my Grandpa at the piano singing "five foot two eyes of blue" with a manhattan in his hand, my mom and her musicals, my preschool teacher with her turqouise rings and her acoustic guitar, the moment my aunt quietly sang "Moon Shadow" to me when i was little, Annie Lennox, Sinead O'Connor, all the tapes my friend Scott Cresto made me since I was 16, John Martyn, Bruce Springsteen, Carly Simon, Madonna, Michael Jackson, Kate Bush, Joni Mitchell, Olivia Newton John, Loretta and Dolly, and countless other male and female recording artists (especially those who can write a song you can enter and hang out in all your life) art school, ballet, dialects, faeries, angels, good spirits, figurative paintings, Andrew Wyeth, Georgia O'Keefe, Wallace Black Elk, Muhammed Ali, Louise Hay, Michael Lutin, Maya Angelou, Billy Collins, Emily Dickinson, Meryl Streep, Joyce Carol Oates, changing seasons, vinyasa yoga, the wind, the ocean, life itself.
About Amy Loftus, Nashville Scene recently wrote: "She is that rare find who sounds fully developed on first blush, offering tender songs that barely hide her anger and angry songs that cut with tender empathy." Although Amy herself isn’t so sure about the anger part of that praise, her growing legion of fans definitely feel the tenderness part, 'cause people tend to fall in love with Amy Loftus. She’s beautiful, and that certainly helps in this business, but it’s Amy’s gift for melody that really gets under your skin. Songs like "Cavalier", which was a finalist in the 7th annual CMT/NSAI Song Contest, instantly hook into your brain, leaving you wanting more. Raised in Chicago (alumni of nationally heralded Second City), and trained as an actress and a dancer – she did her time in L.A., chasing the Hollywood dream – Amy moved to Nashville because "it’s the music that brought me here, the sense of reverence for the song and for songwriters."
Armed with a degree in art and no desire to paint, in 2001, Amy began teaching herself how to play guitar. In 2003, she began playing solo shows and working on demos with Will Kimbrough that led to her first independent album, "Straight to Amy", released in 2005. Shortly after that, Amy was named "Best New Singer/Songwriter" by the Nashville Scene. The song "Work to Do" placed third in the International Songwriting Competition, (hailed by the New York Times as “the songwriting contest to take note of”).
"Better", a full length album recorded live to two track analog with engineer/producer Lij, followed in 2007.
Amy is not a live act to be missed. One reviewer wrote: "It's a rare thing in LA to have a bar full of people shut up and listen. A voice as hauntingly soul-stirring as Alison Krauss". Amy is currently out there in America supporting the release of her new EP FIREWORKS.
"Fireworks" available now!!!
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"Better" and "Straight To Amy" available here!!
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Hi, I wanted to thank you for helping me reach the final stage of the ZigZag live competition. Thanks to your support, the CMJ slot looks closer then ever.
To win, I need your vote one last time. Please check my profile and see the flyer, it has all the instructions + the link for voting.
THERE IS AN AMAZING EVENT I GO TO EVERY YEAR CALLED THE DURANGO SONGWRITERS’ FESTIVAL AND THIS YEAR IT IS CLOSER THAN EVER TO NASHVILLE!! IF YOU'VE NEVER BEEN, YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS IT. IT IS ONE OF THE MOST AMAZING NETWORKING OPPOTUNITIES OF THE YEAR AND IT HAS RESULTED IN PUB DEALS AND HIT SONGS FOR SOME OF THE ATTENDEES, INCLUDING THE CURRENT RASCAL FLATTS HIT, "EVERY DAY," WHICH WAS PENNED BY DURANGO ATTENDEE ALISSA MORENO IN A COWRITE WITH JEFF STEELE AT 1 OF THE DURANGO EVENTS. THE FESTIVAL IS MAY 29-31 IN ASHVILLE, N.C. AND I CAN'T SAY ENOUGH ABOUT IT. PLEASE GO CHECK OUT MORE DETAILS ON MY MYSPACE AND REGISTER FOR THE EVENT. AND BE SURE AND TELL THEM I SENT YA! - LALA
Just dropping to say thanks for the add,also to let you know,I'm doing a feature artist of the week.Please check it out.You never know when I might pull your name out of the hat.Hugs,Wanda
Do you think about me at four in the morning? Cuz baby I'm thinkin' bout you. How are things going my musical friend? Big things this year all around. I know it. The big goal for me is to finish the book by end of summer. Big things. You gonna make it any farther east than Cambridge Springs this year? Much love.
