I’ve just spent the last few hours trying to fabricate what I imagine a cat would sound like eating a man... Why, you ask?! For a song, of course!

Feeling incredibly satisfied today to have recorded some crunchy leaves in my garden and then manipulated the sound to create 1) the sound of someone's ashes being fired up to space in a firework, and 2) the sound of a body sinking to the floor of the ocean. Why, you say?! For a new song, of course!

Just 6 more leaves (of 100s) left to embroider for my next stop-motion music video! Any recommendations for good podcasts to keep me company while I do it?

Are you a little bit curious what I bang on about in my newsletter, but not curious enough to have subscribed? Well here's a chance to take a look at the one I sent out last week! (But please do subscribe! 😀) mailchi.mp/1645a1b716ad...

Further to my call for #protest songs the other week, here's the #Bandcamp linked playlist bndcmpr.co/f151c1ae Amongst others, from BSky, it features: @vernonsfuture.bsky.social @redcavalry.bsky.social @deuxfurieuses.bsky.social @postindiepoets.bsky.social @amyhopwoodmusic.bsky.social #MusicSky

Homeward bound. Tired but happy and full of music! Thanks Wessex Folk Festival for a wonderful weekend and to everyone who came and shared their funny folk songs at my session yesterday. So many brilliant songs and singers!

On my way to Weymouth on a beautiful sunny day. Looking forward to a weekend at Wessex Folk Festival, meeting old friends and making new ones!

Thank you to Folkmylife for this lovely review! And I shall be expecting everyone to address me using my full title "The fabulous and enigmatic Amy Hopwood" from now on! ❤️ 🤣

I feel a new animated video coming along!

I finished off another album track today (yay!) and it stars this beautiful fellow...

I'm always a bit pleased with myself when I squeeze an odd word into a song lyric. Today that word was "protractors" :-)

Lovely to receive this surprise review for All Shall Be Well! Big thanks to Kinda Grizzly for taking the time to do it. Read the whole thing here:  kindagrizzly.substack.com/p/the-flower...

It's wonderful seeing all these #handsoff gatherings taking place around the world (but awful that they are needed). Here's my contribution to the protest in song form: youtu.be/gD9sJJXta-k?...

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Glad I paid more so I could stay somewhere with a sea view... ☁️ ☁️ ☁️ But at least it's forcing me to get on with songwriting and stop gazing out of the window! 😀

Have you seen the film “A Complete Unknown”? It felt so refreshing to watch musicians being unapologetically political. These days you get the “stick to singing pretty songs, I liked you until you started getting political” attitude. How weird to be expected to...

Fire and Fury has now been played on the radio by 21 different DJs! And just look at the fine company I was keeping on Steve Clarke’s brilliant Strange Brew show last week… It’s very weird but very wonderful to see my name in amongst theirs!

Another lovely review from FATEA. Thank you! You can listen to me “venting my fury” here: linktr.ee/Fireandfury

Time for a Sunday Singalong! Here's the lyric video for my latest song, Fire and Fury... youtu.be/gD9sJJXta-k?...

Fancy hearing me playing my imaginary trumpet??! Well then, it’s time to listen to my new song! www.linktr.ee/Fireandfury

A perfect cartoon for one of the verses in my new song: “We repeat mistakes, we are not learning, Fiddling while the world is burning, We’re quiet as the earth’s destroyed, Distracted by our shiny toys” Listen here: linktr.ee/Fireandfury (Image credit to De Brasi)

Have you had a listen yet? www.linktr.ee/Fireandfury

“…Not bleeding hearts but judge and jury, let them feel our fire and fury…” Listen now: linktr.ee/Fireandfury

My new song uses the melody of the popular American Civil War song “When Johnny Comes Marching Home” (which was itself based on the Irish folk song “Johnny I Hardly Knew Ye”). The tune felt fitting right now. Take a listen here: linktr.ee/Fireandfury

Anyone else feeling angry about the state of the world? My new song “Fire and Fury” uses a traditional folk melody alongside new lyrics about modern concerns. Specifically, the... 1/2

This is a picture of my granny's knife. My mum gave it to me when she was clearing out granny's house after her death. I was in my first rented flat and needed all the basic kitchen stuff. It's just a battered old Kitchen Devil knife, but it is very practical and I love the way it...

