The American Dream

Caught halfway between modern folk music, timeless roots-rock, and classic pop, Amy Speace's The American Dream is an album about balance and transition. It's also the ninth solo record from an award-winning songwriter who's spent most the 21st century on the move, playing 150 shows a year, forever keeping her eyes glued to the road ahead. With The American Dream, she gives herself the grace to glance backward, too, writing reflective songs that turn glimpses of her past — a childhood bike ride with friends, an artistic awakening as a 20something New Yorker, a painful divorce — into fuel for chasing down a bolder, brighter present.