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Amy Correia is an American

United States

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singer and songwriter

Songwriter

A songwriter is an individual who writes both the lyrics and music to a song. Someone who solely writes lyrics may be called a lyricist, and someone who only writes music may be called a composer...

who grew up in Lakeville, Ma.

Correia lived in New York’s Chinatown after graduating from Barnard College. She worked in advertising, writing copy by day, while at night honing her songwriting and performing in clubs like Sin-é

Sin-é

Sin-é was the name of a music venue in New York City which helped launch the careers of several noted musicians in the early 1990s.-Original café:...

Cafe on the lower east side. A chance meeting with Blind Melon

Blind Melon

Blind Melon is an American rock band active from 1989 to 1999, and from 2006 onward.Best remembered for their 1993 single "No Rain", the group enjoyed critical and commercial success in the early 1990s with their neo-psychedelic take on alternative rock...

guitarist, Christopher Thorn, who’d stopped by the small club while on tour, led the two to make several recordings which helped Correia eventually sign with Virgin Records

Virgin Records

Virgin Records is a British record label founded by English entrepreneur Richard Branson, Simon Draper, and Nik Powell in 1972. The company grew to be a worldwide music phenomenon, with platinum performers such as Roy Orbison, Devo, Genesis, Keith Richards, Janet Jackson, Culture Club, Lenny...

.

While signed to Virgin Records, Correia recorded an album of songs at Daniel Lanois

Daniel Lanois

Daniel Lanois born September 19, 1951 in Hull, Quebec) is a Canadian record producer, guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter. He has released a number of albums of his own work and has produced albums for a wide variety of artists, including Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Peter Gabriel, Emmylou Harris, Willie...

’ Kingsway Studios in New Orleans with Christopher Thorn producing, but the album went unfinished. Correia left Virgin with her master recordings and signed with Capitol/EMI, which released her debut “Carnival Love” in 2000. Correia recorded the album “Lakeville” with her own money. It was produced by Mark Howard, who also has produced Willie Nelson

Willie Nelson

Willie Hugh Nelson is an American country music singer-songwriter, as well as an author, poet, actor, and activist. The critical success of the album Shotgun Willie , combined with the critical and commercial success of Red Headed Stranger and Stardust , made Nelson one of the most recognized...

and Lucinda Williams

Lucinda Williams

Lucinda Williams is an American rock, folk, blues and country music singer and songwriter. She recorded her first albums in 1978 and 1980 in a traditional country and blues style and received very little attention from radio, the media, or the public. In 1988, she released her self-titled album,...

. The Canadian label, Nettwerk, licensed and released it in 2004.

Her third album, “You Go Your Way”, recorded in 2009 with producer/arranger/bassist Paul Bryan, was funded by her fans. The story was picked up by Anthony Mason for CBS News, who featured Correia as one of a growing number of artists who are looking to their fans rather than a label to fund their albums.

Correia tours throughout the U.S. and has performed with artists including Marc Cohn, Richard Thompson, John Hiatt, Freedy Johnston, Emmylou Harris, Jason Crigler, Rebecca Martin, Josh Rouse, Duncan Sheik, Norah Jones, Bonnie Raitt, Richard Julian, Jesse Harris, Ollabelle, Aimee Mann, Kenny White, Jonathon Spottiswoode, Everclear, The Dandy Warhols, Allison Moorer, Tara McLean, Kendall Payne, Shannon McNally, Charlie Musselwhite, Jon Brion, Grant Lee Phillips, Dredd Scott, Julia Fordham, Jess Klein, Kerri Powers.

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About Her Music

"Their Bated Breath", David D. Robbins Jr., 2009: "She is comfortable singing folk, bluesy, uptempo, down. In terms of musical lineage, she is a descendant of Bob Dylan and Tina Schlieske from Tina and the B-Side Movement, with a little Angela McCluskey thrown in. Her lyrics are supremely written. Her words are those written by an introspective, wise soul. She breaks your heart, makes you tap your toe, makes you laugh and ultimately — marvel. I fawn willingly. She lays herself out in her music. Foremost, it’s honest."

"No Depression", Russell Hall, 2004: "Lakeville is a beautifully Spartan affair."

"New York Times", Jon Pareles, 2004: "Amy Correia doesn't pretty up her voice on 'Lakeville'. It's shaky and scratchy; it misses notes and sometimes catches or cracks. At first her songwriting can sound just as unpolished, with melodies that are reveries on old blues, folk or gospel. But like Michelle Shocked and Tom Waits, Ms. Correia turns imperfections into intimacies."

