Singer-songwriter Amy England is excited to be working on songs for her next recording called “Summertown” to be released this Spring 2012 on Nantucket. “It is a collection of tribute songs to summertime. I can’t help storing up images and stories over while living in different resort towns. There is such nostalgia and longing surrounding summer months- they cut so deeply and pass so quickly, leaving dreamy threads etched in our minds. I have tried to catch some of that essence in these songs.”
Amy will be playing several dates across the South and in New England this winter before going into the studio in March. She has been touring to promote her last cd, “Nantucket to Nashville”, performing at festivals & concerts including opening for Martin Sexton and country greats, Kathy Mattea and Jo Dee Messina. Amy is a two- finalist in the New England Songwriting Contest at Ossipee Valley Music Festival. Maverick Magazine says, “A writer and singer destined to make a major impression on the Americana scene.”
England recorded her last cd in Nashville under the direction of multi-time Grammy winner Bil VornDick. He also helped England to get songs from “Nantucket to Nashville” signed to prominent Nashville publisher Denny Music. “One of England's greatest strengths”, says VornDick “is her exceptional songwriting. Depending on different album projects, I listen to hundreds if not thousands of songs, and her songs caught my ear.”
Born Amy Harding Hunt, England was raised in Pound Ridge, NY to a large family of six children. Her music and writing is steeped in family tradition. "Our dad brought us up on Country music. He was an editor, but played banjo on the side and my mom was always playing the piano and singing with us. My grandmother made sure we all had piano lessons; she was a great fiddle player herself. She loved us to be in touch with our Irish roots through music. Amy often performs with her siblings, including Andrew and Nancy of The Hunts.
Roots Music Report, where England's songs charted on the top 40 Folk chart, says, "It's interesting that a singer/songwriter of great talent would live on a small island. This folk singer guitarist finds a lot of great hooks around Nantucket but you don't have to live on an island to identify with Amy's words ... her stories are universal."