Andy Squyres House Show in Georgetown TX with Brett Land to open!

Andy Squyres is a singer-songwriter born and raised in the mountains of Northern California but after moving east in the late 1990’s, he’s spent the last few decades carving songs out of the foothills of his North Carolina home. Heavily influenced by the poetics of Leonard Cohen, Squyres leans heavily into the lyrical tradition of artists like Bob Dylan, The National, and John Mark McMillan, having a passion for words that are equally worshipful and honest.

His live show is ache on display, a joyful protest, at once humorous and tragic, weaving together songs and tales of heartbreak and hope, making audiences laugh and sometimes cry while feeling the wonder of the sorrows and joys of life.

In 2016 he released his album Cherry Blossoms and most recently in 2021 he released his album Poet Priest which Brett McCracken of The Gospel Coalition named the album of the year stating that "If people claim Christian music is all schmaltz that sugarcoats reality, they haven’t listened to Andy Squyres. The Charlotte-based (by way of California) singer-songwriter makes beautiful, brutal music that wrestles with grief, pain, and the struggles of faith."

In 2021 and 2022 he also released books called Poet Priest Vol.1 and Poet Priest Vol.2, respectively. They are each compilations of essays about being content with living a small, faithful life.

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Austin-based singer-songwriter Brett Land has spent the last decade writing songs in search of the honest truth.

His origins are rooted in the wind-blown flatlands of the Texas Panhandle. As someone has surely said before, you can take the boy out of the small town charm, but you can’t take the small town charm out of the boy…or his songs, for that matter. You are bound to hear echoes of songwriting’s sages in his music because he has steeped himself in the masters of the craft.

If the best stories are told in 3 minutes or less via melody, rhythm, and rhyme…Brett aims to tell ‘em.

Host or Publisher Andy Squyres