AMY DUNCAN

Singer-songwriter

"The Scottish multi-instrumentalist's eighth album sits between Cocteau Twins and the Blue Nile, its broad cinematic sweep, folktronic textures, crystalline vocals and lyrics imbued with introspection and memory-lane inventory-taking yielding moments of breathtaking beauty." Dan Cairns, The Sunday Times

Bio

Amy Duncan has been pursuing her passion for songwriting since 2006 when her debut album ‘Pilgrimage’ was released on the US label Plain Recordings after they discovered her songs on social networking site ‘Myspace’. She has had songs placed on the BBC3 Television’s Lip Service and the Netflix version of Charmed. 

Through Creative Scotland funding Amy was able to work with one of Scotland’s finest producers Calum Malcolm (Prefab Sprout, The Blue Nile) and ‘Cycles of Life’ was released on Linn Records in 2013. Since then Amy was chosen by Showcase Scotland as one of 2 Scottish acts to perform at the Eastern Canadian Music Alliance and was part of the Made In Scotland Showcase at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2013 and 2014. 'Undercurrents' (2016) was also funded by Creative Scotland featuring self written string arrangements played by members of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra.

‘The Hidden World’ (2020) and ‘Cocoon’ (2021) albums were self produced and released on Amy’s own label Filly Records and were played on BBC Radio 2 Folk Show with Mark Radcliffe, BBC 6 Music Radcliffe and Maconie and the Lauren Laverne Show. ‘The Whole Town’ song was featured in the top 100 tunes from Scotland in 2020 in the Herald, along with Lewis Capaldi. ‘Cocoon’ was written in the lockdown and was reviewed in the ‘Standout’ section of The Musician Magazine. 

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Demos recorded at home for new solo album release in 2025 

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Undertow Overflow with Ben Harrison - photo by Peter Dibdin

With Guy Nicolson & Pete Harvey at 2021 Album Lunch - photo by Mike Ozmond

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