"Paste Magazine", Holly George Warren, 2004: "Four years removed from the release of her acclaimed major label debut, 'Carnival Love', singer/songwriter Amy Correia returns with 'Lakeville'. The album is a quiet little gem co-produced by Correia with Mark Howard on her own dime. Her melodies stick in your gourd, while her fanciful word play keeps you guessing."

"CD Shakedown", Randy Krbechek, 2001: "Amy's delivery is all her own; her voice is honey, and the beat infectious and syncopated."

Discography

2010 You Go Your Way (Independent release)
2004 Lakeville (Nettwerk 2004)
2000 Carnival Love (Capitol 2000)

Compilations/Collaborations

2011 Cynic “Carbon-Based Anatomy
Carbon-Based Anatomy
Carbon-Based Anatomy is an EP by the avant-garde metal band Cynic. It was released through Season of Mist on 11 November 2011.-History:Carbon-Based Anatomy EP is composed of six previously unheard tracks. However, the song "Carbon-Based Anatomy" is a reinterpretation of an older unreleased Æon...

” (Seasons of Mist, 2011)
2008 “Join the Parade- Live” Marc Cohn
Marc Cohn
Marc Craig Cohn is an American folk rock singer-songwriter and musician.- Personal life :Cohn was born in Cleveland, Ohio. He graduated from Beachwood High School in Beachwood, a Cleveland suburb. He then attended Oberlin College....

(Featured vocalist on “Giving up the Ghost”)
2008 “The Music of Jason Crigler” (Lead vocalist, “Bush and a Tree”)
2008 Cynic “Traced in Air
Traced in Air
Traced in Air is the second full-length album by the progressive metal band Cynic. It is the first album since their 1993 debut Focus.-History:Cynic disbanded during the fall of 1994 while working on a new album...

” (Seasons of Mist, 2008)
2005 “She Do, She Don’t” (Composer/Arranger/Co-producer “Lakeville”)
2005 "Public Displays of Affection”(Composer/Arranger/Co-producer “Hold On”)
2005 Jonathon Rice “Trouble is Real”
2002 “The Metropolitan Museum of Art: American Folk Music” (Composer/Arranger/Co-producer “Blind River Boy”)
2001 “I-10 Chronicles Vol. 2: One More for the Road” (Lead Vocalist, “Gasoline Alley/It’s All Over Now”)
1997 Richard Julian “Richard Julian”

Radio

NPR “Mountain Stage” (2007, 2004, 2000)
NPR “All Songs Considered” (2004)
NPR/WXPN “World Café ” with David Dye (2004, 2000)
NPR/WNYC “Soundcheck ” (2004)
NPR/WUMB ”Wood Songs Old Time Radio Hour” (2004)
WFUV Vin Scelsa’s “Idiot’s Delight” (2004, 2000)
KCRW “Morning Becomes Eclectic” (2000)

Television

2008 “Men In Trees” (NBC) – Composer/Performer – “Daydream Car”
2008 “The Today Show” (NBC) – Performer, appearing with Marc Cohn
Marc Cohn
Marc Craig Cohn is an American folk rock singer-songwriter and musician.- Personal life :Cohn was born in Cleveland, Ohio. He graduated from Beachwood High School in Beachwood, a Cleveland suburb. He then attended Oberlin College....
2007 “Good Morning America” (ABC) – Performer, appearing with Marc Cohn
Marc Cohn
Marc Craig Cohn is an American folk rock singer-songwriter and musician.- Personal life :Cohn was born in Cleveland, Ohio. He graduated from Beachwood High School in Beachwood, a Cleveland suburb. He then attended Oberlin College....
2007 “The Ellen DeGeneres Show
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
The Ellen DeGeneres Show, often shortened to Ellen, is an American television talk show hosted by comedian/actress Ellen DeGeneres. Debuting on September 8, 2003, it is produced by Telepictures and airs in syndication, including stations owned by NBC Universal. For its first five seasons, the show...

” (NBC) – Performer, appearing with Marc Cohn
Marc Cohn
Marc Craig Cohn is an American folk rock singer-songwriter and musician.- Personal life :Cohn was born in Cleveland, Ohio. He graduated from Beachwood High School in Beachwood, a Cleveland suburb. He then attended Oberlin College....
2007 “The View” (ABC) – Performer, appearing with Marc Cohn
Marc Cohn
Marc Craig Cohn is an American folk rock singer-songwriter and musician.- Personal life :Cohn was born in Cleveland, Ohio. He graduated from Beachwood High School in Beachwood, a Cleveland suburb. He then attended Oberlin College....
2001 “Late Night with Conan O’Brien” (NBC) – Composer/Performer, “Gin”

Filmography

2000 "79 Degrees in July" (Independent) - Writer/Arranger/Co-producer, “Angels Collide” and “Glorious Bluebirds”