About

Calamateur is the moniker used by singer-songwriter / producer Andrew Howie. Based near Inverness in the Highlands of Scotland, Andrew has been recording and releasing his own music since 2000.

He has released 1 single, 4 EP’s, 2 mini-album’s, 2 full length albums, a collaboration album and curated a compilation. He has been likened to artists as diverse as Iain Archer, Snow Patrol, Aereogramme, Sparklehorse, Elliott Smith, Damien Rice, Guided by Voices, Susuma Yokota and The Blue Nile.

His music has been played by John Peel, Radio 3’s Late Junction, the Scottish Evening Session on Radio 1, Beat 106’s The Beatscene and local radio / internet radio the length and breadth of the country.

Here’s what some people have had to say in the past year:

“The world needs mavericks like Calamateur. Holed up
somewhere outside Inverness, Andrew Howie has been making a find blend of folk,
rock and electronica for almost a decade.”
- The List

“it is clear that Calamateur, otherwise known as Andrew
Howie, is a very special talent and it is little wonder that his music is turning
heads in the industry.”
– Cross Rhythms

And before that:

“…nothing short of brilliantly absorbing…”
- Is This Music?

“…bloody good…”
- The List

“…stunning… a work of beauty…what took Snow Patrol’s
3 albums and 4 people to accomplish, Calamateur’s Andrew Howie manages straight
off with songs of desolate beauty underpinned with a savage hope…”
- John Earls, Planet Sound

“…the aim is true and the heart is strong in this
beautiful little record. 4/5.”
- The List

“…providing one of those moments where your head says
nothing really out of the ordinary happening here but your heart suggests otherwise,
trembling as if touched by something altogether magical….”
- Losing Today

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