Amy Barnhart

San Diego music legend and Amy's Producer, Jeff Berkley describes her: “Amy Barnhart is a force to be reckoned with! Her voice is pure power and energy! There’s so much joy and pain and sorrow in the way she delivers her extraordinarily beautiful vocals! Her songs are brave and intimate and a direct conduit to her soul”

Amy’s honest story-telling music is heartfelt, profound and uplifting, leaving you feeling moved, connected and inspired. If you’re looking to live more in tune with your heart and soul’s wisdom, be kinder to yourself and others and live a more joyful and fulfilling life, Amy’s roots rock music is there to support you on that journey. Amy grew up singing along to Carole King, Simon and Garfunkel, the Beatles and Ella Fitzgerald and you can hear those influences in her powerful voice, evocative lyrics and soaring melodies. Her voice has the expressiveness of Brandi Carlisle, the vulnerability and honesty of P!nk, Grace Potter’s dynamics, with a Bonnie Raitt bluesy quality.

She’s always turned to music to help her work through some of her life’s most painful experiences and to feel hope and a new way of looking at a challenge. She started songwriting at 50 years old in 2015 at a yoga retreat in Idyllwild, California and wrote her first song, “We Shared Music” about her mother, who struggled with alcoholism, drugs and toxic relationships and died tragically young at 60 years old. Throughout the rough times of her childhood, her favorite memories are sharing music with her mom, whether it was singing and harmonizing along to albums or belting out made up silly lyrics drinking spiked hot cocoa on a winter beach.

Amy can be found most Mondays at Writer’s Round San Diego at the Ould Sod, 3373 Adams Avenue, San Diego, CA 92116 from 6-9 pm. She loves the listening room with featured artists and especially the once-a-month prompt nights (last Monday of every month) where songwriters share new songs that were written over the last month. It’s so fun to hear so many unique expressions of music for one prompt. Such a special experience. Amy’s also an active member of Sam de la Haye’s “Your Truth Amplified” community of singers, songwriters and piano players. It’s an incredibly supportive group and a safe space for developing as a musician.

As Amy’s 60th birthday approached, the call to share her music became much stronger. And in celebration of her 60th birthday, she will be releasing her first EP. Her first single, an uplifting rock anthem, Dragonfly, was inspired by the spirit message of this ancient magical creature. The messages of transformation at whatever time is right, rising to fly and bringing in lightness and beauty have always fascinated her and it was so fun to put those healing messages into a song.