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Amy Black is a Boston based singer/songwriter and dynamic performer with storytelling and Southern tradition in her blood.
Amy Black Short Bio
Amy Black is a Boston based singer/songwriter and dynamic performer with storytelling and Southern tradition in her blood. In record time, she’s become one of the most sought after acts in New England, selling out Club Passim, sharing stages with Chris Isaak,The Courtyard Hounds, Suzy Boggus and Rodney Crowell and playing to a packed house The Boston Music Festival. Black also recently made her mark down south on the live radio show Music City Roots hosted by Jim Lauderdale, as a headliner at The Basement (Nashville) and Eddie’s Attic (Georgia) and at the Americana Music Association Conference. The Boston Herald wrote that her “stunning debut” of original music on One Time brims with “beautifully imagined sound and soul” www.amyblack.com
Amy Black Long Bio
Amy Black is a Boston based singer/songwriter and dynamic performer storytelling and Southern tradition in her blood. She burst onto the Boston scene a few short years ago and in record time, she and her band have become one of the most sought after new acts in New England, selling out Harvard Square’s legendary Club Passim, sharing the stage with Chris Isaak,The Courtyard Hounds and Rodney Crowell and playing to a packed house during her debut at The Boston Music Festival. Black also recently made her mark down south as a featured artist on the live radio show Music City Roots hosted by Jim Lauderdale and as a headliner at The Basement in Nashville and Eddie’s Attic in Georgia at at the Americana Music Association’s annual event.
Black and her band started performing fresh takes on classic covers by her influences, including Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, Emmylou Harris and Bonnie Raitt. All she planned to do was sing, but Black quickly discovered she had songwriting skills of her own and began to add originals to her live show. In April of this year, she released her sophomore album One Time, made up primarily of those originals.
The album’s sound – crafted by producer Lorne Entress, best known for Lori McKenna’s Bittertown, is fueled by a rich mix of folk, blues, classic country and gritty soul that embodies Amy’s distinctive and powerful vocals. Critics recognize that this newcomer’s voice is one not to take lightly. According to a recent No Depression review, “Black sings in a folk-styled country voice that suggests bits of Patty Loveless, Mary Chapin Carpenter and Judy Collins, edged by the blues of Bonnie Raitt and a hint of Jennifer Nettle’s sass.”
For Amy, storytelling is in her blood and a true Southern tradition that comes from her roots as a preacher’s daughter living in Missouri and Alabama. But it’s her gift for conjuring flesh and blood characters and emotions that leaves an indelible mark. “Real American Roots music is born from adversity,” she says. “Loving, lying, drinking, dying and going to heaven – not necessarily in that order.”
With One Time, Amy’s powerful voice and presence are now matched by the commanding range of her own writing.Through it all, the tracks glow with a mix of traditional acoustic instrumentation along with tasteful accents of electric guitar. The all-star cast of musicians includes the guitar playing of New England favorites, Tim Gearan, Lyle Brewer and Mark Erelli with Roger Williams on dobro, Jesse Williams on bass and Nashville’s legendary Stuart Duncan (credits?) on fiddle and mandolin.
“I’m connecting and empathizing with every character and emotion I’m writing about. Life isn’t always what people hope it’s going to be, and that’s everyone’s reality on some level.” For Amy Black, that reality is captured on One Time. And truly, her time is now.
