User:Rimbaud1b/Amy Correia

Amy Correia (born September 12, 1968) is an American singer and songwriter who grew up in Lakeville, Ma. She has two album releases “Carnival Love” and “Lakeville”. A third album, “You Go Your Way,” is slated for independent release in Spring 2010.

Correia lived in New York’s Chinatown after graduating from Barnard College. She worked in advertising, writing copy by day, while at night honing her songwriting and performing in clubs like Sin-é Cafe on the lower east side. A chance meeting with Blind Melon guitarist, Christopher Thorn, who’d stopped by the small club while on tour, led the two to make several recordings which helped Correia eventually sign with Virgin Records.

While signed to Virgin Records, Correia recorded an album of songs at Daniel Lanois’ Kingsway Studios in New Orleans with Christopher Thorn producing, but the album went unfinished. Correia left Virgin with her master recordings and signed with Captiol/EMI, which released her debut “Carnival Love” in 2000. Correia recorded the album “Lakeville” with her own money. It was produced by Mark Howard, who also has produced Willie Nelson and Lucinda Williams. The Canadian label, Nettwerk, licensed and released it in 2004.

Her third album, “You Go Your Way”, recorded in 2009 with producer/arranger/bassist Paul Bryan, was funded by her fans. The story was picked up by Anthony Mason for CBS News, who featured Correia as one of a growing number of artists who are looking to their fans rather than a label to fund their albums.

Correia tours throughout the U.S. and has performed with artists including Marc Cohn, Richard Thompson, John Hiatt, Freedy Johnston, Emmylou Harris, Jason Crigler, Rebecca Martin, Josh Rouse, Duncan Sheik, Norah Jones, Bonnie Raitt, Richard Julian, Jesse Harris, Ollabelle, Aimee Mann, Kenny White, Jonathon Spottiswoode, Everclear, The Dandy Warhols, Allison Moorer, Tara McLean, Kendall Payne, Shannon McNally, Charlie Musselwhite, Jon Brion, Grant Lee Phillips, Dredd Scott, Julia Fordham, Jess Klein, Kerri Powers.

Discography

 * 2010 You Go Your Way (Independent release)
 * 2004 Lakeville (Nettwerk 2004)
 * 2000 Carnival Love (Capitol 2000)

Compilations/Collaborations

 * 2008 “Join the Parade- Live” Marc Cohn (Featured vocalist on “Giving up the Ghost”)
 * 2008 “The Music of Jason Crigler” (Lead vocalist, “Bush and a Tree”)
 * 2008 Cynic “Traced in Air” ( Seasons of Mist, 2008)
 * 2005 “She Do, She Don’t” (Composer/Arranger/Co-producer “Lakeville”)
 * 2005 "Public Displays of Affection”(Composer/Arranger/Co-producer “Hold On”)
 * 2005 Jonathon Rice “Trouble is Real”
 * 2002 “The Metropolitan Museum of Art: American Folk Music” (Composer/Arranger/Co-producer “Blind River Boy”)
 * 2001 “I-10 Chronicles Vol. 2: One More for the Road” (Lead Vocalist, “Gasoline Alley/It’s All Over Now”)
 * 1997 Richard Julian “Richard Julian”

Television

 * 2008 “Men In Trees” (NBC) – Composer/Performer – “Daydream Car”
 * 2008 “The Today Show” (NBC) – Performer, appearing with Marc Cohn
 * 2007 “Good Morning America” (ABC) – Performer, appearing with Marc Cohn
 * 2007 “The Ellen Degeneres Show”(NBC)– Performer, appearing with Marc Cohn
 * 2007 “The View”(ABC)– Performer, appearing with Marc Cohn
 * 2001 “Late Night with Conan O’Brien”(NBC)– Composer/Performer, “Gin”

Filmography

 * 2000 "79 Degrees in July" (Independent) - Writer/Arranger/Co-producer, “Angels Collide” and “Glorious Bluebirds”