Amy Crawford is a songwriter, vocalist, keyboardist and producer originally from

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, and now living in

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, New York.

Biography

As a solo artist Crawford has opened up for national acts including the

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. She has also toured with the band DeLeon, opening for acts including

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bassist

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and

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. After meeting

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, Crawford was invited to join Os Mutantes on keyboards and vocals for their 2012 and 2013 USA tours. In 2008 she received 3rd prize at the Shure/

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International Jazz Vocal Competition. In 2007 she helped prepare parts and rehearse the children's choir for the Elton John concert & DVD production '' Elton 60: Live at Madison Square Garden''. Her music has been licensed by

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for the reality documentary series

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. Crawford has composed music for and played keyboards on many pieces of music for television & advertising. She also works closely with noted composer/saxophonist

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and served as Assistant Producer on the recording of his opera "Trillium E" in 2010. She is a 2005 alumna of

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, and won third place in the Shure Montreux Jazz Voice Competition of the 2008

.History, Montreux Jazz Festival
, montreuxjazzfestival2012.com. Shure Montreux Jazz Voice Competition 2008. Retrieved April 4, 2013.

Selected discography

Singles

*"Another Day," 2013 *"Weekend Girl," 2013 *"I Won't Tell," 2013 *"Down, Down, Down," 2013 *"Right & Left," 2013

EPs

*''Amy Crawford & The Electric'', 2009

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Crawford, Amy Living people Wesleyan University alumni American women singer-songwriters Record producers from California Year of birth missing (living people) People from Pacific Grove, California American women record producers 21st-century American keyboardists 21st-century American women Singer-songwriters from California Os Mutantes members