Anyone else horrified by the state of the world? Well, I have a new song coming out very soon about just that, and fighting back! But social media is increasingly flaky, so please consider joining my newsletter here: amyhopwood.co.uk/music/newsle... (Photo by Nijwam Swargiary on Unsplash)

I was very happy to go back to my singing roots at the Sailors Return folk night in Weymouth this week. And also very reassured to test out my newest song in public for the first time and discover that the chorus is indeed as sing-along-able as I'd hoped! Thank you!

I’m very pleased to say that the number of people who have chosen to become a patron of my work is continuing to grow. Our next “Inner Circle” get together will be on Sunday 15th December at 4pm. It’s an informal hour on Zoom to... 1/2

Here are some of the stars of the River and Fish video, very excited that their film is an Official Selection for the Himachal Short Film Festival in India! But you don't need to travel to Himachal, you can watch the video here! youtu.be/NEOeqzQMRlI?...

A quick question to help me with a new song! Could you tell me one thing you find frustrating or annoying about ageing? Extra points if you've got a funny spin on it, but there's no requirement for humour! 1/2

This amazing review from Bored City is too good to pick out just one quote, so here’s a few!! You can read the whole thing here: boredcity.co/amy-hopwood-... Or listen to the song and make up your own mind here: linktr.ee/AllShallBeWe...

A big thank you to Neil March of Trust the Doc for a lovely review of All Shall Be Well. @trustthedoc.bsky.social You can read the whole blog, full of other reviews and wise words on the current state of the music industry, here: docs.google.com/document/d/e...

How's your week been? If it's been a little tough, or you are feeling generally worried about the state of the world, please do take a listen to my latest song. It might just make you feel a teeny weeny bit better x Listen or watch the music video here: linktr.ee/AllShallBeWe...

The music video for All Shall Be Well is strongly influenced by the wonderful drawings of Jan Pienkowski. I loved this set of miniature fairy tale books when I was a child, and I still do. They were crammed full of very detailed black silhouettes of palaces, witches, dragons and the like... 1/2

Hurray! That’s 19 DJs who have played All Shall Be Well on their folk music radio shows so far!! Have you listened yet? linktr.ee/AllShallBeWe...

I don't know, have you ever just tried maybe, not being shitty? 🤷‍♂️

If you have 10 minutes spare at 7pm on Saturday, why not join me online for the premiere of my new music video! Just search AmyHopwoodMusic on YouTube, or follow this link: youtu.be/W46siT-03Mk

This is your invite to the YouTube Premiere of my video for “All Shall Be Well”! It’s a hand drawn animation based on one lone voice singing out and gradually being joined by 20 others, as the lights switch on and off in the building, mirroring what happens in the song. I’d love you to join... 1/2

“This too shall pass” is a key phrase in my new song, and I love the fable that it comes from… It is said that there was a powerful king who assembled all his wise men and asked them to create a ring which would make him happy when he was sad, and that would be true and appropriate in all... 1/3

Julian of Norwich wrote the Revelations of Divine Love in the Middle Ages. They are the earliest surviving English language works attributed to a woman, and include the backbone phrase of my new song: “All shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of things shall be well”. 1/2

Well, hello Blue Sky! I must say it seems much nicer here... :-) In a similar spirit, I'll share my new song, only released a couple of days ago. It's a stoic marching song for tough times... linktr.ee/AllShallBeWe...

Well, hello Blue Sky! I must say it seems much nicer here... :-) In a similar spirit, I'll share my new song, only released a couple of days ago. It's a stoic marching song for tough times... linktr.ee/AllShallBeWe...