Album Notes

Since moving to Manhattan in June of 2002, (after taking a leave of absence from an MFA program at Yale), this feisty young southern songwriter has released three CD's, "Things To Say", "Amy Hills LIVE", and her most recent full length studio album "Heroine" (June 15 2004). From January through August 2004 she held the prestigious job of host for the "Antihootennany" at the Sidewalk Café...Manhattan's largest and longest running Open Mic with over 80 acts every Monday night. In March of 2003 she founded an open mic for songwriters where she served until October 2005 as host to a standing room only crowd and over 30 performers every Wednesday at DTUT (Downtown Uptown Café Lounge, Upper West Side, Manhattan www.dtut.com). She is currently in the studio, working with producer Mark Christensen, to record a new EP featuring both new and previously recorded songs. Some of the scratch tracks for those songs are available for download at through www.amyhills.com.


"feisty newcomer" -Village Voice (Aug 2004)

" It's about time we had some good female lyricists in the business."-Christopher Cross

"Amy Hills is a urban folk version of Emmy Lou Harris crossed with a little Stevie Knicks. Her music has sad pretty eyes. And her voice makes me feel warm and tingly inside."
Major Matt Mason USA, www.olivejuicemusic.com

"...a command for the profession that is awesome." and "...magnificent, I like it a lot." - The Post and Courrier, Charleston SC.

"...my favorite new discovery. A new york transplant from the carolina's, amy's lyrics really hit home for me. totally brilliant. she's driven. definitely someone to watch."
-Earl Patrick
www.earlpatrick.com

"Amy's lyrics are strong like Sylvester Stallone's Rocky, with a rare honesty that would give Abe Lincoln a nervous breakdown (see "Chicken")."
Toby Goodshank, www.unicornsounds.com

"Salty, perverse, daring, and heartfelt. She rocks me."
-Charlie Cheney, www.indiebandmanager.com