On December 11, 2006, Wildflowers Records singer-songwriter Amy Speace
was in NY for a live interview on WFUV 90.7 FM's "Folk Sunday
Breakfast with John Platt." Now her live performances on the show,
including songs 'The Real Thing,' 'Dreamin' and 'Step Out of the
Shade', are exclusively available through social network site
ReverbNation at http://www.reverbnation.com/amyspeace
This coincides with the release by MusicDish of Amy's most memorable
radio performances through a new downloadable MP3 album "Amy Speace -
Live On Radio." Gathering nine tracks from performances on Ft.
Collins' KRFC 88.9 FM, NY's WFUV 90.7 FM and Boston's WMBR 88.1 FM, as
well as syndicated show The Art of Song, the album is available for
download at http://www.musicdish.net/amyspeace/mp3/
John Platt's three-hour tour of tunes strikes a balance between the
"Joni Mitchells/Harry Chapins/Jackson Brownes" and "lesser-known but
equally talented" singer/songwriters. Guests have ranged from icons
like Pete Seeger, Joan Baez, Loudon Wainwright, and Judy Collins, to
WFUV mainstays like Dar Williams, Bruce Cockburn, and Luka Bloom, to
emerging artists like Richard Julian, Sonya Kitchell, and Ben Taylor.
With his gentle probing John helps us to know more about the music -
and who the artists are as people.
From the rustic rush of "Step Out of the Shade" to the bittersweet
lilt of "Water Landing" to the gentle acoustic intimacy of "Two,"
Songs for Bright Street's 12 original compositions (plus a slyly
countrified reading of the Blondie classic "Dreaming") showcase
Speace's unique gifts, offering catchy Americana with indelible hooks,
sharply observed lyrics and a gritty urban edge. Among those impressed
by her sassy songcraft is legendary folk-pop songstress Judy Collins,
who chose Songs for Bright Street to release on her new Wildflower
label.
Amy Speace has already won a loyal grass-roots fan base, thanks in
large part to live performances that merge warmth, humor and emotional
immediacy, and to a tireless touring schedule that's already taken her
across the United States. She's also won considerable critical
acclaim, with The Village Voice observing that Speace is "taking her
Americana away from twangy contemplation toward tangy confrontation"
and noting that she's "not another of those breathy would-be child
poets, but a real singing writer of songs." Time Out New York stated,
"Amy Speace plays sweet, twangy folk music with a clear voice and an
innocent vulnerability," while The Nashville Scene noted that she
"balances wry humor with open-hearted honesty." And renowned Nashville
critic Robert K. Oermann, writing in Music Row, dubbed her a "new
star."
http://www.amyspeace.com
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