National Public Radio described her voice as "velvety and achy" and compared her to
Lucinda Williams. A former Shakespearean actress, Speace's song,
Weight of the World, was recorded by singer
Judy Collins on her 2010 album
Paradise. Speace contributed her cover of "House of Broken Dreams" in a
Mark Heard tribute album entitled "Treasure Of The Broken Land: The Songs Of Mark Heard" (Storm Weathered Records) in 2017. In 2020, Amy Speace was awarded "International Song of the Year" by the
Americana Music Association for the title song on her recent album "Me and the Ghost of Charlemagne" {
Proper Records}. Speace released, "There Used To Be Horses Here" on January 29, 2021 on Proper Records, a record she coproduced with The Orphan Brigade (
Ben Glover, Joshua Britt, Neilson Hubbard). She has produced, RJ Cowdrey, Alicia Viani and Lyn Koonce with engineer
Thomm Jutz. RJ Cowdrey's record, "What If This Is All There Is" spent a few weeks in the Top 10 of the Folk Radio Charts in 2019. As an essayist, Amy Speace has been published in The New York Times, No Depression Magazine, American Songwriter Magazine and The Blue Rock Review. ==Discography==