An Irish singer, songwriter, poet, and author, Andy White emerged in the late '80s with a sound that combined the attitude of punk, the political savvy of protest folk, and the melodicism of pop. Not unlike Billy Bragg or the Waterboys' Mike Scott, White has maintained a consistent literate bent throughout his career while moving across various genres. His exposure grew in the mid-'90s as part of the one-off trio ALT, and in later years he formed a folk duo with Canadian artist Stephen Fearing. In the 2010s, White also began publishing books of poetry and prose and in 2016 iss...