and will be put up again for the 2007 Winnipeg and Edmonton Fringe Festivals for "Smoke Em if you Got Em" productions), Mark Henderson's production of Stewart Parker's "Pentecost" (Studio Theatre - University of Alberta), David L. Nugent's "The Dark Wood" (Theatre Network's NEXTFEST), and George F. Walker's "Better Living" (Walterdale Theatre) amongst many others. His latest stage endeavor was playing "Mac" to Sue Huff's "Marlene" in Northern Sabbatical's production of Linda Wood Edward's premiere script "Spring Alibi" (directed by David Cheoros), for the 2005 Edmonton Fringe which played to sold out audiences and as a result toured to Washington, D.C. in 2006 to play at the Canadian Embassy as part of the first annual Washington D.C. Fringe Festival. It was most recently featured at the Nakai Comedy Arts Festival in Whitehorse, Yukon in January of 2007. Check out Andy's Other Websites: "June 23/08 - Andy has just been announced as the winner of the 2008 Sterling Award for "Outstanding Performance by an Actor - Fringe" for his work in the Amy Defilice directed "A Poster of the Cosmos" by Lanford Wilson which toured Winnipeg and Edmonton in the summer of 2007 under the guise of "Smoke 'Em if you Got 'Em Productions". Please visit Andy's MySpace at www.myspace.com/andrewnorthrup. Andy does visit, log in, and is active with this site. Click here to buy Cardboard Logic and Slow Burn Avenue |