Amy at Joe's Pub

16 March 2008

I’m very excited to be performing at Joe’s Pub on March 31 in a double bill with Melissa Stylianou. We are opening for fellow Canadian Michael Kaeshammer as part of the Upper North Side’s Canadian Music Series.

The ACQ will be heading into the studio on March 20 and 21 to record our second CD. We will share some video clips with you as soon as possible.

End of Year

12 December 2007

Well, the year is quickly coming to an end. I can hardly believe it. It has been a great year for me with a lot of exciting opportunities and 2008 is looking even better! Thank you to all who have supported Famous Blue. We are having a great time sharing the music with you. If you haven’t picked up your copy yet…now is a great time to buy one for the person who has everything on your Christmas list (also now available on Amazon!). Monday Off’s CD is also still available if you still haven’t bought your copy!

There are a lot of exciting things coming up for 2008. I will be at Joe’s Pub for a very exciting double bill with my friend Melissa Stylianou on March 31. It’s a venue I’ve been wanting to play for a long time so I’m really looking forward to the performance. Also, you’ll hear my voice on the Nickelodeon show, “The Naked Brothers Band” sometime during the second season and it looks like there will be another Toronto show coming up for the ACQ in the Spring.

We are starting to prepare for another ACQ recording. We’re working up our new repertoire and coming up with creative ways to fund the project. I’ll be in touch as we get news about that. I’m also very excited about the new projects that I’ll be working on this year — recording “Couples Therapy” with Michal Cohen, a project with my husband Oded Lev-Ari and hopefully much more.

I’ve added some more live clips to the blog page, please check it out when you have a moment. I’ve also updated the photo page with photos from the ACQ’s recent Toronto tour and Cornelia Street Cafe shows. Lastly, I have posted a few radio interviews on the music page (about half way down). Check it out!

Thank you again for all your support this year and I wish you a very happy and safe holiday season.

Happy Fall

13 October 2007

Hello! Hope you all had a great summer! I’ve had a very busy few months: a great trip to Israel and some singing with Michal Cohen, a fantastic show for the ACQ at Cornelia Street Cafe, still working on the TV show (a couple more weeks to go), a wonderful performance with Monday Off and the Wheeling Symphony Orchestra and I got married to the wonderful Oded Lev-Ari! There are also a lot of great things coming up…a performance with a new group at the Brooklyn Lyceum including Jeremy Udden on saxophone, the ACQ will be traveling to Toronto for a show at the Rex on November 24 and some master classes in the area and some more things in the works. I hope to be updating my blog and some sections of the site in the next week or so. I have new photos, a radio clip of the ACQ on Israeli radio, some live clips from some ACQ shows and more.

Summer News

20 June 2007

It is almost officially summer…welcome! Just wanted to give you a brief summary of my summer activities. The ACQ has our last New York gig until September on June 23 at the Greenwich Village Bistro. The next day I will be singing with the ever-inspiring Matana Roberts at St. Marks Church in the Bowery. In my last bit of excitement before I head North for a few weeks, I will be singing in the “Happy Birthday, Canada: A Celebration of Canadian Song” at Joe’s Pub. Last year’s show was great and sold out, so get your tickets now. After some hearty celebrating in the North I will be back to work on the television show with my favorite young rock stars. I am a music coach for a TV show that features some really talented young people.

That’s all the news so far for the summer but please check back as I will hopefully be adding to the itinerary and the site! If you haven’t checked it out yet…visit my new blog. I have posted some live tracks and video there as well as thoughts and commentary. Hope you enjoy the music and the warmth.

New Website

19 May 2007

Welcome to my new website! I hope you enjoy the new format and content.

Famous Blue has been getting some great reviews that you can read in the press section. You can pick up your copy now on iTunes, CD Baby and L’Atelier Grigorian in Toronto and online. We’ve also added some new photos and music clips as well as video of the ACQ and Monday Off. You can download a track from Famous Blue for free here

Amy Interviewed on "Jazz Inspired"

28 April 2007

My interview with Judy Carmichael is featured this week on radio stations across the US and Canada as well as on the web and Sirius Radio. you can find a list of stations and the actual interview at: www.jazzinspired.com

Famous Blue available now!

1 March 2007

The new CD is available online at CDBaby. Click on the album cover to purchase! If you live in Toronto you can buy the CD (along with the Monday Off CD) at L’Atelier Grigorian in Yorkville. You can see some behind the scenes video footage from the recording session here. We had an excellent Canadian CD release party this weekend at the Rex in Toronto. We also got a great review in the Toronto Star that will be posted in the press section shortly. More good news is that we will be having our American Release Party at our favorite place to play in New York City, The 55 Bar on Monday April 23. Save the date!

New Sound Clips from Upcoming Album

1 February 2007

The album is closer and closer to becoming available so I thought I would put some sound clips. Clips are available on the music page and on MySpace. Enjoy!

New Video and Performances

4 January 2007

Happy New Year everyone! I’m looking forward to a lot of exciting things in 2007: the ACQ album will be released in the next 2 months (probably March — we’re putting the finishing touches on the artwork as I type), I will be recording an amazing piece by composer Joseph Phillips in April sometime, check the events page for performances by both of these bands. I will be updating the look of my website shortly to make it easier for me to add photos — I have a lot of photos ready to go up but am proving quite incapable of posting them without having a temper tantrum. The ACQ has started video taping our shows so we’ll be posting those as well. Here is the first one, taken at our last 55 Bar gig: Click Here. More to come soon! Monday Off had a very successful CD release at the Jazz Standard. We are also getting airplay across the country. If you haven’t picked up your copy yet please visit CD Baby. You can download one song for free here! I also added many new pictures to the photo page…check it out!

Monday Off CD Release and ACQ Manhattan Show

22 November 2006

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! I wanted to let you know that Monday Off will be celebrating the release of our new CD on December 4 at the Jazz Standard. We’d love to see you there but if you can’t make it and would like to buy our CD please visit CDBaby. Also, the ACQ (with special guest bassist Dan Loomis) will be playing in Manhattan on November 29 from 7-9 at one our favorite places to be, the 55 Bar. There is more information on the performance page. Hope to see you soon.