Amy Campbell brings together classical
training and folk sensibilities to create music that reaches into human
experience and comes back with stories written from the soul. Devoted
equally to lyrical craft, innovative musicianship, and engaging
performances, Amy's dozen years of writing, composing, and touring have
cemented her position in hearts and playlists across the world.
Her
songs are at once infinitely personal and instantly relatable, painting
moody emotional landscapes over spare open tunings. Releasing two live
albums in the last five years, Amy's career has steadily built momentum
through commitment on a few fronts: her own, to professionalism and
publicity; other artists who are eager perform with her; and her
listeners who want to share her music with as many people as they can.
After
a decade of these promotion streams building momentum, Amy is riding
this trajectory to the release of her solo studio debut with release
parties planned in Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal and at the Halifax Pop
Explosion.
Oh Heart, Oh Highway
is a double album with accompanying book of illustration and prose that
will take listeners on a multidimensional, fragmented, and
ultimately meaningful journey. Playing nearly every instrument herself,
Amy has created a challenging first-pe …
Amy Campbell brings together classical
training and folk sensibilities to create music that reaches into human
experience and comes back with stories written from the soul. Devoted
equally to lyrical craft, innovative musicianship, and engaging
performances, Amy's dozen years of writing, composing, and touring have
cemented her position in hearts and playlists across the world.
Her
songs are at once infinitely personal and instantly relatable, painting
moody emotional landscapes over spare open tunings. Releasing two live
albums in the last five years, Amy's career has steadily built momentum
through commitment on a few fronts: her own, to professionalism and
publicity; other artists who are eager perform with her; and her
listeners who want to share her music with as many people as they can.
After
a decade of these promotion streams building momentum, Amy is riding
this trajectory to the release of her solo studio debut with release
parties planned in Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal and at the Halifax Pop
Explosion.
Oh Heart, Oh Highway
is a double album with accompanying book of illustration and prose that
will take listeners on a multidimensional, fragmented, and
ultimately meaningful journey. Playing nearly every instrument herself,
Amy has created a challenging first-person travelogue of reaching out
and letting go, with rhythms that evoke the trees zooming by a car
window on long highway drives. The songs are mourning serenades of to
lost loves and family members.
Existing
fans will relish an opportunity to hear layers of violin, upright bass,
and keyboards behind Amy's trademark intricate guitar work and warm
vocals. New fans will be drawn in by the album's cinematic narratives,
and ambitious artistic vision.
Equally
at home at a low-fi Ladyfest gig, an upscale songwriter's circle, or a
sunny festival stage, Amy's live show is disarming and engaging. She
wins over the audience with her dry wit, and then lets them in on every
thought her heart has ever had. This approach has charmed crowds big
and small across North America. A typical Amy Campbell performance is
followed by several grateful fans shyly approaching her to share
stories from their own lives, confessing that her music has helped them
crystalize and articulate their own experiences.
A
regular at Club Passim [Boston], Rasputin's [Ottawa], the Yellow Door
[Montreal] and the Blacksheep Inn [Wakefield, QC], touring highlights
for Amy include appearing as opening act for:
* Veda Hille
* Richard Bruckner
* Mary Lou Lord,
* The Scrappy Bitch Tour
* Emm Gryner
* Old Man Luedecke
Exalted
by one reviewer as "well poised to one day inherit Joni Mitchell’s
place as Canada’s quintessential female singer/songwriter”, Amy's
catalogue is available through iTunes, and online or via mail-order at www.amycampbell.ca.
