Song of the week - Powder Blue Trans Am by Amy Correia PLUS UPCOMING TOUR!!!

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@7:59 Amy Correia performing 'Powder Blue Trans Am' from You Go Your Way

Grooveable Feast - Amy Correia - Episode 7 from Grooveable Feast on Vimeo.

Recently profiled artist Amy Correia has been a heavy rotation of mine for several years now. I keep finding myself coming back to her unique voice and her personal stories. Even with starting my music blog and keeping a look out for new sounds, it is You Go Your Way that remains in my car stereo. She just has a wonderful way of bringing you into her world and telling you exactly how she feels. In the past, I've felt her bond with her uncle through his bike ('the Bike' - Carnival Love) and can imagine the crush she felt on the local boy ('He drives it' - Carnival Love). Even stories that don't seem autobiographical, she can connect you on a personal level, such as 'Hold On' (Lakeville), where you feel the pain of a convict who used and lost being her child.

For this week's Song of the Week: 'Powder Blue Trans Am' she goes beyond what is normally shared. Not just inviting you along on a personal story, but also sharing her frustrations. You learn what she's wearing, driving, feeling, wanting, and loathing. These are details that rarely come through on a record.

Excerpt from 'Powder Blue Trans Am'

You Go Your Way by Amy Correia

Can't Get A Man and I'm way past 21
I could make love to anyone of you in here
I'm just not sure I'd have much fun
I've been sucking on a Tic Tac
Condoms in my purse
Knocking back another and I couldn't feel any worse
Bar Stool fools flirting with disasters
Things they never change & I feel like getting plastered

03 Powder Blue Trans Am by amycorreia
(also featured on SoundCloud.com is 'Love Changes Everything'

Be sure to check her out on this tour. It should be a great time especially since she has a great bond with her fans who supported her sans record label for her new album!

The most exciting shows appear to be

April 26, 2011 Cambridge, MA The Lizard Lounge 9PM (Doors at 8:30PM) Co-bill with Aussie wunderkind Mia Dyson BUY TIX $12 http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/168936

May 7, 2011 NY, NY Rockwood Music Hall 7:30PM (7PM Doors) Stage 2 presents White Buffalo + Amy Correia TIX ONLINE $10

May 14, 2011 Phoenixville, PA Steel City Coffeehouse 8PM (Doors 7PM) Amy Correia w/opener TBA 8PM $22 https://www.ticketturtle.com/index.php?calendar=steel

May 20, 2011 Montclair, NJ Outpost in the ‘Burbs 8PM (Doors 7PM) Co-bill with Kenny White BUY TIX $22 http://www.outpostintheburbs.org/concerts.html

More dates are expected for the MidWest including a stop in Pittsburgh!

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