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AMY SPEACE w/ KENNY WHITE
"What Amy Speace says what she sings she says with a confluence of poetry and honesty, of emotional specificity," writes The New York Times. Speace is one of the most heralded singers and songwriters of her generation and still fairly unknown to the world. She began her creative life in NYC in theater, mostly in Shakespeare, mostly in fringe and experimental companies. A lifelong musician, it was a chance meeting with legend Judy Collins that changed the direction of her life when Collins invited her to join her on tour and subsequently recorded her song "The Weight of the World", calling it "one of the best political folk songs I've ever heard". Speace signed to Collins' Wildflower Records and released 3 critically-acclaimed albums before migrating south in 2009 to Nashville. She released 2011's Land Like A Bird with Thirty Tigers, again to critical acclaim. Her next and first truly independent project, How To Sleep In A Stormy Boat brought her the best press of her career, with NPR's "All Things Considered" featuring the music and an interview and raves coming from The New York Times, Mojo Magazine and rock critic Dave Marsh who wrote the album's liner notes and wrote "What Amy Speace says - what she sings- she says with a confluence of poetry, honesty and emotional specificity". Stormy Boat was an ambitious narrative that wove Speace's songs loosely around the characters and poetry of Shakespeare. Amy Speace has appeared on Mountain Stage, Music City Roots, Rocky Mountain Folks Festival, Philadelphia Folk Festival, Kerrville Folk Festival. She has shared the stage with Guy Clark, Nanci Griffith, Judy Collins, Ian Hunter, Alejandro Escovedo. Her songs have been recorded by Judy Collins, Red Molly, Sid Selvidge and many others. She will release, That Kind Of Girl in March 2015.
Kenny White has driven a long and interesting road to bring him to this moment. At eight years old, upon being asked whether he'd practiced this week's piano lesson, Kenny remarked, "yeahbut HERE'S what I wrote."
Those songs have not always come easily, however, after many successful years of various musical endeavors, they have led to White's new Wildflower Records release, "Comfort in the Static." A collection of wonderfully crafted songs, this album continues to follow the human condition with both unbridled detail and humor.
For many years, White was a fixture in the NY studio scene, writing and producing literally hundreds of commercials for TV and radio. In this capacity, he worked with artists like Gladys Knight, Linda Ronstadt, Dwight Yoakam, Ricky Skaggs, Kim Carnes Felix Cavaliere, Dobie Gray and Aaron Neville among many others.
His relationships with Marc Cohn and Shawn Colvin led to his producing Colvin's Grammy-nominated, "I Don't Know Why" and to his involvement in Cohn's eponymous platinum debut record. White went on to produce three records for legendary J. Geils Band leader, Peter Wolf. The second of which, "Sleepless," garnered the distinction by Rolling Stone magazine of being one of "the 500 greatest albums ever made," as well as giving Kenny a chance to work with Keith Richards, Mick Jagger, and Steve Earle. A brand new release with Wolf entitled, "Midnight Souvenirs" will be released in the Spring of 2010.
As a contributing writer/musician, White worked on many a film soundtrack including, Message in a Bottle, Ed TV, Forces of Nature, A Walk on the Moon, Where the Heart Is, Edie & Pen, and four films by indie master, John Sayles.
After being hailed by reviewers from the NY Times to the SF Chronicle for his thrilling and unique piano playing, White chose to devote himself to making his first album and subsequently, "hitting the road." His work in the studio enabled him to assemble an A-list team of players for that release, 2002s "Uninvited Guest." He traveled and opened shows for many mainstays, including Cheryl Wheeler, Shawn Colvin, Peter Wolf, Richard Shindell and Jonathan Edwards, quickly gaining a reputation as a 'dazzling' and 'not-to-be-missed' performer. An early copy of his follow-up record, "Symphony in 16 Bars" landed in the hands of folk legend Judy Collins who then signed White to her own Wildflower Records and released the CD in the winter of 2005. Showcasing another remarkable ensemble of talent, Symphony in 16 Bars picked up where Uninvited Guest left off, following a main character whose story, set in New York City, navigates the heart's complexities through an ever changing urban landscape.
This year, in addition, Kenny is proud to announce his first non-musical publication. He joins a group of renowned essayists in a collection called, "The Black Body," published by Seven Stories Press.
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LocationThe Green Frog (View)
1015 N State St
Bellingham, WA 98225
United States
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