It all started with a microphone...

 

as two-year-old Amber kicked off her music career with a nursery rhyme solo from a small cafe stage in Austin. Twenty years later, the kiddie folk songwriter has played over five hundred live shows and developed a knack for engaging audiences of any age with wholesome interactive music.

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Growing up, she traveled throughout Central Texas and the Gulf Coast with her family band (Mr. Johnny and Friends) bringing highly-interactive musical programs to thousands of children at festivals, parades, libraries, schools and local venues. To date, Amber has played over 500 shows, co-produced and starred in two family-friendly dramas at the Scottish Rite Theater, interviewed with John Aielli on KUTX, launched a wildly popular family music night at Central Market, and published five childrens’ books with a team of artists and writers (including her dad). As she began college at the University of Texas, Amber wrote an original acoustic tune that landed first place and debuted before the entire incoming class under the UT tower. Now with a degree in Journalism, Amber combines songs with storytelling, sings with local jazz groups, and continues her family’s passed-down legacy of creating wholesome, entertaining music for both kids and grown-ups of all ages.