Amy Loftus

Amy Loftus is a Chicago-born singer/songwriter, now resident in Nashville after a period in Los Angeles. Her first solo record "Straight to Amy" was produced by Will Kimbrough in Nashville and released in March 2005.The track Nashville Doesn't Sleep Here Tonight from that album was played on BBC Radio 2's Bob Harris' country show on January 19, 2006.
Amy got her start in music in Chicago with a local band called "Cartoon Gypsies". She was a member of The Second City Training Center. She lived in Los Angeles for a short time and appeared in an episode of HBO's Tracey Takes On.
Amy Loftus was named "Best New Singer/Songwriter" by Nashville Scene magazine in their October 27, 2005 "Best of Nashville" edition, and she placed third in the Folk/Singer-Songwriter category in the International Songwriting Competition in 2006 for the song "Work to Do" written with Will Kimbrough.