SINGER-SONGWRITER TO APPEAR ON WUMB EARLIER THAT DAY
FAN PHOTO FROM THE SHOW WILL BE INCLUDED IN ALBUM ARTWORK
WITH SPECIAL GUEST ON VOCALS, WARD HAYDEN FROM BOSTON MUSIC
AWARD-WINNING BAND GIRLS GUNS & GLORY
Fresh from a national tour and performing at the Americana
Music Festival in Nashville, TN, singer-songwriter Amy Black will be recording
a live album at Johnny D's, around the corner from her Davis Square apartment,
on January 4 with her band. The Boston Globe has called her music "deeply
felt," continuing, "From steely murder ballads to tender love songs
that evoke bedrock country tropes, the record is Americana in its broadest
definition. It's rooted in folk and country but with tinges of Southern soul
and blues."
Ward Hayden from the Boston Music Award-winning band Girls
Guns & Glory will sit in on the set. The band is made up of top shelf
Boston-area musicians: Jim Scoppa (Duke Robillard), electric guitar, Russell
Chudnofsky (Lori McKenna, Sara Borges), rhythm guitar; Lorne Entress (producer
of Black's stellar album 'One Time' and drummer for Ronnie Earl), drums; John
Styklunas, bass. Tom Dube of Front Of House Sound, who has worked with Rosanne
Cash, Jackson Browne, Richard Thompson, and Kathleen Edwards, will engineer the
live album.
The audience will have the opportunity to advance purchase
the album (both CD and a download before it's even released) for $5. A group
photo of all who come out will be included in the artwork for the album. Black
plans to release it in the spring and mount a tour behind it.
Black will also appear live on WUMB 91.9FM at noon on
January 4.
* Corb Lund AMA showcase – Wednesday, September 12, 10pm –
Mercy Lounge - 1 Cannery Row
Amid raves from NPR, NY Times, UNCUT and others, Corb Lund
scored a personal best with a #13 debut on the Billboard Heatseekers chart and
a #60 debut on the Billboard Indie Chart for his "breakthrough" (Washington
Post) album 'Cabin Fever.' The album also debuted at #1 on Billboard's Canadian
Top 200 albums chart. NPR said, "Impressive… great songs… Lund finds glory
in tough work, spotting characters most people would overlook, and celebrating
them with colorful sketches… Corb Lund's ironic humor and keen sense of
American culture is similar to Hayes Carll."
* Scott Bomar of the Bo-Keys on panel – Thursday, September
13, 2:30pm – The Music of Memphis - Sheraton Hotel, Davidson Room, 623 Union
St.
Bo-Keys leader and producer Scott Bomar (Jay Reatard, Hustle
& Flow, Cyndi Lauper) will also join "The Music of Memphis," a
panel moderated by Memphis native and producer Rick Clark, alongside Luther
Dickinson of the North Mississippi All-Stars; Jody Stephens of Memphis-based
Ardent Music and musician for Big Star and Golden Smog; Robert Gordon, author
of "It Came From Memphis," "Can't Be Satisfied: The Life and
Times of Muddy Waters," and "Jerry Lee Lewis: Last Rocker
Standing"; and John Hampton of Ardent Music and a GRAMMY-winning producer.
* Amy Black on panel - Thursday, September 13, 4:00 – 5:00
pm - Channeling Your Inner CEO: Business Best Practices Panel - Sheraton Hotel,
Suite 7, 623 Union St.
Amy Black will speak on a panel, alongside moderator Ralph
Jaccodine, Boston Management Group; Susan Cattaneo, Berklee College of Music;
Thad Beatty, writer, instrumentalist, producer; and Dino Cattaneo, Jersey Girl
Music. A latecomer to the craft of songwriting, Black spent more than a decade
in the business world as a professional marketer before discovering her writing
talents. The panelists will discuss setting and tracking goals; creating a
strategy; smart marketing; and building a team on a shoestring budget or with
no budget at all.
* The Bo-Keys AMA showcase – Thursday, September 13, 11pm –
The Rutledge - 410 4th Avenue South
Memphis soul men The Bo-Keys will perform at a showcase of
The Music of Memphis
on Thursday, September 13 at 11pm at the Rutledge, on a bill
with Luther
Dickinson and Jim Lauderdale; “The Songs of Big Star”
featuring Chris Stamey
(db’s), Mike Mills (REM), and the surviving member of Big
Star’s original
lineup, Jody Stephens; and up-and-comers Star & Micey.
Of The Bo-Keys, The Wall Street Journal said, “Funky[,] authentic groove… If
the Bo-Keys sound like Memphis in the 1960s and early '70s, it's probably
because most of the band's musicians were recording back then for the city's
top labels.”
* Amy Black AMA showcase - Friday, September 14, 2:00 pm –
3:30 pm - Sheraton Hotel, Listening Lounge, 623 Union St.
Amy Black – the minister's daughter with storytelling and
Southern tradition in her blood – will perform in the round with Susan
Cattaneo, Rose Cousins and Rod Picott. No Depression has written, "Amy
Black has a smooth, seductive sound that commands attention… [She] 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." WUMB-FM Boston wrote that “her latest album, One
Time, reveals her as one of the best storytelling songwriters working today.”
* Lowe Country: The Songs of Nick Lowe - Friday, September
14, 2012, 4-5pm - OutLowe Country: The Songs of Nick Lowe performance and
broadcast - SiriusXM Music City Theatre, Bridgestone Arena Tower, 501 Broadway
This live radio broadcast will celebrate Nick Lowe and the
new tribute album Lowe Country with performances from Robert Ellis, Caitlin
Rose, Amanda Shires, Colin Gilmore, and surprise guests.
