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New York born and raised in Nashville, Tennessee--the capital of
Country
Music--the bright-eyed beauty Amber Digby is one of the most refreshing
country singers in the first decade of the new century. She recorded her
first album "Music from the Honky Tonks" in 2002. It received much
attention
from all over the world, selling worldwide and creating an overwhelming
base
of fans. For the last two years, the CD "Music from the Honky Tonks" has
been at the top of numerous charts on the radio and internet broadcast
stations.
Although her success seems to have sprung out overnight, it is not so.
Amber
Digby has come from a musical family. Both her parents have been in
country
music for decades: her mother Dee was a harmony singer with Connie
Smith,
and her father Dennis Digby played bass for Loretta Lynn for almost
twenty
years. In this musical family, the young Amber literally grew up on
stage.
Being a born entertainer, she began realizing her dreams already at the
age
of three. |
The popularity of her first album resulted in several tours abroad: last
year she performed at the Furuvik Country Festival in Sweden, toured
Australia, playing in Melbourne, Sydney, New South Wales and Brisbane.
After
returning to the US, she performed in Tulsa, Nashville and Forth Worth.
Her songs overflow with heartache, misery, cheating lovers, sorrow,
regret
and resignation. "Heart I'm Ashamed of You" shows guilt of foolishly
falling
in love with a man who is not available, "The One You Slip Around With"
deals with a woman wishing she were 'the other' woman to feel the love
that
was once hers, "Close Up the Honky Tonks" finds a woman in love with a
man
who won't settle down. The aching "Here I Am" portrays the pain and
heartache of a woman that no matter how hard she tries to save her
relationship, she can't let it go. "Just Get Up and Close the Door" is a
touching ballad that describes the longing of the other woman for her
lover to prove his love for her and stay with her. |
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Amber Digby has a wonderful voice that is said to be strikingly similar
to a
young Lorrie Morgan. Amber's strengths at this time are in the slower
shuffles and ballads, which she performs with sure authority. She is
well at
ease with these songs, and her voice drops down to a slightly lower
register
that makes her sound older than her 25 years. She digs down really deep,
making us believe that she has lived a life of heartache and pain.
In summer of 2006 she signed with Heart of Texas Records and released
her
second CD album, "Here Come the Teardrops", with two release parties: in
Bandera and Forth Worth, Texas. Then back for another European tour, to
Sweden and Norway. |
Amber Digby has already established herself among the best young country
music singers in America. Her beautifully honest voice and her talent
disarm
and astonish us when we first come into contact with her songs. The
captivating beauty with bright eyes has become a new princess of country
music, whose voice and noble style will keep us enchanted in the years
ahead.
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PROMETHEUS, Internet Bulletin - News, Politics, Art and Science. Nr.
112,
October 2006
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