Amy Speace is a Nashville-based folk/Americana American singer-songwriter and essayist from Baltimore, Maryland.[1][2]
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Amy Speace |
| Origin | Baltimore, Maryland, United States |
| Genres | folk, americana |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, songwriter |
| Instruments | Vocals, Guitar |
| Years active | 2006–present |
| Labels | Wildflower Records (2006–10), Thirty Tigers (2011-13), Gearbox Records (Applewood Road), Proper Records Group |
| Website | Amy Speace website |
Career
editNational Public Radio described her voice as "velvety and achy" and compared her to Lucinda Williams.[2] She lives in Nashville, Tennessee.[3][4] A former Shakespearean actress,[2] her music has received critical acclaim from The New York Times, NPR, The Sunday London Times, Mojo Magazine, etc.[5][6] Speace's song, Weight of the World, was recorded by singer Judy Collins on her 2010 album Paradise.[7] She has toured extensively in the US, UK and Europe and has shared the stage with Guy Clark, Judy Collins, Mary Chapin Carpenter and many others. She regularly performs at The Rocky Mountain Folks Festival and The Kerrville Folk Festival and has appeared at Glastonbury Music Festival, Cambridge Folk Festival. She has appeared on Mountain Stage Radio 4 times. Speace also works as a songwriter with the non-profit SongwritingWith:Soldiers which helps veterans process their trauma.[8][9]
Speace contributed her cover of "House of Broken Dreams" in a Mark Heard tribute album entitled "Treasure Of The Broken Land: The Songs Of Mark Heard" (Storm Weathered Records) in 2017.
In 2020, Amy Speace was awarded "International Song of the Year" by the Americana Music Association for the title song on her recent album "Me and the Ghost of Charlemagne" {Proper Records}.
Speace released, "There Used To Be Horses Here" on January 29, 2021 on Proper Records, a record she coproduced with The Orphan Brigade (Ben Glover, Joshua Britt, Neilson Hubbard).
She has produced, RJ Cowdrey, Alicia Viani and Lyn Koonce with engineer Thomm Jutz. RJ Cowdrey's record, "What If This Is All There Is" spent a few weeks in the Top 10 of the Folk Radio Charts in 2019.
As an essayist, Amy Speace has been published in The New York Times, No Depression Magazine, American Songwriter Magazine and The Blue Rock Review.
Discography
editStudio albums
edit- Fable (2002)[10]
- Songs For Bright Street (2006)
- The Killer In Me (2009)
- Land Like A Bird (2011)
- How To Sleep In A Stormy Boat (2013)
- That Kind Of Girl (2015)
- Applewood Road (2016)
- Me And The Ghost Of Charlemagne (2019)
- There Used To Be Horses Here (2021)
- Tucson (2022)
- The American Dream (2024)
EPs
edit- Into the New EP (2010)
- Same Old Storm EP (2014)
References
edit- ^ "Amy Speace On Mountain Stage". NPR Music. August 12, 2010. Archived from the original on September 3, 2010. Retrieved September 26, 2010.
- ^ a b c Alex Cohen (June 12, 2009). "Amy Speace: From Shakespeare To Songwriting". NPR. Archived from the original on September 3, 2010. Retrieved September 26, 2010.
- ^ Matthew Oshinsky (September 26, 2010). "Amy Speace returns with a batch of killer tunes". Newark Star-Ledger. Archived from the original on October 31, 2010. Retrieved September 26, 2010.
- ^ Nancy Dunham (June 12, 2009). "CD Review: Amy Speace – 'The Killer in Me'". The Washington Post. Retrieved September 26, 2010.
- ^ "Amy Speace Steps Out of the Shade w/ Songs for Bright Street". USA Today. August 25, 2010. Retrieved September 26, 2010.
- ^ Kevin Coughlin (September 14, 2009). "Pure Prairie League adds a real Amy to 'Amy' at Chatham show". Newark Star-Ledger. Retrieved September 26, 2010.
- ^ Mike Ragogna (August 12, 2010). "A Conversation With Judy Collins: Paradise & Little Vigils: Conversations with Judy Collins and That Guy Mark Erelli". HuffPost. Archived from the original on August 15, 2010. Retrieved September 26, 2010.
- ^ "Songwriters | Songwriting with Soldiers".
- ^ "Amy Speace Looks a Little Closer on Me and the Ghost of Charlemagne".
- ^ "Amy Speace - About". Archived from the original on March 27, 2022. Retrieved April 23, 2022.