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Amy Courts
Folk Rock / Progressive / Acoustic



Nashville, Tennessee
United States

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Member Since1/14/2005
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Jesus
Paul Koopman
Mom & Dad
Jennifer Knapp
Patty Griffin
Sixpence None the Richer
Derek Webb
Bono
Mocha Club
Anyone Who Loves the way Jesus loves

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Here's what I can tell you about myself:

FIRST AND FOREMOST: I love passionately. God. Music. People. All I am is wrapped up in this: to love with my whole being by spreading audacious honesty and hope through song; and effect positive change in Africa and around the world by inspiring listeners into action. Because without action, faith is dead.

Born and raised in Denver, I am the youngest of four daughters born to a singing preacher and his pianist-singer wife. Music is in my DNA, along with Christian spirituality and a healthy daily dose of all things theological. I "became a Christian" just a few months after I learned to walk, and was fairly certain that life would be a bag of tootsie pops thereafter, especially since the day I got saved my mom let me jump on the bed. So when a silly boy broke my heart during my junior year of high school, I was all but ruined at the tender age of 16. God became elusive and un-knowable, His presence with me questionable at best, and faith became something I’d have to, for the first time, hash out and make my own.

So, against the soundtrack of the brutal but beautiful honesty of artists like Jennifer Knapp and Sixpence None the Richer, I set out to find a connector between what I knew in my head and what I was experiencing in real-life that seemed to contradict intellect at every turn. I researched and wrote the high school equivalent of a dissertation on the resurrection of Christ, and in so doing discovered the importance of having a personal faith based in reason. And I honed in on my love for writing poetry, decrying the pain of relationships, religion, and human depravity and finiteness, learning the importance of allowing the spirit the freedom to abandon reason and express what only a creative God could understand.

Through it all, a passion for examining and expressing a livable faith through a lyrical and theological lens was unearthed. Inspired by the transparency and honesty of my favorite artists to fearlessly broach the darker sides of faith and ask the dirtier questions most of our peers and leaders considered taboo, I bought a cheap guitar and starting fitting melodies for the poetic questions. This blending together of foundational truth with honest, if dark, poetry in song as an effort to connect my heart and head became a kind of personal therapy, and carried me through my senior year of high school in a new state, a hard-earned bachelor’s degree in theology, and a failed marriage engagement, to the pursuit of music in Nashville, TN...

...Where, while sharing songs at a writer's night, I met the man who would turn all my carefully reconstructed belief systems on their backs, forcing me to re-examine everything from the ground up once again.

Inevitably, what I learned through the process of re-examination served as material for the 17 songs which would eventually compose my first two records, and the man who challenged me into authentic spirituality and true artistry would eventually serve as the male half of my marriage.

Years later, I’m still here navigating, dissecting and responding to an ever-growing passion for connecting basic theology with real-life experience in a relatable way and finding sense in the mess. All these years later I’m still striving to address and flesh out issues of spirituality, theology, love, friendship, purpose, and global poverty and politics with authenticity and gritty honesty through song.

Ultimately, neither my life nor story is terribly noteworthy. But they boil down to a passion for two things of irrefutable importance in an increasingly self-serving world: fearlessly embarking on adventures that challenge me and others to test and own a personal faith, and to activate our theology in the lives of the neighbors we’re commanded to love; and to write honest, provocative music from the discoveries made along the way. I'm honored to have a voice people listen to. But if what I say does nothing to provoke service and love for those in need, it's been used in vain. God forbid.


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Dec 3 2009 12:20 AM

BRAND NEW SONGS UP TODAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and the band just got on reverbnation..check it out..www.reverbnation.com/therubyjaneshow

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Jimbo Rocko - Call Me @ (216) 503-6789



Dec 2 2009 7:18 PM

Hey, how you doin? Got your xmas shopping done yet? haha


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Michael Frucelli

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Dec 2 2009 3:19 PM

HELLO MY NEW MY SPACE FRIEND, THANK YOU FOR YOUR FRIENDSHIP & SUPPORT, ITS MUCH APPREICATED.
WHEN YOU GET A CHANCE, STOP BY MY SITE AND GIVE A LISTEN TO MY NEW CD ( BACK TO MY ROOTS ) THE RAIN & ROCKBOTTOM ARE DEDICATED TO VICTIMS OF THE FLOODS & FAILING ECONOMY & THREE NEW SONGS WHERE JUST ADDED TO THE LIST……
LEAVE A COMMENT OF YOUR THOUGHTS ON WHAT YOU HEARD.
PEACE, LOVE & HOPE’N FOR A BETTER ECONOMY,
MICHAEL
Michael Frucelli

