"Michael Andrew is an outstanding vocalist and performer who projects a unique style of musicianship, energy, and charisma from stage. I had the pleasure of conducting several symphonic pops concerts in which he appeared as a guest artist. He is a willing collaborator who is easy to work with. His orchestral arrangements are professional, sound great and require minimum rehearsal time. Michael is a dependable artist who delivers a consistently high quality product. I look forward to performing with him many more times in the future."
Maestro Michael Krajewski, National Symphonic Pops Conductor


"A consumate master showman!" "Excellent!"
Susan O'Brow, Producer, The Center Theatre Group / Ahmanson Theatre, Los Angeles


"The Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra has been pleased and proud to collaborate with Michael Andrew and Swingerhead. First and foremost, Michael is an exceptional musician who respects and understand the music-making style of the swing era. His talent is a tribute to the musicians of that time, and his performances are of the highest possible quality. Audiences can't get enough of Michael, and his recent subscription concert was the highest attended concert in Orlando Philharmonic history. Needless to say, we have re-engaged Michael for the 2001-2002 season, by popular demand."
David Schillhammer, Executive Director, The Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra
The 3rd concert with OPO is scheduled for November 30, 2002 in Orlando


"Andrew does have Sinatra's style down pat, though, from his husky, off-hand delivery to heady shout choruses always anchored by a tough-but-tender, can't-touch-this cool."... "It was a cool collaboration between singer and accompanist, and a nice acknowledgment that, behind the zaniness, excellent music was being made to kick off another symphony season."
Chris Shull, Entertainment Reporter, Witchia Eagle
Read his full symphonic pops concert review here


"Michael did a great job as he sang the national anthem today for the Orlando Magic vs. Sixers game. It's always great to hear Michael. Through the years he's always kept a style of his own that is... his trademark. "
Dan Beach, Music Director, The Orlando Magic, April 2002


"Swingerhead is extremely entertaining and one of the best bands to come out of Orlando!"
JC Chasez, member of 'NSYNC


"Michael Andrew’s appearance with the San Antonio Symphony was a huge success on our Pops Series, conducted by Michael Krajewski. Michael combines a great voice with exciting showmanship and imaginative arrangements, guaranteed to please audiences of all ages. His ‘Tribute to Frank Sinatra’ and ‘Tribute to Bobby Darin’ medleys were particularly effective and “Mack the Knife” brought the crowd to its feet. Michael is true to the style of the great singers of the past, but has his own distinctive sound and way of delivering a song. He is a pleasure to work with and I highly recommend him for symphony pops concerts."
Laurence J. Fried, General Manager and Artistic Administrator, San Antonio Symphony


"Swingerhead is the most fun swingin' you'll have with your clothes on!"
Beth Littleford, TV Co-host, The Daily Show on Comedy Central

"Michael Andrew is the real deal, this is no impersonator... his sound is his own! Style, phrasing, charisma and SWING! That's Michael Andrew!"
Mike Berkowitz, Conductor


"Swing This, Baby’s best two bands: Florida’s Swingerhead - who have the unusual wit to do Pick Up the Phone, a forties swing song about Nineties answering machine frustrations - and a Massachusetts’ Bellevue Cadillac..."
James Hunter, Writer, Rolling Stone Magazine - see the cool writeup


"DEAR MICHAEL, YOU AND THE BAND WERE WONDERFUL LAST NIGHT. LOOKING FORWARD TO THE NEXT TIME.
GRATEFULLY,
MICHAEL FEINSTEIN"
Michael Feinstein, singer / songwriter / pianist


"Michael Andrew and Swingerhead are an incredible mix of spices that delivers a tasty concoction of music, emotion and vision.  They have always received positive accolades from many of our Fortune 500 clients. Michael Andrew and Swingerhead are the epitome of professionalism and are a credit to their musical genre."
Dargan B. Watts, Director, Birchmore Group , Orlando, FL


