Nels Andrews is folk singer from Santa Cruz, California. In 2002, he won the New Folk Competition at the Kerrville Folk Festival in Texas. His debut full-length album Sunday Shoes was released in 2004, and reached Number 1 on the UK Americana Chart, finishing the year ranked number 4 on the Euro Americana Chart's Top 20 albums of 2004. Andrews continued to gain recognition with subsequent releases including Off Track Betting (2008) via Reveal Records, Scrimshaw (2012), and Pigeon And The Crow (2019). In addition to his album work, he released the single "Memory Compass" in 2019.