Amy Ryan Music
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Amy is a young lady with big dreams and determination. Since the age of nine, Amy has been fortunate enough to collaborate with iconic Australian and US based folk, bluegrass and country music artists. Amy and her family often travel far and wide and have met many people along the travels.
The places they have travelled and people met along the way must be given credit for Amy’s musical journey.
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Amy holds a strong connection to Birdsville and the Diamantina Region in the far South Western Corner of Queensland Australia. The family travelled to the area when Amy was just two years of age and it was then when her parents noticed Amy’s natural music ability. Amy picked up a couple of gibber stones as they walked on Adelaide St, Birdsville. She began to make music and express her feelings with the stones tapping them together in rhythm on their walk
This was the start of Amy’s musical journey
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There were many family holidays, but the family holiday in 2019 to Australia’s Country Music Capitol (Tamworth) cemented Amy’s future with a burning passion for performing, song writing and storytelling. Cutting her teeth busking on peel street with a strong work ethic enabled Amy in 2021 to graduate the Country Music Academy aged at eleven years. With the fire well and truly lit returning to Tamworth for the festival is the family’s must do destination each January among many others that you can now find Amy performing and displaying talent and maturity well beyond her years.
In 2022, Amy released her first single “Sitting Pretty” which soon followed with her debut Album “Our Land”.
The track “As I Ride” co-written with Peter Smokie Dawson, saw Amy reach number 1 on the Tasmanian Australian Independent Country Chart.
In January 2023, Amy received the Brumby Award for under 18 female vocalists of the year for the song
“Diamantina Dreaming.”
A song Amy turned to music from a poem her father had written about the families love for the region.
Amy enjoys telling her stories through lyrics and playing guitar and loves performing these whenever she has the opportunity. In 2023 Amy received a RADAFF Grant from Logan City Council which enabled her to release her second EP, launching this at the Butter Box Beats to a full house. The release of her second Album “My Escape” 21st July 2023 is something she is very proud of and is being well received.
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Amy's story telling and songwriting has captured the attention of many in the audience and the music industry with her big personality, confidence and skills.
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In July 2024, Amy was invited to play her original music at "The Big Red Bash". Rehearsals with the Big Red Bash House Band in Sydney one week prior to the event and the family headed off back to one of their favourite places of all time, Birdsville. Amy opened the Main day of the festival singing her and her fathers song "Diamantina Dreaming". Together they also performed along side Elder Don Rowlands singing their originals and "I Am Australian" raising funds for diabetes. Thousands gathered together to form the shape of Australia in the desert. An outstanding performance secured an invite to the "Mundi Mundi Bash" in Broken Hill where this time they performed their original songs once again. This time raising funds for Beyond Blue where the record was broken for the most amount of people to form the shape of Australia.
Mr Greg Donovan, founder of Big Red Bash offered Amy an Opening spot on the Saturday at the Mundi Mundi Bash. Amongst Top Aussie female legends such as Hayley Mary, Miranda Carey, Robyn Loau, Sarah McLeod ,Vanessa Amorosi, Baby Animals Music, Suze DeMarchi, Julie Walter & Kate Daley Music smashing the stage in front of 14,000 Bashers.
It was a big year for Amy as she also headed off to the USA to attend "The Kruger Brothers" Academy where she was given the opportunity to fulfilled a scholarship which was awarded to her back in 2020, Covid time. She travelled abroad with her father, Andrew where she was given the opportunity to learn claw hammer banjo from the finest. A short two week trip jammed packed with tuition and a little sightseeing. Then later in September Amy applied to the IBMA Kids on Bluegrass and was accepted so once again father and Daughter flew abroad to Nashville. A little longer this time, four week trip to explore and network with some fine musicians.
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Amy is looking forward to what 2025 Brings. Keep an eye on this girl for her next adventure.
