Andy Kimbel in the Press

“He keeps his audiences enticed with a great flow and versatility as his fingers move effortlessly across the neck of the guitar while picking rhythm patterns and leads simultaneously improvising with his own song compositions and a selection of traditional standards.”

  • Philadelphia Inquirer

“"A great blues guitar player and songwriter. Great to have him regularly on our show" 

  • Steve Bryant, Senior Music, Entertainment and Technology host, QVC Television.”

“His always expressive guitar playing that ranged from frolicking and exuberant to driving and soulful. Whether picking, plucking or using a skillful slide, Kimbel brings to the stage vision of the roots of American Music that conjures up everything from rambling railroad trains to dark and lonely nights of solitary traveling”…— 

-  Big Shout Magazine

“There is a nice balance between his own material and covers, these covers are so well and personally done, that you almost don’t recognize the originals, Great!!” Thanks again for giving me the opportunity to play such great music on my show!!. . .

  • Ray Pieters, Belgium Radio

There’s a lot more….

“Not many can engage and audience as a solo performer for almost three hours, a one-man Grateful Dead to the bone'. . .   

  • Springfield Sun

"An amazing guitar artist whose star is rising quickly". .

WBAI N.Y

"He’s blues, he’s folk he’s country, he’s Andy Kimbel, a Philadelphia guy gone national” …

  • Fox Television

“. . . Andy is among the top of the fingerpicking bluesy singer-songwriters. You can hear a Chris Smither influence (Who is one of my favorites), and a Leo Kottke influence somewhere in there. . . . “

  • Dan Reynolds, Wisconsin Public Radio

“... Kimbel's original work shows that he is an emotional force in his own right ...”

  • Syracuse Post Standard

"A strong performer; plays with great sensitivity and feel for his music". . .

  • Sound Bytes

"...furious finger-picking country bluesman". . .

  • Syracuse New Times

"Acoustic Guitar Wizard".. 

  • North Wales Reporter

“Andy Kimbel is a master of the guitar. He plays with emotion and energy that jumps out at you whether he is gently plucking on a slower ballad or moving his fingers at a lightning pace on an energetic blues or even a Celtic selection" ..…

  • Acoustic Guitar Magazine

“A strong performer plays with great sensitivity and feel for his music"... Sound Bites

"... has become one of my favorites." . .

  • Gene Shay,  WHYY & WXPN Philadelphia

“Started out great and he keeps getting better! His folk and country blues, self-written or by other blues greats, zoom right into his audience’s heart. He often provides his own percussion by placing a mic for his tapping feet while he picks his guitar.”- . . .

  • Tri-Cities Paper, Syracuse NY

"An outstanding out -front performer" ... 

  • Delaware County Times

"Andy Kimbel is an acoustic blues guitar fingerpicker and string-bender!... "Intelligent, soulful songwriting and dazzling guitar work." . . . .

  • Acoustic Guitar Magazine


“He opens up your soul and the music pours in. . .”

  • Tor Johnason, WDVR Pennsylvania