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Steve Andrews, aka The Bard of Ely, is a singer-songwriter, author and environmentalist from Wales but now based in Portugal. He is famous for having a green beard, which suits his image because he has been fascinated by nature since he was a boy and is taking action to save the seas, as well as taking part in many more environmental campaigns and projects. He sings: “We’ve got to save the birds, we've got to save the bees, we’ve got to save the forests, we’ve got to save the seas.”
His songs “Where Does All The Plastic Go?”, produced by Jayce Lewis at Northstone Studios in Wales, and “Time For Ocean Aid", produced by Ricardo Verdelho in Portugal, and featuring Crum ex-Hawkwind on synth and piano overdubs, both address his concerns about the serious threats to the ocean. “Where Does All The Plastic Go?” was one of the ten tracks on the album Songs of the Now and Then. Besides the songs, there’s a book too. In Saving Mother Ocean, published by Moon Books in 2021, and endorsed by Sea Shepherd Conservation Society founder Captain Paul Watson, as well as by Global Youth Ambassador Lilly Platt, amongst others, Andrews talks about all the threats to marine life, and by extension, to all life on Earth. As Captain Watson, who he quotes, says: “If the ocean dies, we die.”
Plastic pollution is only one of the dangers that the oceans face. Over fishing, deep sea mining, nuclear waste dumping, sonar and military testing, acidification, sewage and agricultural runoff, as well as Climate Change, are all killing life in the oceans. Coral bleaching and the dangers to coral reefs are other threats to the health of the seas.
Andrews believes that his music can help raise awareness about these matters and help to inspire other people to take action too. His book explains how his songs came about and what motivated him to write them. He dreams of inspiring big concerts, as big as “Live Aid,” but this time raising awareness about the oceans and to raise funding for organizations working on marine conservation. His top choice of such organizations would be the Captain Paul Watson Foundation. He thinks that Lisbon would be ideal for such a show, seeing as it already has a name for staging international marine conservation events and for holding big outdoor rock concerts, like those organized by Rock In Rio Lisboa.
This year, Andrews took part as a Delegate at the World Ocean Summit in Lisbon at the end of February. Two of the many fellow activists he met and befriended at this prestigious event were Andreas Noe, aka The Trash Traveler, and Steve Bender, president of Newport Beach Rotary Club. Last year, Andrews also attended the United Nations Ocean Conference.These two summits are examples of the events that have been happening in Lisbon, and why he thinks the city would be a great location for a concert to help save the seas.
He feels that like so many problems we face today, saving the ocean is a high priority international issue, and so he is reaching out with the message of his songs and book, to people all around the world. Andrews has been featured in a four-page chapter of Italian radio host Filippo Solibello’s book SPAM: Stop Plastica A Mare, he has appeared in a full-page spread in The Portugal News, and in a two-page article in SWND Magazine from Wales. The Rotary Club of Wyndham Harbor from Australia published a feature in The Wave magazine, about his song “Where Does All The Plastic Go?”, and about his ideas for saving marine life. This was his introduction to Rotary and he has since become a member of that Australian club, as well as a member of ESRAG (Environmental Sustainability Rotary Action Group). In 2020, Andrews was a guest on the Eco-Logic show on WBAI FM from New York. He is very glad to have been attracting media attention like this around the world because he is sure that we need action on an international scale. In “Time For Ocean Aid,” he sings: “When I look at all the mess we’ve made, I think it’s time for Ocean Aid.”
Find out more about Steve Andrews and how to contact him by visiting the following sites:
https://steveandrews.info/
https://www.instagram.com/bardofely/
https://twitter.com/bardofely/
https://www.facebook.com/TheBardofEly/
https://www.youtube.com/bardofely/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/steveandrewswriter/
https://www.tiktok.com/@bardofely/
https://open.spotify.com/artist/7LL2UtwhhXSIvukBYMHx05/
https://bardofely.bandcamp.com/
https://www.johnhuntpublishing.com/moon-books/our-books/earth-spirit-saving-mother-ocean
Article posted by: SchizoFranic
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