In her ninth recording Amanda McBroom writes and sings stories in the
voices of women in transition - the bittersweet reflections of a woman
travelling on a train from one life to another, the wife of a fireman in
the Yarnell Hills fire in Arizona waiting for her husband to come home,
the isolation and fear of a young woman hearing voices come through the
wall in a family unable to express their feelings, the humor and joy of
finding love at an advanced age. As a singer and a songwriter, Amanda
is not new to emotion in song. THE ROSE captured the world's heart when
Bette Midler sang it for the film of the same name and earned Amanda a
Golden Globe for Best Film Song, a roomful of gold and platinum records,
and a wave of worldwide recordings and uses of the song including a #1
hit in the UK by boy band Westlife and a verse unexpectedly sung by Kurt
Cobain in the documentary Montage of Heck. It is the outpouring of
gratitude from people around the world that sing the song at weddings
and funerals, with families, friends, and choirs that is Amanda's
biggest reward. But anyone who has ever heard Amanda herself sing THE
ROSE in her live concerts around the world - from Taiwan's Sun Yat Sen
Concert Hall to Australia's Adelaide Cabaret Festival to the intimate
Pheastranty in London or Carnegie Hall - would say that she captures the
emotion, passion and love of her song better than anyone. When Amanda
got the call to sing THE ROSE in a duet with Vince Gill, her favorite
voice of America, she jumped at the chance. The call came from Fred
Mollin, producer of best sellers for Jimmy Webb, Kris Kristoferson, and
J.D. Souther as well as Amanda's A WAITING HEART. She listened to the
voices of her friends and fans and created the project through
Kickstarter. She assembled a team of social media experts, videographers
and oversubscribed the project in less than 30 days. VOICES was
recorded in Nashville at the Sound Emporium.
