Amy Cook
Alt-folk singer-songwriter tells stories refracted through the panoramic scope of the heavens. Her songs have been featured on Dawson's Creek, Laguna Beach, and Veronica Mars. Cook grew weary of the industry grind in 2005 and packed up for Austin. Along the way she took a timeout in Marfa and met Leisha Hailey of Showtime’s acclaimed original series The L Word. The actress and the songwriter made fast friends; Hailey not only got Cook her best show placement of all (“The one on The L Word is my favorite because [Leisha’s character] was doing a radio show and she said, ‘That was Amy Cook on Marfa Records,’ which was better than being background music at a party somewhere,”) but encouraged her to write The Bunkhouse Recordings (slated for re-release this year with bonus live tracks), a full-length so intimate that Cook and her acoustic are backed by chirping crickets and a restless dog. In 2007, Amy has been invited to play Austin City Limits music festival as well as Voodoo Music Experience in New Orleans.