Amy Allison

"Her Hair Was Red is a song for the ages. Beautiful and touching."...Elvis Costello

Some Reviews of "Everything And Nothng Too"...

"Bloody marvellous" (HiFi Plus)
"Poignant and magical"(Maverick)
"DelicIous melodies" (Americana-UK)
"A voice all her own...persuasive sincerity" (Word)
"A songwriter of rare ability - sublime" (What's On)
"Tuneful writing...gripping personal intensity" (Mojo)
"A taste worth acquiring" (The Scottish Daily Express)
"A distinctive, sophisticated treat" (The Sunday Times)
"A voice to be savoured...a grand job" (Scotland On Sunday)
"A lovely enchanting album of songs from the heart" (The Sun)
"Her Hair Was Red will simply make you melt" (Net Rhythms)
"A find for those who treasure individuality and the craft of songwriting" (The Observer)
"Her version of Morrissey's Every Day is Like Sunday pulverises covers by Chrissie Hynde and Natalie Merchant into the dust" (Uncut)

1. Don’t Go To Sleep
2. Don’t You Know Anything (mp3 clip)
3. Everything And Nothing Too
4. Her Hair Was Red (mp3 clip)
5. Out Of Sight, Out Of Mind
6. Troubled Boy
7. Have You No Pride
8. Moonlight In Vermont
9. Rose Red
10. Heart Of London
11. Turn Out The Lights
12. Every Day Is Like Sunday (mp3 clip)
13. Was

‘Everything And Nothing Too’ is the new album from NY's best-kept secret Amy Allison. Produced by David Scott (The Pearlfishers) and recorded in East Kilbride, Scotland, it features 11 originals alongside 2 cover songs; “Everyday is Like Sunday” (Morrissey) and “Was”, a song written by Amy's father Mose Allison on which he plays piano and sings.

Amy is a fixture on the New York scene and her top notch writing skills combined with a wholly unique sound have won her kudos in the US and abroad. Her distinctively affecting vocals and gift for penning heartfelt and piquant songs on personal yet universal themes, have impressed luminaries such as Elvis Costello, who included her album, ‘The Maudlin Years’ in his list of the “Top 500 albums of all time” in the Vanity Fair music issue of 2000.

Her songs have been recorded by Laura Cantrell ("The Whiskey Makes You Sweeter”) and Kristi Rose (“Cheater’s World”) and featured in movies (“Homefries”, “Mutant Aliens”, and “Virgin”). She has provided guest vocals on many records by such artists as They Might Be Giants, The Pearlfishers, The Silos, and she appears on the new Sub Pop album from Mudhoney due to be released in March 2006.

Allison cites a host of musical influences and idols, including Loretta Lynn (and many other country greats), Billie Holiday, Elvis Costello, the Shangri-Las, and Morrissey. She is a fan of classic pop and soul, jazz standards, show tunes, and old movies.

Best Voice – Best of Manhattan 2005
“If Sonny Boy Williamson played English horn, it would sound like Amy Allison's voice. Some have compared the urban country-pop chantoozie's pipes to a dobro, a fiddle, a musical saw or a very well-made duck call. But that's what it's supposed to be. That's why God put her here: to be the nasal, mournful, short-breathed voice of feeling so lonesome you could cry. Allison (Mose Allison's daughter) has performed around Manhattan and Brooklyn for about 20 years. She sings with almost defiant dejection about the misery of being cheated on, of cheating, and of just plain no-reason-needed sadness. "Sad State of Affairs" is a favorite, about a girl with a "rovin' eye that just won't quit," and can't help hanging out "in some sleazy bar till two." Allison sings the verses and the punning chorus with such gusto that the sadness becomes somehow positive. It's Skeeter Davis for our time.” (Best of Manhattan 2005, New York Press)

“Her voice is funny, sexy, and smart. Often all three at once.”
(Nashville Scene)

"A perfect slice of jangly fresh kooky pop - 4 stars" ( Independent On Sunday)

1. What's The Deal? (mp3 clip)
2. No Frills Friend (mp3 clip)
3. Baby, You're The One (mp3 clip)
4. Hell To Pay
5. Pretty Things To Buy
6. Don't string Me Along
7. Say It Isn't So
8. Dreaming's Killing Me
9. Thank God For The Wine
10. Beautiful Night
11. Complelelty Yours
12. Hanging On A Moment
13. Moonlight On The Mountain

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Amy Allison wrote “The Whisky Makes You Sweeter”, covered to great acclaim by Laura Cantrell. She is the daughter of jazz legend Mose Allison. This is her first album for Shoeshine Records (Amy has also recorded for Glitterhouse, Koch, Sire and Diesel Only). Elvis Costello lists Amy’s pervious album “ The Maudlin Years” as one of his all time favourites