Andrew Fredric

Great Night at Driftwood with Romeo Delta and saint small

Honey, You’ll Be Fine

A new song by The Falderals about kid fears and growing up, inspired by and written for Andrew and Rebecca’s daughter, Leola, who also joined in on vocals and helped illustrate the video.

Radio Heartland–The Current Studios

New Song and Video: "Why Goodbye?"

We’re excited to be at Avalon Fest with lots of great bands, including one of my major folk influences, Johnny Hermanson from Storyhill. Music all weekend, and we’re on Sunday, August 28, at 10 am. We’ll also be at MacGroveland Fest in St. Paul, MN on September, 10, 2:00. Finally, a new video! We’ve been talking about doing something visual for our song “Where Do You Go at Night” for two years. One recent kid-free day we challenged ourselves to shoot something in 1 hour. Here’s what happened:

Grand Old Day 2016 "off road"

KONICA MINOLTA DIGITAL CAMERA

What a great way to kick off summer! Friends & Family, music, food and fabulous weather. Good times. Thanks to all the musicians and the people who listened. Joining The Falderals for this set is Threat of the Banjo members, Jim McGuinn and Deke McCallum.

Loving Everything

We’re excited to be at The Underground Music Cafe in Falcon Heights, MN, tonight. Here’s a look at our new song, Lover.

The Falderals: A No-Nonsense Folk Band

The Falderals are a folk duo composed of husband and wife Andrew and Rebecca Andestic. Hailed by the Superior Telegram as a “true taste of American folk music,” the two met in the Peace Corps and have been playing music together ever since, starting around campfires in Armenia, then the streets of Chicago, and now in bars and coffee shops around the Twin Cities. Their third child never missed a gig (for her first nine months), despite the thump of Rebecca’s giant acoustic bass just inches from her head. The Falderals take their name from an old nonsense folk lyric (“fal-de-ral diddle-o-day”) and have been compared to The Civil Wars and Simon and Garfunkel (if Garfunkel had been a woman). They’ve been featured on The Current’s Radio Heartland and KFAI’s House Party. Their buttered harmonies and foot-stomping instrumentation will take you on journeys through ghost towns and wooded bike trails, bars, and bright-lighted cities; and while you travel with them, you’ll somehow feel right at home.

Author: Andrew Fredric