Amy Sheppard is an Australian singer-songwriter and along with her siblings George and Emma, is a forming member of
indie pop
Indie pop (also typeset as indie-pop or indiepop) is a music genre and subculture that combines guitar pop with DIY ethic in opposition to the style and tone of mainstream pop music. It originated from British post-punk in the late 1970s and su ...
band
Sheppard.
She released her debut
extended play
An extended play record, usually referred to as an EP, is a musical recording that contains more tracks than a single but fewer than an album or LP record. , ''Nothing But Wild'' in September 2022.
Career
2009–present: Sheppard
2019–present: Solo career and ''Nothing but Wild''
After attended the CMC Rocks Festival in Ipswich in 2019, Amy began exploring country music.
Speaking to ''Pario'' in 2022, Amy said, "I'm a huge fan of country music. We grew up listening to a lot of country music. In fact, I was hearing that music when I was learning how to song write so I've always had a lot of country influences." Amy added after she "somewhat lost her identity as an individual to the band" she wanted to rediscover who she is an artist. She said "My whole adult life has been Sheppard and building this amazing career that we have managed to build up. This solo project is actually forcing me to take a deep dive into discovering who I am as an individual, which I think is going to be a huge learning curve for me. But I am looking forward to going on the journey."
Amy's debut solo single, "Nothing but Wild" was released on 21 April 2022. Amy said "'Nothing But Wild' explores my innate desire to regularly escape the city in order to reconnect with my wild side and natural surroundings."
On 5 August 2022, Amy released her second solo single "Blue Guitar" and announced the release of her debut EP, ''Nothing but Wild''.
''Nothing but Wild'' debuted at number 16 on the
ARIA Charts
The ARIA Charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling songs and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA became the offic ...
.
Discography
Extended plays
Awards and nominations
APRA Awards
The
APRA Awards
APRA Awards may refer to one of two awards ceremonies:
*APRA Awards (Australia)
*APRA Awards (New Zealand)
The APRA Music Awards are several annual and two-yearly award ceremonies run in New Zealand by Australasian Performing Right Association ...
are presented annually from 1982 by the
Australasian Performing Right Association
APRA AMCOS consists of Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) and Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society (AMCOS), both copyright management organisations or copyright collectives which jointly represent over 100,000 songwr ...
(APRA).
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Country Music Awards of Australia
The
Country Music Awards of Australia
The Country Music Awards of Australia also known as the Golden Guitar Awards (originally named Australasian Country Music Awards) is an annual awards night held in January during the Tamworth Country Music Festival, in Tamworth, New South Wales ...
is an annual awards night held in January during the
Tamworth Country Music Festival
The Tamworth Country Music Festival is an annual Australian music festival held for 10 days from Friday to Sunday in mid to late January each year, sometimes including Australia Day, in Tamworth, New South Wales. The festival is the second bigg ...
. Celebrating recording excellence in the
Australian country music
Australian country music is a part of the music of Australia. There is a broad range of styles, from bluegrass, to yodeling to folk to the more popular. The genre has been influenced by Celtic and English folk music, the Australian bush ballad ...
industry. They commenced in 1973.
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The Wolfe Brothers
The Wolfe Brothers are an Australian country music duo consisting of brothers Tom and Nick Wolfe. The group formerly included childhood friends Brodie Rainbird and Casey Kostiuk. The Wolfe Brothers rose to prominence after placing second in se ...
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References
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Living people
People from the National Capital District (Papua New Guinea)
Australian country singers
Australian women singers
Musicians from Queensland
APRA Award winners
Australian expatriates in Papua New Guinea
1990 births