Kristin Andreassen

Infobox musical artist
Name = Kristin Andreassen
Background = solo_singer


Img_capt = MerleFest 2007 Photo by Forrest L. Smith, III
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Born = Birth date and age|1972|05|09|df=yes
Origin = Portland, Oregon
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Instrument = Guitar, Fiddle, Clogging, Vocals
Genre = Americana
Old-time music
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URL = [http://www.yellowcarmusic.com/ Kristin Andreassen's website]

Kristin Andreassen (born May 9, 1972) is an American musician and dancer. She grew up in Portland, Oregon as Kristin Andrews. In 2002 she started using her great-grandfather's name Andreassen. Kristin sings, plays harmonica, piano, guitar, banjo-uke and fiddle and she is also a songwriter. From 1999 onwards she has been working as a principal dancer with Footworks Percussive Dance Ensemble, teaching & performing various related forms of percussive dance: clogging, tap, Irish & Canadian step dance. In December 2003 she joined the old-time music group Uncle Earl. She is a member of Sometymes Why and The Jolly Bankers.

With the song "Crayola", that she wrote together with Megan Downes, Kristin has won the 2006 John Lennon Songwriting Contest in the "Children's" category [cite web | title=John Lennon Songwriting Contest | url=http://www.jlsc.com/winners/2006b/lennon_awards.php | date = July 2007 | accessdate = 2007-06-24] .

Discography

*Death & Taxes "(w/ The Jolly Bankers)" (2003)
*Sometimes Why "(w/ Sometymes Why)" (2005)
*She Waits for Night "(w/ Uncle Earl)" (2005)
*Tax Return "(w/ The Jolly Bankers)" (2006)
*Waterloo, TN "(w/ Uncle Earl)" (2007)
*Kiss Me Hello (2007)

External links

* [http://www.yellowcarmusic.com Kristin Andreassen's website]
* [http://www.myspace.com/kristinandreassen Kristin Andreassen's myspace site]
* [http://uncleearl.net Uncle Earl's website]
* [http://www.myspace.com/uncleearl Uncle Earl's myspace site]
* [http://www.sometymeswhy.com Sometymes Why's website]
* [http://www.myspace.com/sometymeswhy Sometymes Why's myspace site]
* [http://www.jollybankers.com/ The Jolly Bankers' website]

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