Biography

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“Bob and Sarah Amos have released their first duo album, featuring heavenly two-part harmonies and glorious songwriting. This new project Ever Onward puts their voices at center stage. The result is rare and special. This album contains treasures that only happen with relatives who have spent years singing together…every song is toe-curlingly beautiful.” - Robert Resnik, host of Vermont Public Radio’s "All The Traditions"

The Vermont father-daughter duo Bob and Sarah Amos presents an exciting and varied program of folk and bluegrass original and traditional songs, with soulful, soaring harmony vocals backed by artful acoustic instrumentation on their new album, Ever Onward. Bob and Sarah have selected some of their favorite original and traditional songs to sing together. Some originals, such as “Ever Onward” and “Falling Away”, are brand new, while others, including “The Hills That I Call Home” and the IBMA Gospel Recording of the Year award winning “One Beautiful Day”, are new arrangements of some of the most popular songs that Bob wrote some years ago for his acclaimed bluegrass band Front Range. Others, including “Blood Red Rose” and “Wherever I Go” are best loved songs from Bob’s solo projects that have been reimagined into vocal duets for this album.

Multi-instrumentalist and vocalist Bob Amos is an award-winning songwriter who has recorded twelve albums and performed throughout the USA and Europe. From 1988-2003 Bob was the guitarist, lead vocalist, and songwriter for the internationally acclaimed band Front Range, which was considered one of the world’s top and most innovative bluegrass bands of their era, performing at major venues and festivals, including the Ryman Auditorium, Lincoln Center, the Telluride Bluegrass Festival, the Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival, the Winnipeg Folk Festival, and the Philadelphia Folk Festival. Bob's song “Blink Of An Eye”, released in 2021 by Danny Paisley, was on the Bluegrass Unlimited National Bluegrass Song Survey for 12 months, spending two months at #1, and a final nominee for the IBMA’s Song Of The Year Award in 2022.

Sixteen years ago Bob began performing with his then thirteen year old daughter Sarah, who has since developed into a vocalist of remarkable power and sensitivity. They currently perform as a duo as well as in a full band format, the Bob & Sarah Amos Band. Together, their vocal blend has been characterized as “mesmerizing.” The joy and artistic camaraderie Bob and Sarah Amos share in recording and performing together is clear. As Bob says, “singing and performing with Sarah has been the highlight of my long musical life. It’s such a natural fit. I wouldn’t say it’s effortless, but it sure feels and sounds that way.”

Sarah adds, “as long as I can remember, I’ve admired my dad as a musician. That admiration has deepened as I’ve come to understand the nuance and skill behind his musicianship and songwriting ability. I could write a dissertation analyzing his music.”

“Bob and Sarah Amos have that magic of kin in their voices which has been such a presence in Country Music from The Carter Family on down. The kind of honesty found here is a rare commodity these days and is to be taken in and cherished.” - Jim Rooney, Grammy-winning producer