Sat between a mainstay of UK Country music and a Nashville singer-songwriter, Amy-Jo holds her own. It is testament to how far she’s come that the level of performance between her, Two Ways Home and Regan Stewart is seamless. Her rendition of ‘Hypocrite’ at the latest Good Company Songwriters Round self-assured and unwavering. It is surprising how close the actual single is – the first to be released from her debut album – to this acoustic rendering. Stripped of the pop that I’d been expecting and instead filled with a multitude of strings, mandolin chief among them. Not so much as to create an orchestra but the track itself is certainly orchestrated to ensure that the lyrics are front and centre. A familiar approach that will delight fans of Amy-Jo’s storytelling, which is at once personal and relatable; provocative and whimsical in this instance. And intriguing enough to want to hear more from this next chapter that she’s calling her “purple era”.
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