Album Notes

Amy Cook recently relocated to Texas from Los Angeles, where she was one of the early singer-songwriters on the Hotel Café scene. Amy’s 2005 release on Marfa Records, The Bunkhouse Recordings, began a new chapter for Amy. After moving from California, she wrote and recorded a raw, stripped down acoustic record, one that would define and refine her style, and that critics called buoyant and delightful.

Up next – two December 2006 releases: Amy’s next full-length record, The Sky Observer’s Guide, recorded by esteemed producer, Jamie Myerson, and a reissue of The Bunkhouse Recordings with 2 new live tracks. In February of 2007 a highly-anticipated collaboration between Myerson and Cook, an EP for the project Fine Day for Flying will be released.

The upcoming Sky Observer’s Guide showcases Amy’s brilliant band, with Nina Singh (David Garza, Future Clouds and Radar) on drums, Brad Rice (Son Volt, Tift Merritt) on guitar, and Bobby Daniel on bass. The compelling production by Jamie Myerson is simultaneously lush and gritty, mysterious and honest. As opposed to overtaking the songs, in Myerson’s capable hands, the production allows the lyrics and melodies to shine. Tosca performs a memorable string arrangement written by Stephen Barber for the song “Feathers to a Crown.”

The record was made in collaboration with visual artist Amy Adler, who photographed and subsequently drew portraits of Cook as she composed songs through the summer of 2006. The record release and art opening will be celebrated at a release party at the Aspen Museum of Art on December 15th, 2006.


Please swing by http://www.amycook.com/news for updates and gigs, listen to music at http://myspace.com/amycookmusic or http://amycook.com/music.