In a partnership with Boston Pizza, Amy Nelson is joining with local radio stations to promote her new album, featuring the single “Hey Love” — which you may recognize if you’re a fan of The Band Perry, who have been singing it on their tours for a few years now.
Nelson, who calls Regina home, performed some of her original songs in Moose Jaw recently, taking over the patio at the downtown Boston Pizza to give the crowd a taste of her talent and to spread the word about her new CD.
She will be touring to the restaurant's locations around the province for the next while, supporting their chosen charity through CD sales.
Good Intentions is Nelson’s third album, and she will have copies available at Boston Pizza locations for $5.99 — a great price, considering $1 from each CD purchased will be going to the Dream Broker Summer Music Camps.
“They're across the province, in five different places, for kids with financial barriers, kids that wouldn't be able to get the opportunity otherwise,” said Nelson. “It's such a great fundraiser for this charity and they've been so supportive of me.”
Nelson is always busy, promoting both her own music and taking part in things like this. In 2011, she launched the Sing Like a STAR program, which teaches music lessons in Regina, Moose Jaw, and White City.
Though Nelson doesn’t have a lot of spare time to teach music anymore; she regularly tours across Canada, the U.S. and over to Australia to perform, and is on the lineup for this year’s Dauphin Countryfest and Calgary Stampede.
“It's just kind of a bit of jumping all over, but it's always fun. It's always busy,” said Nelson.
“Hey Love” was a hit when released last year in Australia, reaching #6 on country charts there, and Nelson hopes to see the single make waves back home in Canada as well.
She has spent a lot of time working on her new album and is already excited to start thinking about the next one.
“I feel like each [album] is a learning opportunity,” said Nelson. “The songs I sing about are really sarcastic, like my personality, they're a bit quirky like me. They just feel like a really good representation of who I am right now.”
Nelson has collected 40 Saskatchewan Country Music Award nominations through her career so far and took home the Entertainer of the Year Award in 2018.
She is glad to be a part of the Saskatchewan country music scene, and describes it as such a tight-knit community.
“Maybe one day, I'll switch genres. But right now, I just couldn't imagine it,” said Nelson.
Good Intentions, as mentioned, is available at Boston Pizzas throughout Saskatchewan, as well as on iTunes or by visiting Nelson’s website for download.
