Album Notes

With the 2002 release of her CD Mr. Heart, Amy Fairchild has come into her own. Critical acclaim gathered fast for this self-released effort. According to Steve Morse of the Boston Globe, Fairchild is "...on the verge of big things." In the words of rock critic Dave Marsh, "If there still was a recording industry, this would come out on a major label...and would be such a big hit that you'd be sick of her by now. Not many people make records this good". Album Network says, "Reminiscent of Sheryl Crow, Fairchild effortlessly delivers natural lyrics and organic vocals while her band keeps it rocking. This stuff is really cool." Seth Rogovoy, in the Dec 6th Berkshire Eagle picked Mr. Heart as one of his top 10 CD Releases for 2002. "Falling Down" from Mr. Heart won Grand Prize in the Pop Category of the John Lennon Songwriting Contest, and was then named the $20,000.00 - Maxell Song of the Year, and In 2003, "Renee" took an unprecedented second straight Grand Prize in that contest's Pop Category, announced on 1/15/04 and in 2004, Mr. Heart (the song) was a finalist in the Folk Category. "Tuesday" a song about Sept 11th won Grand Prize in the Billboard Songwriting Competition in the Country/Folk Category in 2002 and "Renee" took 2nd Place in the Pop Category in 2003. Song placements include "Humble Pie", which was used in an episode of Dawson's Creek and "Beautiful Secret", placed in the national touring company production of Spiderman Live (the show played in 45 major US markets). "Beautiful Secret" was also used in CBS's new hit Joan of Arcadia. Amy was nominated for two 2003 Boston Music Awards, Best Female Vocalist and Best Female Singer/Songwriter.

Fairchild's musical career began in Northampton, MA with the release of her first CD "She's Not Herself" which was voted "Album of the Year" by several local papers. She moved to New York City in 1998 and immediately began performing and filling clubs throughout the city. In May of 2001, she won the prestigious Kerrville Folk Festival New Folk Songwriting Competition, joining a list of winners that includes Lyle Lovett, Steve Earle, Nanci Griffith and Shawn Colvin. She was also the NYC 1999 Lilith Fair Talent Search Winner, and performed at the Jones Beach stop of the tour. In addition to the Lilith Fair headliners, she has shared the stage with such diverse artists as Pat Benatar, The Bacon Brothers, Freedy Johnston, Ben Folds, Joan Osborne and Ellis Paul. Sensitive introspection, a sharp melodic radar, rock and roll's rebellious energy, and an intuitive feel for the understated power of an acoustic guitar and a good lyric all inform her music and distinguish Amy as a dynamic performer. The Berkshire Eagle also picked her performance at Club Helsinki in Gt. Barrington as one of the Top 10 Concerts in 2002 saying "Fairchild combines the literate intimacy of a new-folk singer-songwriter, the unerring pop-rock instincts of a Sheryl Crow, and the moves of a rock goddess." (others on the list included Springsteen, McCartney, Dylan and James Taylor with the Boston Pops!)

Mr Heart was produced by Boston's multi-instrumentalist/producer Adam Steinberg (Patty Griffith, Dixie Chicks, Todd Thibaud) and features Graham Maby (Joe Jackson, Natalie Merchant) and Sebastian Steinberg (Soul Coughing, Neil Finn) on bass, Gary Burke (Joe Jackson, Bob Dylan) on drums and Steinberg on electric guitar, keyboards and more. She continues to play out live both solo and with a band (including legendary drummer Dave Mattacks) to support Mr. Heart.

A live cd, Amy Fairchild Live was released on February 10th, 2004 and a brand new studio cd is in the works slated for release in the fall of 2005. Cut and paste the URL below for more details on how to become involved in the making of the new cd!
http://www.amyfairchild.com/donation.htm