Andrea Rice, singer/musician from Co. Down has been working professional for 30 years.
Andrea started singing at a very young age with her parents in the church choir. Her father bought her a guitar for her ninth birthday and she was hooked.
Andrea plays guitar and harp and when asked once about the harp being too quiet for the gigs she replies; “This is just to calm the crowd down for a few minutes.”
While still at school Andrea was winning singing competitions around Ireland such as the Scór Na nOg and at fifteen years old found herself in the All Ireland in Limerick in front of 2,000 people, TV Cameras and radio.

She has travelled the world spreading her talents as far as Korea, Japan and Singapore, Canada, 15 different states of America, Europe, throughout England, Scotland and Wales not forgetting the length and breadth of Ireland.
From 1991 to 2004 Andrea spent most of her time in Korea. In O’Kims Bar in the Westin Chosun Hotel, in Seoul, singing to people from all over the world, from Business people to Politicians to Ambassadors.
O’Kims became the most popular Bar in Asia.

Andrea sings in Irish, Korean, Japanese, and Norwegian language and has recorded songs in some of these languages.
Andrea has been on TV in Korea where she won a Korean singing competition that was televised similar to the Eurovision
Song Contest. Andrea has also been on TV in Ireland, America and in England such as ‘New Faces`
which was a great success in the eighties with the late Marti Caine.

When touring, “The Andrea Rice Band” has been known to be a 4, 3 or 2 piece band depending on the gig.
Fee Dobbin on double bass, electric bass and bodhran has all the crack! He has been playing professionally for 33 years. He heard Andrea perform at a gig he was playing with another band 28 years ago and was so taken by her voice that four weeks later they played their first gig together and so this partnership was born and has never looked back.

Andrea has worked with countless artists such as Christy Moore, Daniel O’Donnell, Foster and Allen, The Dubliners, The Wolfe Tones, Stockton’s Wing and Joe Dolan – the list goes on and on. She has 11 CDs and many appearances worldwide to her credit.
Andrea has a wide repertoire of songs, ranging from all the Irish ballads to popular Irish dance songs to the favourite contemporary love songs as requested at her gigs.

Andrea’s gigs are very important to her, she says; “I love being close to the people, singing their favourite songs and requests, holding them with me, everyone enjoying themselves.” If it’s singing or dancing or you just like to listen.

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