Amy Petty's House of Doors

Singer/songwriter Amy Petty describes her music as weaving together “a lush tapestry of folk, pop, rock and blues ballad“. As noted in her bio, she is often “compared to Sarah McLachlan, Eva Cassidy, Alanis Morrisette and Jonatha Brooke”. Last month (November 2010) saw the release of Petty’s latest CD, House of Doors. We discuss the new CD, as well as what it took to get where she is today musically. For a review of her CD, be sure to check out this one by PopDose’s Ken Shane. My thanks to Petty for the interview.

Tim O’Shea: You recently overcame a major fear and cleared a professional/personal hurdle by flying in a plane, despite your fear of flight. How liberating and satisfying was it to tackle that fear?

Amy Petty: I’ve been avoiding airplanes my entire adult life. I love travel though and have a bit of the wanderlust…I’ve driven from New Hampshire to Michigan to Philadelphia to St. Louis to New York multiple times a year for a decade. But the thought of being in a plane was just more than I could bear.

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