Amy Helm - Didn't It Rain

Although the personally charged, organically soulful 'Didn't It Rain' is her first release under her own name, Amy Helm has been making music for most of her life. She has already won widespread praise as a singer, songwriter and live performer, first as a member of the celebrated alt-country collective Ollabelle and subsequently for her extensive work with her father, musical icon Levon Helm, who passed away in 2012.Blessed with a commanding, deeply expressive voice and an uncanny songwriting skill that instinctively draws upon a deep well of American musical traditions, Amy Helm delivers a timelessly powerful statement with 'Didn't It Rain.'The spellbinding twelve song set is rooted in first-person experience, exploring universal themes of life, love and loss on such musically and emotionally resonant originals as the smouldering soul ballad 'Rescue Me', the hushed, lilting 'Deep Water', the meditative 'Roll Away' and the stark, haunting 'Wild Girl'.Complementing Helm's originals are her personalised takes on the Sam Cooke classic 'Good News' and the traditional title track, which she delivers with the heartfelt gospel urgency that has always been an element of her vocal persona.'Didn't It Rain' also marks the final recording sessions of Levon Helm, who acted as the project's executive producer as well as adding his unmistakable drumming on three tracks; Levon's distinctive count-off can be heard kicking off Amy's rousing take on Martha Scanlan's 'Spend Our Last Dime'.