About Amity
I got covered by ASBO Magazine in their "Ones to Watch" section, which is amazingly exciting! And they said some crazy things about me...
"Songs of uncanny beauty” “exceptional songwriting” “the heartbreaking power of Nina Simone... the vulnerability of Joni Mitchell"
"It is difficult to describe the power of Amity’s performance...the entire audience fell silent and completely enraptured."
I still can't believe this - but I actually won the Royal Albert Hall's highly prestigious Future Makers 2023/4 competition! The competition is part of the Royal Albert Hall's aim to discover and support the best emerging talent. I played my song "Almost Home" to a crowd of almost 2,500 - it was crazily exhilarating and nerve-wracking at the same time! Definitely an experience I will never forget!!! I now get a whole 12 months from The Royal Albert Hall themselves - I can't wait to work with them.
I had the massive honour of being invited into the BBC studios up in Newcastle for an interview with Anna Foster, alongside the amazing suicide prevention campaigner Beano. Watch my reaction to hearing my music played live on air here and listen to the actual interview here. Donate to support Beano and Emma’s amazing mental health work here.
"She started singing. Her voice was miraculous...the next Adele...the comparison didn’t quite nail the sensibility. She had Judy Garland’s surprise right-hook, how-is-that-possible, fully adult voice coming out of a kid, coupled with the dense, surreal lyricism of Regina Spektor, maybe a trace of Ian Dury wit in there as well.
NARC. Magazine is the independent guide to alternative music and culture for the North East of England and they were kind enough to write a focus piece on me ahead of my second tour of the North East.
I had a lot of fun talking to Hazel from Riverside Radio about everything from cookies, to trans rights, to autism and all the way back to cookies again. And of course I also had a chat about my music, winning the Royal Albert Hall's Future Makers competition and more....
The amazing Lisa Galvani and Ash Kellet gave me the best reception in my hour long live interview in Dorset. It was a phenomenal experience and they played 6 of my songs from my demo CD on air and then throughout the week on rotation. Sadly the interview failed to record (just my luck!) but I’ll be back in November!
The wonderful neurodivergence show hosted by the awesome David Gray Hammond went out live on air featuring yours truly. Obviously, being neurodivergent myself (I'm autistic), having a platform to talk about important issues around this topic is very important to me. You can listen to the podcast here.
I had a 3-night show as part of the Durham Fringe Festical, which got covered by Durham Magazine. They described my music as “profound, broody and rebellious”. Sounds about right to me!