The creative journey of Texas singer-songwriter Amy Cook and her band.
The creative journey of Austin singer-songwriter Amy Cook and her band as they tour the backwater towns of the American southwest. Powerful and new, the music of Amy Cook is both elegant and challenging in the same breath. Filmmaker Todd Robinson travels the southwest with Amy and her band peering into a life that informs art. But Amy Cook's story is a story that transcends her own career and ambition. It is the story of a young woman living an authentic life while struggling with the complicated relationship between art and commerce. As Amy says in her hypnotic "Feathers to a Crown" . It's a hard time for dreamers, We're all pennies in a wishing well, But we ain't gonna buy, And we ain't gonna sell.—Anonymous
"AMY COOK - The Spaces in Between" is the complex, sometimes bittersweet journey of a bright, new, musical voice struggling to break free. Veteran filmmaker Todd Robinson travels cross country with Amy and her band peering into a life that informs art. As Cook tours the backwater towns of the American Southwest, she is confronted with questions of purpose, meaning and what is at the center of her drive. As she strives to live an authentic life she also wrestles with the complicated relationship between art and commerce. As she muses in her hypnotic "Feathers to a Crown" ... "It's a hard time for dreamers, We're all just pennies in a wishing well, But we ain't gonna buy, And we ain't gonna sell..." But in the end Amy Cook's story transcends her own career and ambitions. It is an anthem of integrity, courage and personal truth all celebrated through the elegance and power of her music.—Doc Channel