Amy Black – the minister's daughter with storytelling and
Southern tradition in her blood – will perform at the Americana Music Festival
in Nashville, TN on Friday, September 14. The acclaimed singer-songwriter's
finely wrought and gorgeously-sung songs have earned her a following in her
native New England and have begun to cement her as part of the next generation
of Americana artists. She will also appear on a panel "Channeling Your
Inner CEO: Business Best Practices" on Thursday, September 13.
No Depression has written, "Amy Black has a smooth,
seductive sound that commands attention… [She] 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." Her hometown Boston Herald said, "Her album, 'One Time' [is a]
a stunning debut... the beautifully imagined sound and soul of her originals
make her a newcomer of note." And WUMB-FM Boston wrote that “her latest
album, One Time, reveals her as one of the best storytelling songwriters
working today.”
Amy's live show varies from full band to duo as seen in this
clip.
AMA SHOWCASE DETAILS
WHO: Amy Black, in the round with Susan Cattaneo, Rose Cousins
and Rod Picott
WHAT: Americana Music Festival & Conference Official
Showcase
WHEN: Friday, September 14, 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm
WHERE: Sheraton Hotel, Listening Lounge, 623 Union St.,
Nashville, TN
TICKETS: Open to AMA badgeholders and press; Press RSVP to Nick
Loss-Eaton at nicklosseaton AT gmail.com.
PANEL DETAILS
WHO: Amy Black, alongside moderator Ralph Jaccodine, Boston
Management Group; Susan Cattaneo, Berklee College of Music; Thad Beatty,
writer, instrumentalist, producer; and Dino Cattaneo, Jersey Girl Music
WHAT: Channeling Your Inner CEO: Business Best Practices
panel
WHERE: Sheraton Hotel, Suite 7, 623 Union St., Nashville, TN
WHEN: Thursday, September 13, 4:00 – 5:00 pm,
TICKETS: Open to AMA badgeholders and press; Press RSVP to
Nick Loss-Eaton at nicklosseaton AT gmail.com.
A latecomer to the craft of songwriting, Black spent more
than a decade in the business world as a professional marketer before
discovering her writing talents. The panelists will discuss setting and
tracking goals; creating a strategy; smart marketing; and building a team on a
shoestring budget or with no budget at all.
She reflects, "I was always a singer. I grew up singing
in church and joined a few bands in college, but I didn't know that I had it in
me to write. I was sitting at my kitchen table one night and thought, 'You
know, you should do something with your voice.' Fast forward five years and I'm
a touring artist, singing my own music. I tell my audiences it's not too late
to go after your dreams!" Black sold her comfortable suburban house and
moved into an 800-square-foot rental in Somerville, MA, where she began to
dedicate her time to writing, recording, and touring.
Filmed along Boston harbor, the video for "Whiskey
& Wine" perfectly captures the song's contemplative nature as the
character reconciles how two people so different could still love one another.
BLACK COMES TO MUSIC CAREER BACKWARDS, LEAVES COMFORT OF THE
SUBURBS AND TAKES TO THE ROAD
Amy Black – the minister's daughter with storytelling and
Southern tradition in her blood – is launching a national tour including a
showcase during the Americana Music Festival in Nashville, TN. Black is an
acclaimed New England-based Americana artist with a compelling voice who has
been compared to Patty Griffin and has opened for stars including Chris Isaak,
Rodney Crowell, and Suzy Bogguss.
No Depression has written, "Amy Black has a smooth,
seductive sound that commands attention… [She] 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." Her hometown Boston Herald said, "Her album, 'One Time' [is a]
a stunning debut... the beautifully imagined sound and soul of her originals
make her a newcomer of note."
A latecomer to the craft of songwriting, Black spent more
than a decade in the business world as a professional marketer before
discovering her writing talents. She reflects, "I was always a singer. I
grew up singing in church and joined a few bands in college, but I didn't know
that I had it in me to write. I was sitting at my kitchen table one night and
thought, 'You know, you should do something with your voice.' Fast forward five
years and I'm a touring artist, singing my own music. I tell my audiences it's
not too late to go after your dreams!" Black sold her comfortable suburban
house and moved into an 800-square-foot rental in Somerville, MA, where she
began to dedicate her time to writing, recording, and touring.
Filmed along Boston harbor, the video for "Whiskey
& Wine" perfectly captures the song's contemplative nature as the
character reconciles how two people so different could still love one another:
Amy's live show varies from duo as seen in this clip to full band. Several of her tour dates are with
Girls Guns and Glory, about whom the Boston Globe called "Sublime… Buddy
Holly-meets-Buck Owens twang ‘n’ roll," continuing, "The constant
comparisons to crooners like Chris Isaak and Lyle Lovett are well-deserved —
and his band’s amber-soaked melodies, tight musicianship, and casual elegance
were a tonic."
Girls Guns and Glory is the brainchild of Lonesome Day
recording artist Ward Hayden. GGG is now an internationally touring band, a
two-time winner of both the Roots Act of Year (Boston Phoenix Awards), and
five-time winner of Americana Act of the Year (Boston Music Awards). GGG is
also the only band of its genre to ever take home the top honors of Act of the
Year (Boston Music Awards) and to win the legendary WBCN Rock ‘n’ Roll Rumble.