"Michael Andrew is cool. That's all that need be said.
Not "cool," not "kweul," not "cool" like "okay" or "cool" like "alright."
Not "cool" like you don't have another word to say, but cool. Just cool. No quotes no other meanings.
Michael Andrew is cool."
Penn Jillette, the jazz bass playing, louder and taller half of...Penn and Teller


"The Orlando Philharmonic is thrilled to escort Michael Andrew and Swingerhead on any journey into the hearts and souls of swing lovers."
Mark Fischer, General Manager & Principal Horn for The Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra


"Michael Andrew is without a doubt one of the finest big band singers in the country. We recently had the pleasure of backing him for ten days and were so pleased to be on the stage with such a consummate pro. To say he had the audience spellbound would be an understatement."
Terry Meyers, Bandleader, The Terry Meyers Big Band


"... the next Harry Connick, Jr.... a natural bandleader"
Gersh Kuntzman, New York Post


"....sounds great, sounds just like ol blue eyes... it's our bag"
Marty and Elayne the ultimate Jazz - Lounge Stars from Hollywood's famous Dresden Room/Restaurant (as seen in "Swingers")


"Michael Andrew is what Harry Connick should have been. A big time jazz singer with a hard driving, horn bangin' swing band. And the guy can write a solid swing song too,which most swing singers can't. If this kid gets a break, when tomorrow's teenagers ask who Frank Sinatra was, they might very well be told he was like Michael Andrew, only old. Harry Connick is one of the best jazz piano players in the world. He should play for Michael Andrew. Now that would swing."
Alan (The Old Spin Daddy) White, Program Director/On Air Personality, SwingTop40.com


"... I have them in my car CD changer right now and I listen to them during my one and a half hour commute going home.  I really have enjoyed the music and I can probably sing many of your original songs.  I happen to be a "swing" fan.  I have found that Swingerhead subtly crosses several musical boundaries with swing as the basis.  Your group is very unique and populated by talented individuals.  Michael Andrew in particular has a great style and vocal capability.  I want to hear more!"
Sandy LaMantia, President, Shure Brothers, Inc.


"Fun and entertaining, capable of delivering the goods."
Mark Marone, Rock Chart Manager, Billboard Magazine


"For nearly a decade, Universal has presented Swingerhead in a variety of venues. From corporate events to major promotions, Michael Andrew and his top notch ensemble of musicians always deliver the utmost in professionalism and unparallel show quality."
Jim Stout, Director, Talent Booking & Casting, Universal Studios, Orlando


"Michael Andrew and Swingerhead are a smokin' band!!!!"
Shearton Carter, President, Carter Agency, Hong Kong


"Michael Andrew is the best thing to happen to swing music since Frank Sinatra!"
Tom Cellie, President, Festival Producer (and musician), Daytona Beach, FL


"Michael Andrew is an atavism. He's a throwback to an era when the scene was hot, the drinks were cool, and the people, even cooler... Unlike some bands that cropped up during the recent swing resurgence, Swingerhead is much more accessible to the average Joe or Jane who hasn't spent 13 months in the studio perfecting swing steps. With a delightful repetoire that blurs the boundaries amoung swing, lounge, and latin, Michael's tones go down as smoothly as a cold martini after a hard day's night."
Written by Darrell L. Hope for venice magazine - see the feature with photos


"Michael brings a fresh look to a classic sound..."
Sherrie Smith, E! Entertainment Television, Los Angeles


For most, modern swing is a discovery or rediscovery of an attraction to the music. For Andrew, entertainment centered on swing has been the driving force of his entire life…He is an ally of the modern movement more than a product of it… Swingerhead is currently one of the strongest teams in action."
Aaron Seymour, Writer, Swing Time Magazine (issue 13 - cover story)


"Swingerhead is a great band that showcases the style, attitude, and musicianship that made Swing great to begin with... Michael Andrew has rare vintage charm."
Stevo Robertson, A&R Director, WEA/Atlantic Records


