Survivor, Smiler, Songwriter.
From lacking the strength to sing to performing in front of millions of people on Season 20 of NBC’s The Voice, Andrew Marshall has experienced more than most at the age of twenty-three.
Marshall’s world turned upside down in high school when he was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia at the age of sixteen. While his classmates attended classes each day, Andrew found himself staring out of a hospital window in Boston just wishing to be a normal kid again.
As his teenage life fall apart, he fell back into what he knew he loved, writing and performing music. And when he became too weak to play, he listened.
He’d sit back after a long day of treatment, throw on some headphones and imagine himself ripping some guitar solo off of John Mayer’s Where The Light Is album for thousands. Or he would listen to Born And Raised and feel like for once, he wasn’t alone. Through his experience with cancer, Marshall was compelled to pursue his music more seriously, and to try and synthesize his feelings on life into his own songs to help others just like music had for him.
After his Make-A-Wish experience in 2018, where John Mayer himself encouraged him to keep writing, Andrew pushed himself harder than ever before releasing two EP’s titled Letters From Lowell and Growing Pains amidst the long days at university and the COVID-19 pandemic.
During this time he was recruited by executives of NBC’s The Voice to audition for their 20th season, where he finished as a quarter-finalist. The experience enlightened him, sparking a hunger to nurture his musicality and discover his own original sound which led him to move to Nashville, Tennessee in 2021.
“Don’t Wish Your Life Away” saw its addition to Andrew’s discography in the fall of 2021. The track explores the raw emotion of becoming an adult and watching your childhood fade from view, inspired mostly by his experience at home during the lockdown.
Since then, Marshall has been patiently and steadily working on a new project slated to release in late 2023. After teaming up with producer, Mark Siegel, he is finally working in an environment where he feels free to find his own sound. He cites artists such as John Mayer, Harry Styles, LANY, James Bay and older artists such as Hall & Oates and The Bee Gees as his main influences for the record.
—Make-A-Wish: 1-on-1 with John Mayer, 2018
Discography
Since his initial release in 2018 with Letters From Lowell, Andrew has been steadily releasing music for five years. Each project honing in his sound and songwriting style just a bit more, all with their own unique stories and memories.
In 2021, Andrew finished as a quarter-finalist on Season 20 of NBC’s The Voice. With mentors such as Nick Jonas, Blake Shelton, Snoop Dogg, and Darren Criss, Marshall grew exponentially, honing in his vocal and performance skills.
Andrew is also an advocate for Make-A-Wish America, traveling across the country to share his own unique wish experience at various events to help raise money for children living with life threatening illness to have their own wish.