Andrew Reissiger is a composer and accomplished multi-instrumentalist on the nylon-string guitar, electric guitar, and Bolivian charango.  For a decade, he has helped to bring the charango—a traditional Andean instrument—into the world of jazz, chamber music, African and Balkan styles.    All About Jazz review 2008

Andrew is co-founder of the group Dromedary, an internationally recognized world music ensemble that filters traditional forms into new compositions and arrangements for Bolivian charango, Turkish cümbüs, Appalachian lap dulcimer, mandolin, and guitar.  He has collaborated with Puerto Ricans Roy Brown Ramirez, Tito Auger, & Puerto Rican-American Tao Rodriguez-Seeger on Que Vaya Bién, a CD that Jaime Torres Torres of El Nuevo Día (San Juan, PR) calls “one of ten best productions of 2006.”  Andrew also regularly performs with Ugandan vocalist Omega Bugembe Okello.

Andrew Reissiger has also produced and consulted for documentary film.  He hosted the popular radio show World Tour for 3 years which aired statewide on Georgia Public Broadcasting.  He has produced segments for KALW in San Francisco and The World Vision Report.

With seven critically acclaimed recordings to his name, Andrew Reissiger has had the opportunity to perform in Puerto Rico, Europe, and throughout the United States.  He has shared the stage with the likes of Fania All Stars member Luiz “Perico” Ortiz and Eddy Navia of Sukay and has opened shows for Inti-Illimani, trumpeter Dave Douglas, guitarists Al Di Meola and John Jorgenson, dobroist Jerry Douglas, and even Pete Seeger.  Andrew has performed on National Public Radio’s Mountain Stage and his music can occasionally be heard in between news stories on All Things Considered.