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About Amy Hopwood

Amy is a Bournemouth-based musician and artist inspired by folklore, fairytales, psychology, nature and the trials of being human. She writes, sings and produces original folk songs, often using thick blankets of harmony, field recordings from nature and folk instruments such as tenor guitar, banjo, accordion and fiddle. She accompanies the songs with handmade drawings, embroidery, needle-felted characters and stop motion animation, allowing her to stitch together both the sounds and the pictures of the stories in her head.

“A winning thing” “Fascinating!” Mark Radcliffe, BBC Radio 2 Folk Show

Amy has always been the sort of person who struggles to ignore the elephant in the room, and now, through her songwriting, she is able to sit the elephant down, offer it a cup of tea and have a good old chat. Her playful storytelling might lead her listeners into dark places, but always with warmth, humour or stoicism.

“Good music makes you think, and this is good music” Tony Birch, Folking.com