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Hear Amy Helm take her roots to the Narrows Center

The Americana and folk singer-songwriter carries on her father Levon's legacy in her Fall River show Jan. 8.

Amy Helm. Courtesy Photo

By Arianna MacNeill

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Amy Helm’s performance at the Narrows Center comes on the heels of the singer-songwriter releasing her latest album, “What the Flood Leaves Behind.”

The album has been dubbed “her most autobiographical yet, both in content and creation,” according to her website.

Helm had just gone back home to Woodstock, New York to record the album just prior to the pandemic bearing down in 2020. The album was recorded at Levon Helm Studios, named for Amy Helm’s late father, who was the drummer for The Band.

“Going back to the place where I learned so much about how to express music, how to hold myself in music, how to listen to music,” she said on her website, “it was humbling in a funny way. I could see clearly where I came from and where I am now in my life. I was singing from a different place now and for a different reason.”

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The album, according to a review by New Noise Magazine, includes Americana and folk, plus some blues. It showcases Helm’s singing voice.

“Whether it was recording in that environment, simply growing as a singer and a songwriter, or a combination of both, the result is Helm’s strongest album yet,” the review said.

Those who see Helm live can expect her to carry on her family’s legacy.

“Noted by host Kathy Mattea for the ‘sheer honesty and depth of her vocals,’ Helm hit hardest during the set singing songs closest to the bone like ‘Cotton and the Cane,’ written with the venerable Mary Gauthier, about growing up in the wilds of a music industry house and town,” according to NPR In a review of Helm’s performance at Mountain Stage in Charleston, West Virginia in October. 

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