Amy England: News

Three of the fine musicians on Amy’s cd “Nantucket to Nashville” were up for Grammys!
Russ Barenberg, nominated for Best Country Instrumental
www.russbarenberg.com
Mark Fain and Andy Leftwich both with Ricky Skaggs who won Best Southern, Country or Bluegrass Gospel Album.

Five songs off the new release "Nantucket to Nashville" have been signed by Nashville publishers John & Jim Denny on Parker's Ridge.

Amy's new cd "Nantucket to Nashville", produced in Nashville by multi-time Grammy Award winner
Bil VornDick is:

"Captivating Americana/Country - sultry and sassy, sometimes in a dancehall honky-tonk, sometimes on a heartbreaking country back road, but always featuring her evocative voice and addictive songwriting."


Available now at amyengland.net and cdbaby.com

See calendar and photos for details!

Amy will be on Community Auditions broadcast in New England this week on NECN and MyTV.

Amy will be on Community Auditions broadcast in New England this week on NECN and MyTV.

Amy is chosen as as one of 20 finalists in the New England Songwriting Contest at Ossipee Bluegrass Festival, Maine
sponsored by the North Atlantic Arts Alliance

Amy is voted one of Cape Cod Life's 2007 Top 400 Notable People on the Cape & Islands. See article in Spring Issue.

Amy takes part in The Cape Cod Internet Radio Songwriting Contest.

See calendar section for all Amy's California dates.

View the Video here!!
http://www.amyengland.net/music-19.html

Memorial Day weekend 06 Amy took part in her brother Andrew T. Hunt's video for his song "Soldier's Song".
The video was directed by Gabriel Judet-Weinshel http://waxwingfilms.com
It was filmed at the 1700's house where Amy grew up and at the Pound Ridge Reservation.
Gabriel recently completed a video for country singer Adrienne Young and received an award from Paste Magazine. See photos of filming at http://www.amyengland.net/photos.html

Caera translated Amy's lullabye "Darlin' into Irish and has included it on her newly released cd of Celtic lullabies "Suantraighe". It is a collection of Celtic lullabies, including traditional lullabies in Irish, Manx, Scottish Gaelic, and in Welsh, set to music with voice and harp. see more here: http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/caera4

Come celebrate famed Scottish Poet Robert Burns (1759-1796). The Atheneum salutes Burns'contribution to literature and Celtic culture with musical performances by Amy England, Mollie Glazer, Eric Wendelken, Greta Feeney and Martha Campbell; and with poetry readings by a star-studded line-up of Nantucketers. Burns, a poet and lyricist, is regarded as a pioneer of the Romantic movement and after his death, he became an important source of inspiration to the founders of both liberalism and socialism. A cultural icon in Scotland, Burns' birthday is celebrated all over the world by those with a wee bit of tartan in their lineage.
http://www.ack.net/arts_and_living.html

Nantucket Independent Article on Amy's trip to Nashville. read more here:
http://www.nantucketindependent.com/news/2006/1011/The_Arts/022.html

BY MARLI GUZZETTA
It's a story that reads like a ballad - a working mom on a little island off the east coast packs a bag cut an album in Nashville...

Check the Photo page for recording pics & more!
Today checking email at the remarkable downtown library, 3 stories of white marble, hand painted wall maps & views of the city.
http://www.library.nashville.org
Now off to the Country Music Hall of Fame.
http://www.countrymusichalloffame.com

Time to celebrate! Peter in Nashville now & we're eating almost every meal at the Loveless Cafe, http://www.lovelesscafe.com/ right down the road from us. Driving the scenic Nachez Trace Pkwy, listening to new mixes of the songs, and seeing so much history by day & great music at night. It's actually hard to go anywhere here without hearing some great country or bluegrass, but also jazz, blues or classical. We're loving Music City!

Recorded a few last vocal tracks before Bil started mixing on Tuesday night. He & wife Patricia have made me feel so welcome & eased some homesickness with kindness & fried chicken dinners. It's so beautiful here-their place is at the highest point in Nashville. It used to be the Moose Lodge, an old road house with a bar and an amazing dancehall, where folks like Patsy Cline & J.J. Cale came to sing & hang out. Feeling all that history around is quite inspiring!

Monday got to work with first class vocalists, Angela Primm & Chip Davis. They recorded several amazing background harmonies. And really added some heartbreak to the ballads (& even got a little weepy singing them!)

Andy Leftwich, violin player for Ricky Skaggs and Three Ring Circle, came in today, just off the road with Ricky ( & bass player Mark Fain) to put down some fiddle tracks. Beautiful! I could listen to just the violin all day long.
(NY Jets win against TN Titans- Everyone sad, but me!)

It's much harder work now that the guys put down all their tracks & I have to sing by myself! Singing several hours everyday, trying to bring the emotion out in the songs. Bil is wonderfully demanding & it is a joy when he finally says, "OK, good, come in & have a listen." He is not only a brilliant producer, but an amazing teacher.