Amy McKnight 

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Amy McKnight is an Australian musician and composer, whose unforgettable voice, unique finger picked guitar style and lap steel slide enables her to re-write the definition of folk. 

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"Time Without a Place" - Release date 19.11.21 - In Amy's words:

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"This album aims to stare right back at you and level with the gravity of our current situation as humans. 

We seem to have dwindling concern for ourselves our futures and for those who live alongside us. 

Time without a place also considers the human aspects of daily life. 

That we need to love and to feel,

That we are very far from perfect,

That we need to enjoy ourselves,

We should not trust reassurances from untrustworthy sources. 

We must consider that we have gotten this far into our existence with our intentions and actions

Take example from nature around us and improve our presently failing systems. 

Hopefully before we are truly left without a time and without a place on earth." 

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Time Without a Place is Amy's third independent musical project, 

Recorded in Jerusalem at Kenya 4, with piano recorded at The Yellow Submarine, both community based centres for music. 

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Band:

Dolev Solomon - Bass and Sound Engineering

Dor Bar Av - Drums and piano -“Purpose Through Patience”

Yoni Alush - Electric guitars, Hammond and Sound Engineering

Amy McKnight - Vocals, Acoustic, lap-steel and electric guitars, piano and keyboard 

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Yoni Alush and Dolev Solomon - Mixing 

Uri Wertheim - Mastering

Bird sounds appearing throughout have been captured on field recording sessions in Australian bushland. 

Species include Kookaburras, Pied Currawongs, Black Swans, Rainbow Lorikeets, Sulphur Crested Cockatoos among others. 

“Urunga” - a capella recording with naturally occurring reverb in a 90,000L water tank. Heartfelt thanks to the McSkimming family.

“A time without a place” track recorded for the documentary “The Last Sermon” 

Thanks and love to Jack Baxter and Joshua Faudem.

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Previous Recordings:

The Captain, released on Kamea Independent Music Group in 2018 is guaranteed to provide a unique musical experience. https://amymcknight.bandcamp.com/album/the-captain

Recorded and mixed by Ori Kadishay at The Mazkeka and Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance Studio, The Captain features the talents of top guest musicians; Amit Fishbein - backing vocals, Elad Gellert - Alto Saxophone, Eyal Netzer - Tenor Saxophone, Mayu Shaviro - Cello, Mikael Berkowitsch - Piano, Moriel Hoffman - Piano, Nitai Levi - Bass Clarinet, Oded Ben Itzhak - Tenor Saxophone, Tal Avraham - Trumpet, Shachar Montlake - Saw

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The Backstory:

In 2009, Amy set out from Australia on a journey to study Sculpture at Bezalel Academy of Art and Design. During this time, she met pianist and Noise musician, Amir Bolzman. They worked together and performed at venues in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv over the following four years. This collaboration would develop and become the beginning of an ambitious project to form and record a 10-piece band.   

With the creative ingenuity of NoCoast(s) Production(s), Amir and Amy recorded a 5 track Ep at The Alpert Music Studio Jerusalem (המרכז העירוני למוסיקה ע"ש אלפרט), with Raphael Bieberfeld, which was later mixed to a crystalline level by Noam Yaish.

Upon Amy's return to Israel in July 2013 and with full and resounding finality the EP was mastered by Harel Schreiber and pre-released as part of NoCoast(s) Collection #3.

The arrangements for the EP (by Amir Bolzman and Gillad Vaaknin) transformed a solo folk/blues act into a powerful force of a band. 

With 'Juke Joint'/Noise piano, bass heavy accompaniment on strings, a wailing woodwind section, junk-jazz drumming and a range of tinkerings with digital effects, banjo, electric guitar, harmonica and a chinese flute.

Amy McKnight & Her Jerusalem 9 was recorded with the talents of: 

Amir Bolzman (Piano)

Ayala Shamir (Cello, vocals)

Omri Meshorer Harim (Double & Electric Bass)

Ariel Armoni (Drums)

Nitai Levi (Bass Clarinet) 

Tal Avraham (Trumpet)

Gal Atzur (Alto Saxophone)

Roy Vilozny (Tenor Saxophone)

Gillad Vaknin (Electric Guitar, Banjo)

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Her Jerusalem 9 can be listened to and purchased online at http://nocoast.bandcamp.com/album/amy-mcknight-her-jerusalem-9