“Amy Speace seems to have the most reliable muse in Music City and an ear for sonic settings that help her carefully chosen words soar and drift. Just when we thought she couldn’t be any more vulnerable, she arrived this year with Tucson, an album written largely at a recovery center where Speace confronted some early life trauma and its long shadows. If a folk artist is supposed to share everything while teaching us something about ourselves, Speace is an exemplar.”
“Amy Speace is on a roll. Each new release has brought an expansion of her voice and her art, and she has reached the level of absolute mastery. Folk music doesn’t get any better than this.”
EPK
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Heralded by Rolling Stone, The New York Times, Billboard Magazine and NPR’s “Weekend Edition,” singer/songwriter Amy Speace is one of contemporary folk music’s leading voices and widely considered one of the best songwriters in Folk and Americana. A classically-trained actress, Amy was cutting her teeth in the NYC theater scene and playing songs in the folk clubs in the West Village when she was discovered by Judy Collins, who signed her to her Wildflower Records label in 2005, took her on the road as her opening act, and recorded her song “Weight of the World.” Amy is the 2020 winner of the AMA UK’s International Song of the Year for her song “Me and the Ghost of Charlemagne.” “The Blue Rock Session,” her 10th solo album, was released in December 2025 and reached #1 immediately on the Folk Radio Charts, as did her last three albums. “Blue Rock” is a truly solo acoustic project Amy recorded in 3 hours in Wimberley, TX during a writer’s retreat She has been featured on NPR’s “Weekend Edition” and in a segment for “Marketplace.” Craig Havighurst of Nashville’s WMOT radio calls her “Sublime and inimitable…Speace has been one of [Nashville’s] premiere folk artists of the last decade.” Amy has played many festivals around the world, including Rocky Mountain Folks Festival, Philadelphia Folk Festival, Glastonbury Music Festival, legacy stages like The Grand Ole Opry and The Ryman Auditorium in Nashville and is a favorite of “Mountain Stage Radio.”
A well-respected writer, she’s had essays published in The New York Times, No Depression, Working Mother Magazine, Salon.com and leads workshops in songwriting and performance. Her forthcoming debut collection of poetry, The Cardinals, will be published by Red Hen Press on September 1, 2026. In 2025 she published To The Performer: A Handbook for Singer-Songwriters. She holds an MFA in poetry from Spalding University.
**** - Mojo Magzine
***** - RnR Magazine
5/5 Stars - American Songwriter
Critical rave reviews from Rolling Stone Magazine, Billboard Magazine, New York Times (Jon Pareles), etc.
Discography
1998: Tattooed Queen, Edith O (Amy Speace & Erin Ash). Self produced. Recorded in Hoboken, NJ
2002: Fable (Self Release). Produced by John Abbey. Recorded in Brooklyn, NY
2006: Songs For Bright Street, Wildflower Records. Produced by James Mastro. Recorded in Hoboken, NJ
2009: The Killer In Me, Wildflower Records. Produced by James Mastro. Mixed by Mitch Easter. Recorded in Greensboro, NC
2011: Land Like A Bird, Thirty Tigers. Produced by Neilson Hubbard. Recorded in Nashville, TN
2013: How To Sleep In A Stormy Boat, Thirty Tigers. Produced by Neilson Hubbard. Recorded in Nashville, TN
2015: That Kind Of Girl, WindBone/Tone Tree. Produced by Neilson Hubbard. Recorded in Nashville, TN
2016: Applewood Road (Applewood Road), Gearbox Records. Produced by Speace, Barker, Rubarth. Recorded in Nashville, TN
2019: Me And The Ghost Of Charlemagne, Proper Records Group. Produced by Neilson Hubbard. Recorded in Nashville, TN
2021: There Used To Be Horses Here, Proper Records Group. Produced by Amy Speace & The Orphan Brigade. Recorded in Nashville, TN
2022: Tucson, Proper Records Group. Produced by Neilson Hubbard. Recorded in Nashville, TN
2024: The American Dream, Windbone Records. Produced by Neilson Hubbard. Recorded in Nashville, TN
2025: The Blue Rock Session, Windbone Records, Produced by Amy Speace. Recorded in Wimberley, TX
Appears On…
2016: Applewood Road, Applewood Road, Gearbox Records (UK)
2013: Decembersongs: An East Nashville Holiday Album (w/ Wild Ponies, Rod Picott)
2010: I Should Be Blue, Sid Selvidge, Archer Records. Recorded in Memphis (duet record)
2009: Decembersongs (w/ Jon Vezner, Sally Barris, Dan Navarro)
2008: Born To The Breed: A Tribute to Judy Collins, Wildflower Records (song: “Born To The Breed”)
Songs Recorded By Other Artists
”The Weight of the World” (Speace/Vezner/Caswell) - Judy Collins
”I Want An Old Fashioned Christmas” - Christine Lavin
”It’s Too Late To Call It A Night” (Speace/Byrd) - Red Molly, Jonathan Byrd
”Make Me Lonely Again” (Speace) - Red Molly
”Two” (Speace) - Sid Selvidge
”Father To The Man” (Speace/Lenker) - Korby Lenker
”The Man I Want To Be” (Speace/Freeman) - Jamie Freeman
”Uncomplicated” (Speace/Glover) - Ben Glover
”War To Believe (All This Time)” (Speace/Glover) - Ben Glover
”Born With A Broken Heart” (Speace/Williams/Williams) - Wild Ponies
”Adagio” (Speace/Prasada-Rao) - Tom Prasada-Rao, Lisa Markley
Videos
"The American Dream" Official Video
"Where Did You Go" Official Video
"There Used To Be Horses Here" Official Video
"Me and the Ghost of Charlemagne" Official Video
Links
Facebook: facebook.com/amyspeace
Instagram: instagram.com/amyspeace // @amyspeace
YouTube: youtube.com/amyspeace
Patreon: patreon.com/amyspeace