-- "I am so grateful that Michael and Swingerhead were, indeed, able to "kick off" our Blues & Jazz Concert Series!!! Swing is alive, and professionally, aesthetically, and artistically speaking and performed so well by this group!!! Even when I tell them (i.e., all the band members) in person just how much that I appreciate their coming to the college to perform, I really don't think they understand. As a college educator, just how serious, grateful, and sincere that I am committed to revealing to the public the value of this music and culture is beyond words that I am even willing to indulge you with in this moment. What I am speaking of is the "aesthetic sensibility" of the performance, and even moreso, presentation of the musical repertoire and performance etiquette. This was truly a great way to open our season. I am more than impressed.
-- I see history alive with the repertoire, and homage with their originals, and let's face it!!! Michael Andrew is stellar!!!! I truly wish you and support you with the best of success with the presentation of this music!!! I am most impressed, and grateful. You have a such dynamic sound, captivating, presentation of performance etiquette, and aesthetic sensibility. It is the very thing that keeps "swing in motion."
-- Once again, thank you so much for being our opening presentation for the SCC' Blues & Jazz Concert Series for the 2000-2001 series. I am always interested in where you are and what you're doing."
Kimberely M. Jones, Ph.D.
Chairman Humanities/Fine and Performing Arts, Seminole Community College, Florida


"Michael Andrew can kick Harry Connick's a#* around the world and back three times!!!! ... and he has one of the best publicists in the world!"
Ed Tyll, National Talk Radio Personality


"Swingerhead is the born again brand of hip that never really left all those swingin' souls who returned to Florida... baked in sunshine so hot that it will damn well burn ya!  They can make you remember what Las Vegas was like when it was still cool (for those of us who are too young to experience it)!  Michael Andrew is the entertainer's entertainer."
Broccoli Rob, Band Leader of Dem Brooklyn Bums Big Band and guest artist on 'A Swingerhead Christmas"


"Swingerhead swings!!!  They are a fresh blend of jump-smokey-blues that comes off as sensual and inspired.  Michael Andrew is a FOXX!  Move over Harry Connick, Jr... you've met your match in Michael Andrew!  Swingerhead's my favorite band!!"
Melissa Foxx, WTKS "The Newz Thang" and WWNS "Get A Life"  Radio Host and Producer, Orlando, FL


".. great for taming the savage in the saturday nite crowd..... with a swank kooky kind of elegance"
Michelle Marini, Owner, The Lava Lounge, Hollywood, CA


"Swingerhead has the best bunch of guys I've ever had the pleasure to deal with.  Michael is the best of the best... I love 'em... very professional group!!"
Eddie McDaniel, Director of Entertainment, Treasure Bay Casino


"Look.  You can easily run of of superlatives when describing the musical talents of Swingerhead.  Each and every band member is a consummate pro.  Michael Andrew is a classic of song, front man extraordinaire and the brains behind the operation.  The rhythm section is dynamite.  Christian Tamburr is a vibes master.  And the horn section is electrifying.  They are undeniably the heart and soul of this band's big time sound.  So,  if you're wondering where all the talent is in today's music, check out the swing scene.  And when you check out the swing scene, start with Florida's Swingerhead.  Take it from me. 
It don't mean a thing if you haven't heard "the head" swing!. 
That's Swingerhead!  S-W-I-N-G-E-R-H-E-A-D!"
Mike Lisa, Music Editor, The Two River Times, Red Bank, NJ - read the full show writeup


"What do I think of Swingerhead?  We've built our venue for and around them!"
Ray Stines, Owner, Rat Pack's on the Avenue, Downtown Orlando


"If Swingerhead did not exist, it would be necessary for some desperate, martini-starved lounge lizard to invent them. In a few short years, they have come to almost single-handedly define the market for swing in Orlando, creating new venues to support their cha-cha-ing vision and providing a kick in the pants to the career of every Frankie-come-lately who's allowed to take the stage when out of town. Apprentice Dinos long to be just like them, even as new-jack bobby-soxers pine to grab a spare, swoon-worthy moment of lead singer Michael Andrew's crooning attention. In other words, Swingerhead would be an easy band for the rest of us fashion-victim schlemiels to resent, if only they didn't play their roles (and their axes) so perfectly.
That's life, baby."
Steve Schneider, Entertainment Writer, The Orlando Weekly


