Amy Speace ‘Me And The Ghost Of Charlemagne’ new album out Sept 6

It’s Amy Speace’s debut on Proper Records. Produced by the grammy-nominated Neilson Hubbard, these are 11 songs that deal with dreams and lies, gospel and ghosts. "Amy Speace is on a roll. Each new release has brought an expansion of her voice and her art, and she has reached the level of absolute mastery. Folk music doesn’t get any better than this” - Mary Gauthier

“Me And The Ghost Of Charlemagne is distinguished by a succession of sparse confessionals, catapulted above the norm by one of the purest and most eloquent voices in Americana today.”

Record Collector ★★★★

“Judy Collins protégée excels on stellar seventh album.. Me And The Ghost Of Charlemagne is sweeping in reach, magisterial in design.” - Uncut 8/10

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Amy Speace - the former Shakespearean-trained actor who is known for her literate, detailed songwriting and versatile, expressive vocals - has announced the September 6th release of "The Ghost of Charlemagne," a collection of exquisite lyrical portraits in miniature that she says “is about life and death and the journey of all dreamers."

Produced by longtime collaborator Neilson Hubbard and recorded during the final weeks of Speace's pregnancy with her first son at age 50, ‘Me And The Ghost Of Charlemagne’ captures Speace at her most nakedly honest, with sparsely-decorated songs that double down on her larger-than-life voice and detail-rich songwriting. 

It’s an album about the colliding of dreams and reality, full of characters making sense of their lives when something is lost and then found. Really, it's an album about the trials and triumphs of an artist's journey - a journey that's no longer focused upon the destination, but upon the actual trip itself.

Discovered and mentored by folk-pop icon Judy Collins, Speace left her career as aclassically-trained Shakespearean actress  and, instead, kicked off a string of acclaimed albums, including Songs for Bright Street, The Killer in Me, and How to Sleep in a Stormy Boat. Championed by The New York Times, NPR and more, she received further acclaim as a member of Applewood Road, a harmony-heavy trio whose

self-titled album became a critical success in the UK, earning a five-star review from The Sunday Times.

Speace blends the best parts of American roots music — gospel, alt-country, folk, classic pop — into her own songs. 'Me And The Ghost Of Charlemagne' follows in that diverse tradition, but it also shines its light on a new Amy Speace: a clear-eyed,

reenergized songwriter who's done with chasing things that don't matter...but isn't anywhere close to being done with her art.

TRACK LISTING:

01: Me and the Ghost of Charlemagne 4:42

02: Grace of God 6:11

03: Ginger Ale and Lorna Doones 3:19

04 Pretty Girls 4:07

05 Standing Rock, Standing Here 5:19

06 Both Feet on the Ground 3:24

07 Icicle King 5:35

08 Back in Abilene 3:59

09 Some Dreams Do 4:55

10 This, and My Heart Beside 2:03

11 Kindness 4:05

Recorded & Mixed at Skinny Elephant Recording, East Nashville, TN

Additional Recording at Cinderella Studio, Madison, TN

Produced by Neilson Hubbard

Engineered & mixed by Dylan Aldridge

Mastered by Jim DeMan at Yes! Master

DISCOGRAPHY:

Me And The Ghost Of Charlemagne (Wind Bone/Proper 2019)

Applewood Road w/Emily Barker & Amber Rubarth (GearBox 2015/2016)

Same Old Storm - EP (Wind Bone 2014)

How To Sleep In A Stormy Boat (Wind Bone - 2013)

How To Sleep In A Stormy Boat - Deluxe Edition (Wind Bone - 2013)

Land Like A Bird (Thirty Tigers - 2011)

Into The New: Alternates, Leftovers, and Orphans - EP (Wildflower - 2010)

Killer In Me (Wildflower - 2009) -

Songs For Bright Street (Wildflower - 2006)

Fable (Twangirl - 2002)

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