Amy Duckett Wagner – Amy Dee
Upbeat Genre-Jumpin’, Sing-a-long-able Americana Singer/Songwriter
Photo: Denise Shardlow
Amy Duckett Wagner - Guitar, vocals, ukelele
Amy Dee’s good-hearted, story-tellin’, question-askin' original music travels the crooked road, jumping genres like Americana, Swing, Folk, Bluegrass, Country, Jazz, Blues, and influenced by Austin, Texas’ South-by-Southwest fests, Kerrville’s Songwriter’s Weeks, Nashville, Louisiana’s BlackPot Camps, Ashokan’s Western-Swing Weeks. All-original albums include: “Southern Routes,” (swingy/honkytonk); “Come With Me,” (newgrass), “Ask New Orleans,” (NOLA Jazz). A full-time local musician with a mission to improve life through music, Amy’s shows share a repertoire of original tunes and standards audiences know and love. And, there’s always a sing-a-long! The Philadelphia Folk Festival launched Amy’s song-slinging with a $50 guitar bought from a union-organizer.
Contact: Amy Duckett Wagner
AmyDuckettWagner@gmail.com
https://www.amyduckettwagner.com/
Her music takes you places. Amy Dee is a good-hearted, story-tellin’, question-askin', genre-jumpin' songsmith, with an old guitar and volumes of Americana tunes, traveling between swing, blues, bluegrass, old country and folk. Raised by music-lovers with wanderlust and a Volkswagen bus, sharing music that improves lives is her daily mission. It all started with a $50 guitar she bought from a union organizer at the Philadelphia Folk Festival.
She also brings a repertoire of standards audiences know and love. Amy’s music travels down a crooked road... Audiences enjoy originals, stories, standards, and always get a chance to sing along. A trained vocalist, guitarist and writer with a music degree, Amy inspires new audiences daily as a full-time musician entertaining retirement communities, places of worship and folk venues. Original albums streaming include "Southern Routes," (Americana – w/Revelers), "Come With Me" (Newgrass – w/Nashville’s Jimmy Heffernan) and "Ask New Orleans” (recorded in the French Quarter w/Aurora Nealand’s Jazz trio).
Amy’s shared the bill with singer/songwriters John Flynn, Crys Matthews, Annie Patterson, Emily Drinker and performed in lineups with David Crosby, Margot Price, Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Tom Rush, Bettye Lavette, Dom Flemons, Aiofe O'Donovan, Christine Lavin.
Sojourns to Ashokan’s Western/Swing, Louisiana’s Blackpot Music/Dance Camps, New Orleans, and showcasing at Austin, Texas’ South by Southwest, Kerrville’s New Folk Week, Folk Alliance, influenced her sets at Philadelphia Folk Festival, John & Peter's, Godfrey Daniels, World Cafe, Havana, Musikfest, Delmarva Folk Festival, Chatauqua series, Philadelphia’s Historic Arch Street Meetinghouse. Her music gets feet tappin’ and hands clappin’!