Amy Loftus is a Chicago-born singer/songwriter, now resident in Nashville

Nashville, Tennessee

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 after a period in Los Angeles

Los Angeles, California

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Her first solo record "Straight to Amy" was produced by Will Kimbrough

Will Kimbrough

Will Kimbrough born in Mobile, Alabama in 1964 is an American Singer-Songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer currently based in Nashville, Tennessee.-Biography:...

 in Nashville and released in March 2005.
The track Nashville Doesn't Sleep Here Tonight from that album was played on BBC Radio 2

BBC Radio 2

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's Bob Harris

Bob Harris (radio)

Robert Brinley Joseph "Bob" Harris, OBE , known as "Whispering" Bob Harris, is British radio host who currently works for BBC Radio 2, presenting music two nights a week...

' country show on January 19, 2006.

Amy got her start in music in Chicago with a local band called "Cartoon Gypsies". She was a member of The Second City Training Center. She lived in Los Angeles for a short time and appeared in an episode of HBO's Tracey Takes On.

Amy Loftus was named "Best New Singer/Songwriter" by Nashville Scene

Nashville Scene

Nashville Scene is an alternative newsweekly in Nashville, Tennessee. It was founded in 1989, became a part of Village Voice Media in 1999, and later joined the ranks of sixteen other publications after a merger of Village Voice Media with New Times Media early in 2006. In 2009 the paper was...

magazine in their October 27, 2005 "Best of Nashville" edition,
and she placed third in the Folk/Singer-Songwriter category in the International Songwriting Competition

International Songwriting Competition

The International Songwriting Competition is an annual song contest based in Nashville, TN, whose mission is to provide the opportunity for both aspiring and established songwriters to have their songs heard in a professional, international arena. ISC is designed to nurture the musical talent of...

in 2006 for the song "Work to Do" written with Will Kimbrough.

External links

• Amy Loftus at CDBaby