Andy Cutting
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Andy Cutting is an English folk musician and composer. Born 18 March 1969 in Harrow, he plays diatonic button accordion and has had instruments made by Castagnari to his own specification. He joined the influential and innovative band Blowzabella in 1988 and made one album ("Vanilla") with them before they broke up in 1990. Their repertoire, blending English traditional music with that of central France and Eastern Europe, had a great influence on Cutting. (Blowzabella subsequently reformed; they celebrated their 25th anniversary in 2003, with Cutting once again an official member.)

In 1989 Cutting formed a partnership with Chris Wood, whom he had met two years earlier at Sidmouth Folk Festival. They tour extensively and have made five albums together. Wood introduced Cutting to a wealth of Québecois music and shared his love of English and French dance music. Wood & Cutting, together with Karen Tweed and Ian Carr, make up the Two Duos Quartet, who have made one album "Half as happy as we".

Tweed & Cutting have also worked as a duo; they have made one album together and contributed to a live CD, "Across the Waters", recorded at Cork University in 1994.

Cutting is in great demand as a session musician and has worked with artists as diverse as Sting, June Tabor and Chumbawumba. He has been a member of several bands, including Fernhill and Tanteeka. As well as the Wood & Cutting duo, he is part of the trio 1651 (with Mark Emerson and Tim Harries), the John McCusker Band and the Kate Rusby Band. He is also a popular workshop tutor and has taught at summer schools for Folkworks.

Contents
1 Some Cutting compositions
2 Partial Discography
3 Books

 Some Cutting compositions
Altfechan; Flatworld; Heidi Hendy; In Continental Mood; I Only Want a Snack; Miss Lindsay Barker; Nue Pnues; Oliver's; Round the Corner; St Michael's Mount; Seven Years; Spaghetti Panic; The Bay Tree; The History Man; The RSB; The Walled Garden; There are Angels; Two Beers; Waltz Harry Lane

Partial Discography
His recordings include

Vanilla (Blowzabella) - Special Delivery - SPDCD 1028 (1990)
Chris Wood & Andy Cutting - RUF Records RUFCD01
Lisa (Wood & Cutting) - RUF Records RUFCD02
Live at Sidmouth (Wood & Cutting) - RUF Records RUFCD03
Lusignac (Wood & Cutting) - RUF Records RUFCD04
Half as happy as we (Two Duos Quartet) - RUF Records RUFCD07
Knock John (Wood & Cutting) - RUF Records RUFCD08
A new tradition (Tanteeka) - Osmosys Records OSMO CD013 (1997)
Panic at the Café (Andy Cutting and Nigel Eaton, 1993) - Beautiful Jo Records BEJOCD-27 (1999)
Ca' Nôs (Fernhill) - Beautiful Jo Records BJOCD-14
Llatai (Fernhill) - Beautiful Jo Records BJOCD-23
Whilia (Fernhill) - Beautiful Jo Records BJOCD-30
Cast a bell (1651) - Beautiful Jo Records BEJOCD-33 (2001)
One Roof Under (Tweed & Cutting) - Fyasco Records FYC004 (2002)
Across the Waters (contributor, with Karen Tweed and others) - Nimbus NI5415 (1994)
Pandemonium (Nigel Eaton) - Beautiful Jo Records BEJOCD-39
10 (Kate Rusby) - Pure Records PRCD10 (2002)