Nashville, TN (March 16, 2022) – Nashville-based singer/songwriter Amanda McCarthy
recently released her new single “Don’t Stop Me.” You can listen to the song HERE!
Known for her powerful vocals and lyricism, Amanda has a unique ability to connect
emotionally with her fans. With empowering lyrics like packing up my bags and I’m leaving
today, I don’t got time for that, and if you don’t like what I say, don’t stop me as I’m walking
away, “Don’t Stop Me” is sure to be an energizing anthem to all who listen.
“I wrote Don’t Stop Me with my friend Ty Openshaw prior to moving to Nashville,” Amanda
explains. “Funny enough, what we wrote the song about initially revolved around a
situation in his life. But, when I moved to Nashville and I started playing this song at
rounds, the song grew to mean a lot to me and my complicated relationship with my
hometown that I had just left behind. I love my home state of New Hampshire, but growing
up in the specific town I’m from, I carried a lot of mixed feelings due to trauma, lack of
support in school, and always feeling like my music career was never taken seriously –
even as I was seeing success in Boston and NYC. Moving to Nashville was a huge step in
my healing and leaving those feelings behind, which is why this song is so special as my
Nashville debut, the first song I’m releasing since moving here.”
About Amanda McCarthy:
Amanda McCarthy is a storyteller compelled to speak the truth. Based in Nashville since
2020, with a 10+ year start to her career in New Hampshire and Massachusetts, she is an
award-winning songwriter, entertainer and recording artist. Blending many influences, her
original music is the infusion of pop, country, modern folk and rock – sprinkled with
millennial snark and the heart of an old soul. Her debut album “Road Trip” was released in
2019 to high acclaim and she tours nationally when possible, with experience in all four
corners of the country, including NYC and Los Angeles. Her current single “Don’t Stop Me”
was released on March 16, 2022.
Amanda’s original music has been recognized through the Grammy Nomination Ballot,
Great American Song Contest, International Songwriting Competition, UK Songwriting
Contest, Nashville Daily, YEP Nashville, SongDoor, Cornell University’s Emerging Artist
Series, NYC’s Coffee Music Project, Nashville’s Josie Music Awards, Hollywood Music in
Media Awards, Atlanta’s ISSA Awards, and New England based shows for the New
England Music Awards, Worcester Music Awards, Limelight Music Magazine and the
Southern New England Music Expo – most notably being named as Songwriter of the
Year at the 2019 New England Music Awards.
Radio has been supportive with airplay on Nashville Daily, The River 102.5, The Bull 101.7,
WKLB 102.5, ROCK 101, WATD 105.9, FRANK 106.3, NH + MA 104.9 and others,
including college and online radio, with “San Diego” hitting #1 on SheWolfRadio (Nashville)
and #6 on Sweet Sunday Sounds (Australia), “Folk Song” hitting #3 on Ignition Country
(UK), “Tiki Bar” hitting #9 on Radio A1A (Florida) and “Sticks and Stones” hitting #1 on
ipmNation (New Hampshire). “Sticks and Stones” was featured in the documentary “Bullied
to Silence” and Amanda’s music has been used as the theme song for several
programs/organizations.
Amanda has supported shows for Steven Tyler (of Aerosmith), Hunter Hayes, Train,
Imagine Dragons, Rob Thomas, REO Speedwagon, Hall & Oates, OneRepublic, Styx,
Jason Lancaster (of Mayday Parade), Pentatonix, James Arthur, Jason Isbell,
Natasha Bedingfield, O.A.R., Frank Turner, Fitz & the Tantrums, Hawthorne Heights,
Levi Hummon, Alex Preston, and Abby Anderson. She has also been a guest of
NASCAR and Royal Caribbean, and had a National Anthem performance televised on
ESPN.
Amanda is looking forward to several cuts by other artists along with her own releases
throughout 2022. She currently performs solo acoustic, as a duo/trio, and with her full
band.
For more information, visit www.amandamccarthy.com and follow Amanda on Facebook,
Instagram, Twitter and TikTok.