"If you're looking for a good time... call Swingerhead!  Swingerhead is the band that will take swing music in to the next millennium!"
John R. Fisher, Manager, The Coconut Club at Merv Griffin's Beverly Hilton, Beverly Hills, CA


"Michael Andrew is the swinginest, baby, and so is a stiff martini!"
Dean R. Miller, the Sultan of Swing, The Viper Room, on Sunset Strip, Los Angeles


"Last year, I started hearing a buzz on an incredible singer people kept insisting was going to be the next Bobby Darrin, or Harry Connick, Jr.  When I finally got to check him out, it was with his band, Swingerhead.  I was struck by how fabulous these kids sounded!  I could close my eyes, and think I was transported someplace else...another time, another place...definitely not Orlando (home of 7 Mary 3, Matchbox 20, etc.)  I was not new to new swing, but I was so impressed with what was hearing! Totally different than the "gangster swing" that is still prevalent.  I heard reverence for the genre!  I heard someone who came to swing naturally and organically...via Frank and Bobby... not Social Distortion.  I heard honesty, and most of all, I heard one of the sweetest voices I had ever heard. Michael Andrew is a force of nature. His independently distributed CD is our best selling local music in our 28 year history.  We hunger for another one!"
Hanna Skrobko, Owner, EastWest Disc and Tape, Orlando


"Are you hep to the jive? Swingerhead's the way!"
Bill Shafer, TV Host ("Discover Orlando") and Sports Reporter on WESH TV, Orlando
(and co-star in 'Mickey Swingerhead and the Earthgirls')


"Swingerhead's cool and fluid style clearly ranks them at the forefront of the modern swing movement, while
still keeping a foot in the swing of yesteryear."
Jack Vaughn, President, Slimstyle Records


“...it's still good to hear screaming horns back on the radio, and perhaps with time and practice, some of the groups will evolve into legit swing bands. Scene Leader... Swingerhead”
Orange County Weekly's Incomplete Guide to Roots Music


"The entire evening can be summed up in just two words - POSITIVE ENERGY.  The overall success of Rat Packs' opening night can be generously attributed to the musical talent of Michael Andrews' Swingerhead... these guys were fantastic. They packed the dance floor with so much energy that the place was on fire...  I knew they were good when someone as uncoordinated as myself got up the nerve to try swinging, and I'd have to say it was the most fun I've had in ages. "
SLANT Magazine Editor, read article and see pictures


"Michael Andrew can perhaps best be described as a singer's singer.  In the ballad tradition of Frank Sinatra and Tony Bennett,  Mr. Andrew has emerged as a song stylist that is quickly making new converts every time he performs....  Whether he is singing from the great American songbook of standards by Cole Porter, Rodgers and Hart, Jerome Kern or the more contemporary works of Billy Joel, Andrew makes every song a very personal statement.  Watching Mr. Andrew perform is an exhilarating experience.  He is a charismatic, exciting and intense performer who shows tremendous respect for the material he selects and his audience.  Mr. Andrew has that uncanny ability to make you feel that he is singing for you and you alone.  Comparisons between Mr. Andrew and other singers are inevitable. However, similar things are not identical.  Mr. Andrew is forging his own musical identity which gratefully acknowledges those that have gone before him.  In an era of rap singing and alternative music which the vocal efforts border more on shouting than singing, Michael Andrew emerges as the "keeper of the flame", the eternal light that tells us that the tradition of caring for good songs with good lyrics isn't dead yet, but in very capable hands."
"Indeed Mr. Andrew may very well be the best friend a song ever had."
Frank Speena, Jazz Critic and Consultant, Clearwater, Hollywood and Ybor City Jazz Festivals


"Meeeee-yow!! and the best is yet to come!"
StaceBass!, Founder, MEOW Entertainment Promotion, PR and Publicity