Amy Fairchild

A multi-award winning songwriter, Fairchild's musical career began in Northampton, MA in 1994 with the release of her first CD "She's Not Herself," which was voted Album of the Year by several local papers. She moved to New York City in 1997 and her performances immediately filled clubs throughout the city. In May of 2001, she won the prestigious Kerrville Folk Festival New Folk Songwriting Competition, joining a list of winners that includes Lyle Lovett, Steve Earle, Nanci Griffith and Shawn Colvin. She was also the NYC 1999 Lilith Fair Talent Search Winner, and performed at the Jones Beach stop of the tour. In addition to the Lilith Fair headliners, she has shared the stage with such diverse artists as Hall and Oates, The Bacon Brothers, Ben Folds, Robbie Fulks, Pat Benetar and Joan Osborne.

Her songs have received high honors in multiple songwriting contests, including first place in several categories in The John Lennon Songwriting Contest, Maxell Song of the Year ("Falling Down") and Billboard World Song Competition. Dave Marsh of Rolling Stone says, "If there still was a recording industry, this would come out on a major label and would be such a big hit you'd be sick of her by now. Not many people make records this good."