Songbird Amy fails to take off
Published Date:
11 February 2008
By Iain Smith
AMY MACDONALD
Newcastle University
HAILED as the next big thing to come out of Scotland, the undeniably talented Amy Macdonald played her first Tyneside show to a sell-out crowd.
The singer/songwriter from Glasgow has taken the music world by storm.
Her debut album is selling well, and her singles are loved by the critics.
As a live artist, she ticks all the boxes and performs with a talent beyond her years.
Her set, inevitably short due to her lack of material, contained all the favourites from her album, including single This Is The Life and Poison Prince.
She even managed to throw in a cover of The Killers' Mr Brightside, which was well received by an audience of devoted fans of all ages, even though it was pretty awful.
However, as talented as she may be, Amy's style and sound seems to lack the edge that would make her standout from her contemporaries.
Comparisons with the likes of fellow female Scottish singer/songwriter KT Tunstall are inevitable, yet Amy seems a few yards off the pace.
There's no doubt Amy can play and write songs well, and for this she is adored in her native Scotland, she just seems to lack that little bit of extra quality to give her lasting appeal away from her homeland.
Perhaps I expected more from all the hype surrounding her. Maybe she'll improve in a few years, maybe not.
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11 February 2008 1:45 PM
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