Andrew Wooten
The Farm at Old Edwards has a way of calling the right people back. On Wednesday, June 17, Andrew Wooten returns to the Orchard Sessions–he’s the kind of artist you see once and keep thinking about on an ordinary Tuesday, wondering when he’ll be back.
His sound–rooted in country, Southern rock, and the quieter edges of Appalachian storytelling–fits this setting without effort. Not because it’s tailored to it, but because it comes from the same place. There’s nothing overly polished about Wooten’s delivery. The songs arrive plainly, built on themes of loss, endurance, and the uneasy balance between them. He doesn’t push for effect; he lets the material work.
His voice–gravelly without affectation, steady without stiffness–does the heavy lifting. It holds a note just long enough, pulling back before it risks excess. That control shapes the performance.
Since his last appearance, the outward markers of a career have begun to line up: a signing with Roadside Music Management, Upstate Music Award nominations, a televised performance on Charlotte Today. But what matters more is what hasn’t changed. The voice remains unvarnished. The writing resists easy resolution. If anything, there’s more control now–songs that hold their line rather than reaching for a bigger moment.
Raised in Joanna, South Carolina, Wooten came up through church music and inherited soundtracks of earlier generations–vinyl, local radio, whatever was within reach. By his teens, he’d picked up a guitar and started writing, drawing from influences as varied as Tyler Childers, Stevie Ray Vaughan, and Benjamin Tod.
The result is a catalog of originals that feel less constructed than accumulated, each adding to a body of work taking shape. His full-length album Bury Them All made that clear.
At Orchard Sessions, expect a set built mostly on originals, with the occasional reinterpretation folded in without announcement. The pacing stays measured–nothing rushed, nothing stretched past its natural end. It’s the kind of performance that draws you in gradually, almost without noticing when you’ve stopped talking and started listening.
The setting does its part. The Orchard at The Farm at Old Edwards isn’t a stage so much as a shared space–chairs beneath the trees, people moving easily between conversation and attention. Music carries differently here, folding into the rhythm of the evening.
Doors open at 6:00 P.M., with music from 6:00 to 8:00 P.M. Light bites and a cash bar keep things easy. Tickets are $50 for the public and $25 for Old Edwards guests and members.
Book online at OldEdwardsHospitality.com/OrchardSessions.
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