Andy Shaw Band / Ways of the World
Unsigned, 2009. andyshawband.com
Columbia connection: Andy Shaw, guitars and vocals, graduated from Columbia in 2004 with a B.A. in Television.
The sound: Rock, pop, jam
The word: These boys can play! Ways of the World is full of multilayered instrumentation, two- and three-part vocal harmonies, and complex arrangements, with a touch of jam-band/reggae. Andy Shaw, singer/songwriter for the band, understands how to mold genuine musical proficiency with songs that are, at their core, simple and easy to listen to. If your local bar band and the Allman Brothers gave birth, it would be to the Andy Shaw Band.
—Brent White ('08)



