Mystery Keeps You Review by L. Bethel - Maverick Magazine | April 2009
Daughter of a soundman, this graduate from New Hampshire has taken America by storm. With a degree in voice performance, this debut showcases Amy’s talent just the way it should in leaps and bounds...
Mystery Keeps You Review by Koen Maas - Inner Ear Media | August 2008
Amy Petty is a fairly unknown musician from New Hampshire. But with “Mystery Keeps You” she has taken a very good step on the way to claiming her place in the indie singer/songwriter circuit. With...
Mystery Keeps You Review by L. Bethel - Maverick Magazine | April 2009
Daughter of a soundman, this graduate from New Hampshire has taken America by storm. With a degree in voice performance, this debut showcases Amy’s talent just the way it should
in leaps and bounds and not once does it fail to prove through and through that she has an excess of creative talent running through her veins. Produced and engineered by Jacob Detering (Bonnie Raitt) MYSTERY KEEPS YOU is the full package.
The opening song, The Prince’s Daughter, sees Amy Petty open with gritty vocals full of sorrow and melancholy and holds the soulful essence of vocals by the likes of Joss Stone. Pretty at times and at others tastefully reserved, the dreamy connection of this song provides an instant comparison with artists like Sarah McLachlan in her performance of the song. The writing of this album is impeccable and seems to go full circle if you listen to the album through without interruption. The overall sound is oppressed rock with folk overtones, where you’re often left waiting for the rock flourished finish to a song and it never comes, instead you’re left focusing on the compelling lyrics and wistful vocals. It works, it works extremely well and in fact, I must say I’ve never heard anything quite like this. The second track, Broken Record, displays her songwriting style with deliberation, as she adopts a repetitive, continuous motion to the song and the songwriting. With stunning imagery and building a full picture of the idea behind the song, it’s again encompassing a rock infusion with folk-influenced writing. A lot of this is Amy, in the sense that she can be seen exploring herself and her ways, her reasoning’s and her relationships. There is balladry here, awesome percussion, fantastic lyrical development and wonderful vocal management. An album to be had by one and all.
4-1/2 Stars
LB
Mystery Keeps You Review by Koen Maas - Inner Ear Media | August 2008
Amy Petty is a fairly unknown musician from New Hampshire. But with “Mystery Keeps You” she has taken a very good step on the way to claiming her place in the indie singer/songwriter circuit. With craftful songs and passionate songs, specifically her wonderful and soulful vocals, she convinces.
“Mystery Keeps You” is a collection of very well-written and passionately performed folk/rock songs, with influences ranging from various directions. Kinda like a modern-day Joni Mitchell. Amy Petty is a storyteller, but she’s also a true musician. Especially harmonically she is very talented and she can accentuate her excellent lyrics that way and with her rich vocal sound. One of the more promising acts I have come across in this past year.
Some Quotes by
Various PeopleYou sounded great – where does that voice COME from?
(Gretchen Peters, Grammy Winning Songwriter)
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A voice and a presence, so powerful and yet so fragile, you just know that you are witnessing greatness.
(Eric Grossman, K’s Choice)
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Intelligent lyrics and a singing voice that makes the hair on the back of my neck stand up. When she gets to the end of this song, even her band is applauding.
(Michael Witthaus, Hippo Press)
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To me, she sounds like the love child of Sarah MacLachlan and Jonatha Brooke. She’s got a soulful, resonating voice that completely envelops the listener.
(EncoreBuzz, Nashua Telegraph)
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i thought amy petty’s voice was like a beam of moonlight in the dark of night. erie & lovely.
(aprylmay22 via twitter)
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This song (Honey On the Skin) will grab you and not let you go. Like a woman who grabs your shirt and tie and in a few minutes of passion, jams her tongue in your mouth with so much heat, you will submit in an instant to her ways and do whatever she asks. Yes, it really is that good.
(John Campbell, Independents Uncovered, Fairfax, VA)
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A voice to melt the hardest heart
(Jim Gellatlys New Music, Glasgow, UK)
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Amy has such an incredibly rich voice that I have to think of great singers like Joan Osborne and Ann Wilson. I literally never tire of listening to her sing.
(Samantha Murphy, www.thehighwaygirl.com)
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“The Prince’s Daughter” opens Mystery Keeps You and sounds sort of like (Sarah) McLachlan playing a John Mayer tune, if you can imagine it. The guitar-based song is stark and lyrically deep, and will suck you into the vibe that runs throughout Mystery Keeps You. “Honey On The Skin” is a sensuous tune with a guarded vulnerability that is intriguing.
(Wildy Haskell, www.wildysworld.blogspot.com)
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I feel deep longing, sorrow, nostalgia, hope, love, joy, perspective and wisdom when I listen to these songs. It scrapes some scabs off, but brings healing in the aftermath of the wound. Isn’t that what art is supposed to do, as opposed to entertainment?
(Taylor Mesple, Owner of The Maple Room in Lewiston, ME, President of the Maine Songwriters Association)
