Amy Helm

Thursday, November 4, 2021 at 8:00 PM at Emelin Theatre

“Rocking, infectious live shows.” Glide Magazine

The Emelin is thrilled to welcome back the abundantly talented Amy Helm, for a live show. A profound singer-songwriter and skilled multi-instrumentalist, Helm brings a brilliant mix of Americana, country, blues, and gospel music. Anyone who’s seen her perform knows she “pours full-throated feeling into every note she sings, moving on stage with the spirit of every beat.” Buffalo News. A founding member of the alt-country collective Ollabelle, and a backup musician in the Midnight Ramble Band, Helm has recorded multiple albums and toured extensively throughout the country. 

Returning home to Woodstock’s Levon Helm Studios just before the pandemic, Helm recorded her latest album, What the Flood Leaves Behind. Helm considers Levon Helm Studios itself to be “the tuning fork” for the record — an ethereal, elemental component that helped her and musicians Phil Cook (keys, harmonica), Michael Libramento (bass, organ, percussion), Tony Mason (drums), Daniel Littleton (guitar), Stuart Bogie (saxophone), Jordan McLean (trumpet), and her son Lee Collins (congas) summon courage and comfort. Throughout the record, Helm sings stories of life’s relentlessness, for which the most productive, and often the most healing response, is to create. As a result, What the Flood Leaves Behind serves as a defiant form of self-expression, as Helm steps fully into her own light.