Biography
“Stunning music. One of those voices that cause you to stop and say, Who’s that?”
- Applause Magazine
"Each song is directed like a film that jumps off the wide screen to capture its audience. She has the ability to write songs that vividly paint descriptive characters and plots, rich in literary detail and poetic imagery. A must have album.."
- Performing Songwriter Magazine
"She could very well be standing toe to toe with legends like Emmylou in the very near future”
- BVS Reviews
Her voice is often described as haunting and ethereal, but it's the writing that really separates Amilia from the rest of the new generation of literary songwriters. Likened by one critic to a French chanteuse in a candle-lit cafe, her songs are intimate and visual, they set a mood. Given the cinematic quality of her music, it makes sense that Spicer’s songs have been featured in several movies and on television; in shows such as Roswell, Party of Five and Dawson’s Creek.
Her songwriting fuses together the different places she calls home- the languid textures of rural Pennsylvania, the swing and melody of Texas Americana, with the back alley bite of LA. While her much-lauded debut CD, Like an Engine, was a sparse, eclectic mix of husky phrases, Spicer’s sophomore effort SEAMLESS, sounds more confident, without losing the wistful and sometimes dark etherealness she’s known for. The fuller production has an organic feel, because at the root of it all is still Spicer’s voice and her piano. It hits you immediately as something you'd both want to hear on the radio, and play while sipping wine by the fire.
Equally at home from the cozy confines of Hollywood's Hotel Cafe, to the Kennedy Center in DC, Spicer’s defiant poetry never gets lost in the mix. Spicer lives by the mantra “Don’t Fence Me In”, and from whisper to wail, there is more than a little attitude under that oft-worn base ball cap.
"With a stunning and angelic voice that channels the best attributes of Stevie Nicks and Emmylou Harris without mimicry, Amilia K Spicer demonstrates her considerable talents on Seamless ... songs as finely crafted as anything we’ve heard from an independent artist in quite some time." -Indiemusic.com
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BOOKING:
Scott Twiford
Allspice Music Agency
Falls Church, VA & Los Angeles
Office 703-533-0772
Mobil 703-407-6623
scott@allspicemusic.com
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MANAGEMENT:
Dan Nash
Just Great Management
Santa Monica, California
Toll Free: 877.841.3342
Mobil: 310.701.6071
dan@justgreatmanagement.com
www.justgreatmanagement.com
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Instrumentation
SOLO:
amilia k spicer - keyboards, Guitar, Mandolin and vocals
with Band:
amilia k spicer - keyboards, Guitar, mandolin Lead vocals
Steve McCormick - Acoustic Guitar, Backing Vocals
Fren Asken - Electric Guitar
Tom Felicetta - Bass
Christopher Allis - Drums
Discography
Seamless (LP) free range records
Like an Engine (LP) AllSpice Music
TRACKS/COMPILATIONS:
"Only Love Can Break Your Heart" (on "Cinnamon Girl - A Tribute to Niel Young) American Laundromat Records - 2008
"Never Coming Home" (On "A Case for Case" - A Tribute to Peter Case) Hungry For Music - 2006
"Your Imagination" (On Making God Smile - A Tribute to Brian Wilson) Silent Planet Records - 2002
"Like An Engine" (Women of Kerrville Vol II) Silverwolf Records
"Like An Engine" (Fenario Magazine MP3 Collection #1) Fenario Magazine
"Chances" (Matthew Lee Songbook)
"Million Years" (Women of Heart and Mind) Quail Records (UK)
Multiple tracks from both full length CDs receive airplay and streaming play (Including several "top 10" most played songs on more than one internet stream site)
Four songs from Like An Engine are featured in Movies, and four from Seamless are in Movies and on television, including "Roswell", "Dawsons Creek", "Party of Five" ands "Joan of Arcadia"
Links
| http://www.myspace.com/amiliakspicer |
| Amilia's Web Page |
| Amilia on MySpace |