“What Amy Speace says - what she sings - she says with a confluence of poetry and honesty, of emotional specificity.”- Jon Pareles, New York Times
“Let’s make it clear from the outset —Amy Speace is among the best singer-songwriters America has produced in the last 10 years.” — Goldmine (Lee Zimmerman)
Amy will be at Mountain Stage in June for her own set but it will also mark the debut of her new duo project, SALT + THE WOUND with Kenny Foster.
Amy’s debut collection of poetry, “The Cardinals,” will be published Fall 2026 by Red Hen Press.
“she knows how to tell a story, how to make the listener care, and how to create something beautiful and meaningful that will live inside a person for years to come…. Her voice is one I’m grateful to have in the world.” —Maggie Smith, author of Goldenrod
“If you love poems that are utterly clear and also strange, personal and intimate without the slightest hint of self-absorption, and above all permeated by an unobtrusive yet undeniable music, this is the book for you.” —Matthew Zapruder, I Love Hearing Your Dreams and Story of a Poem
“The Cardinals is a fine and moving book of poems.” —Greg Pape, author of A Field of First Things
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OFFICIAL VIDEOs:
“The WEIGHT of the world”, “The AMERICAN DREAM”, “HOMECOMING QUEEN”, ”where did you go”, ”THERE USED TO BE HORSES HERE”
Video by Jamey Wood, from the new 2025 album “The Blue Rock Session”
“Amy has a stagecraft that is second to none...she is a superbly gifted artists who runs with the wolves. Seek out her music and you too can join the ranks of the converted.”
““Amy Speace is a wonderful artist, a writer of songs, a performer who has beauty and transformation in her music and her writing. She was one of the first people that I chose to by on my label - Wildflower Records - and her songs have transformed my audiences as well as my life.” ”
“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.”
