Amy Speace
American singer-songwriter
Amy Speace is a Nashville-based folk/Americana American singer-songwriter and essayist from Baltimore, Maryland.
Career
National Public Radio described her voice as "velvety and achy" and compared her to Lucinda Williams. She lives in Nashville, Tennessee. A former Shakespearean actress, her music has received critical acclaim from The New York Times, NPR, The Sunday London Times, Mojo Magazine, etc. Speace's song, Weight of the World, was recorded by singer Judy Collins on her 2010 album Paradise.
She has toured extensively in the US, UK and Europe and has shared the stage with Guy Clark, Judy Collins, Mary Chapin Carpenter and many others. She regularly performs at The Rocky Mountain Folks Festival and The Kerrville Folk Festival and has appeared at Glastonbury Music Festival, Cambridge Folk Festival. She has appeared on Mountain Stage Radio 4 times.
Speace also works as a songwriter with the non-profit SongwritingWith:Soldiers which helps veterans process their trauma.
Speace contributed her cover of "House of Broken Dreams" in a Mark Heard tribute album entitled "Treasure Of The Broken Land: The Songs Of Mark Heard" (Storm Weathered Records) in 2017.
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