About

Amy McNally (also known as Amy McFiddler) is that chick in a skirt and no shoes who sits on the floor with a violin and a stash of Pixy Stix. Yeah, that one, with the hair. She's been hanging around jam circles like that for 13 years, and has been playing fiddle for over 25 years now. She plays with The Tooles, The Mad City Jug Band, Wild Mercy, and Play It With Moxie. Singing with Lady Mondegreen, performing guerrilla accompaniment, and on recordings with Seanan McGuire, Adam Selzer, and other assorted musicians and rogues, she does folk, Celtic, historical, and filk music. She was awarded a Best Performer Pegasus for her solo work, and one for playing with Wild Mercy, and last year, an album she accompanied, Wicked Girls, was up for a Best Related Work Hugo Award. She currently lives in the Midwest, and likes Doctor Who, sugar, roller coasters, single malt, books, and pie, although maybe not all at once.

Her first solo album, Hazardous Fiddle, is out now.

Album

Hazardous Fiddle is available for purchase at CDBaby.

Listen

Upcoming Appearances

• May 24 - 26, 2013 : Oasis 26, Orlando, Florida
  With Seanan McGuire, Mary Crowell, and assorted other brilliant rogues.
• May 31, 2013 : Paddy Coughlin's in Fort Atkinson, Fort Atkinson
  With The Tooles
• June 1, 2013 : Bluegrass In The Barn, Stoughton, WI
  With the Mad City Jug Band! Jam from 12:00pm-1:00pm; Mad City Jug Band from 1:00pm-2:00pm; Northern Comfort from 2:00pm-3:00pm; Bobbi and Bill Malone from 3:00pm-4:00pm; Down From The Hills from 4:00pm-5:00pm. Cover -- $5/person, BYOB, potluck.
• June 13, 2013 : Amy McNally and David Perry at Fitzgerald's!, 6615 Roosevelt Road Berwyn, IL 60402 (708) 788-2118
  Come out, come out, Chicago-area folks, because this one's going to be a real treat.
• June 13, 2013 : David and Amy at Fitzgeralds in Berwyn, Fitzgeralds
  With The Tooles
• June 15, 2013 : O'Riley and Conway's Irish Pub, 214 W. Milwaukee, Janesville, WI
  With The Tooles, 8:00pm-11:00pm
• June 23, 2013 : Madison Area Music Awards, Capitol Theater
  Amy McNally has been nominated as Best Performer and for Best Album in the category of World Music this year in the Madison Area Music Awards. The ceremony will be at the Overture Center's Capitol Theater. You can purchase a ticket to this event here, and VOTE FOR THE MAMAS HERE UNTIL MAY 17!
• July 4, 2013 : Memorial Union Terrace with the Mad City Jug Band, 800 Langdon St Madison, WI 53706
  Happy Independence Day!
• August 2 - 4, 2013 : Musecon 3, Westin Chicago Northwest, Itasca, IL
  Amy McNally is a special guest at MuseCon 3 with Seanan McGuire as Guest of Honor.
• September 7, 2013 : Waterhouse Cafe,
  With The Tooles
• October 5, 2013 : O'Riley & Conway's Irish Pub, 214 W. Milwaukee, Janesville, WI
  With The Tooles
• November 8, 2013 : Paddy Coughlins in Fort Atkinson, Fort Atkinson
  With The Tooles
• December 21, 2013 : O'Riley & Conways,
  With The Tooles
• January 24 - 26, 2014 : Conflikt 7, Sea-Tac Hilton
  Amy McNally is the Guest of Honor for Conflikt 7, joined by Toastmaster Sunnie Larsen, and Interfilk Guest Tim Griffin!

Contact Amy

Email: infamousfiddler (at) gmail (dot) com