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Dec 1 2009 9:22 PM

HELLO MY NEW MY SPACE FRIEND, THANK YOU FOR YOUR FRIENDSHIP & SUPPORT, ITS MUCH APPREICATED.
WHEN YOU GET A CHANCE, STOP BY MY SITE AND GIVE A LISTEN TO MY NEW CD ( BACK TO MY ROOTS ) THE RAIN & ROCKBOTTOM ARE DEDICATED TO VICTIMS OF THE FLOODS & FAILING ECONOMY & THREE NEW SONGS WHERE JUST ADDED TO THE LIST……
LEAVE A COMMENT OF YOUR THOUGHTS ON WHAT YOU HEARD.
PEACE, LOVE & HOPE’N FOR A BETTER ECONOMY,
MICHAEL
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Dec 1 2009 8:00 AM

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Nov 27 2009 2:21 PM

Amy Courts please take a moment to listen to Mike Nedza's Latest Track Love For Hip Hop. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRc0T7LRe8o

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Nov 26 2009 5:15 PM

HAPPY THANKSGIVING. HAVE A GOOD ONE.
Stan

Stan



Nov 26 2009 8:09 AM

Happy Thanksgiving!
Brett Hill

Brett Hill



Nov 25 2009 11:10 PM

Happy Thanksgiving to you!!! Thanks for being a friend, Please take the time to click this link and register to vote. My 3 yr old daughter Judah and my self have been nominated in several categories at this year's Agape fest. Help us out by placing your vote. Your vote would be greatly appreciated.

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Vince Falzone



Nov 25 2009 3:22 PM

Rock On.. Amy Courts,

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Nov 24 2009 9:33 PM

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Nov 24 2009 1:01 AM

Hi Amy , glad you’ve become our friends on myspace. If you haven’t already make sure you join us at www.wohomusic.net to see what we’re all about and we’ll help you shout about your music. If you want us to carry out a CD or gig review or hold an interview with you just let us know and if it cuts it we’ll even add the write ups as features on our homepage! We’ll also add a track or two of yours onto wohoradio if you like? We’re always looking for ways to help musicians promote themselves so let’s get our heads together and see what we can do . . . look forward to seeing you and hearing your tracks on wohomusic soon!
Jimbo Rocko - Call Me @ (216) 503-6789

Jimbo Rocko - Call Me @ (216) 503-6789



Nov 22 2009 8:25 PM

Hey whats up! How ya doin? Just stoppin by to say hello and to see if ur ready for Thanksgiving? Haha, alright... hit me back!


- Jimbo Rocko
The Ray Stephenson Band

The Ray Stephenson Band



Nov 21 2009 7:25 PM

Hey Amy Courts

My new record just came out this week on I-Tunes and CD Baby. An exclusive video and link to the new album is featured on my myspace blog. Please leave us some feedback to let us know what you think! Thanks for your support.

-Ray Stephenson

PS: This album would make a great stocking stuffer ;)
ximena tunes

ximena tunes



Nov 19 2009 8:24 AM

So glad to meet you tonight after the Jennifer Knapp concert! You two had such a gorgeous blend. Hope to hear you again soon!
Ariana Terrell

Ariana Terrell



Nov 19 2009 5:07 AM

Frickin' awesome!! You came out on stage and I said, 'I know her!!' What an amazing night. You were the perfect compliment to JKnapp. So great!! I am just overwhelmed with that show!
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Nov 14 2009 11:38 PM

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Sara

Sara



Nov 14 2009 10:25 PM

I adore your music. It is so amazing to listen to.
Hope you are ok.
Sara
The Honest Life

The Honest Life



Nov 13 2009 3:14 AM

hey amy, thanks so much for giving us a shot :) keep on rockin!



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