Amy
Sky and Olivia Newton-John Get Spiritual April
26, 2007 – Amy
Sky and Olivia Newton-John felt like kindred
spirits on first meeting in 1987 in L.A. At
the time, Sky was co-writing some tunes on Olivia’s
“The Rumour” album but like most things
life got in their way and they drifted apart.
“We both had young children and I moved
back to Canada and she spent a lot of time in
Australia and we sort of lost touch. We would
send Christmas cards and share the occasional
phone call but we actually didn't really connect
again until she came and played in Toronto two,
three years ago,” says Sky. That reconnection
resulted in a collaborative effort on Olivia’s
new “Grace and Gratitude” album. Sky,
who’s nominated for three Canadian
Smooth Jazz Awards told Smooth Jazz Now
that the album is a spiritual journey with each
song based on one of the seven Chakras. She
say’s the response has been overwhelming,
“People are using the CD in cancer treatment
wellness centres where people can take an hour
and meditate, think and reflect.” Sky’s
goal in music has always been to pay it forward,
“As a teen when you're in those impressionable
years I would listen to my favourite writers
such as Joni
Mitchell, James
Taylor and Neil Young. I felt like they
had opened my journal and they were talking
about my life and I knew they hadn't but I was
so grateful to have had someone shed insight
on my own journey. So, that became my motivation
to want to write songs.” Sky adds that
her goal was never to write, talk or sing about
herself, “I always saw myself as a vessel
for reflecting back whatever insights I had
learned to the listener and when someone like
you says that I've done that, I feel very blessed.”
Amy Sky who will perform with husband Marc
Jordan tomorrow night at the Canadian
Smooth Jazz Awards is nominated for “Female
Vocalist,” “Album of the Year”
for the best of album “Life Lessons”
and “Best Original Composition,” a
co-write with Eddie Schwartz – “Everything
Love Is.” Jordan is nominated for “Male
Vocalist of the Year.” Read
our interview with Amy Sky - click here.
– by John
Beaudin
April
26, 2007 – 
