What The Flood Leaves Behind

Acclaimed singer / songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Amy helm releases What the Flood Leaves Behind. Produced by Josh Kaufman (Taylor Swift’s Folklore, Bob Weir, Bonny Light Horseman) who is also featured on piano, guitar, and mandolin, the record brings Helm’s powerful, emotive vocals to the forefront. After recording 2018’s This Too Shall Light in Los Angeles, Helm returned home to Woodstock and Levon Helm Studios to record What The Flood Leaves Behind.

The album opens with Helm softly singing “Verse 23” penned by M.C. Taylor (Hiss Golden Messenger). The theme of acceptance resonates deeply with Helm and led to the album’s title. “‘What the flood leaves behind,’ I love how he says in the chorus, ‘is what we’ve got to make,’” she emphasizes. “I like that reckoning — the good and the bad and everything in between.” Born into music as the daughter of The Band’s drummer/singer Levon Helm and singer-songwriter Libby Titus, Helm was raised between Woodstock, NY, NYC and Los Angeles.

She is a founding member of folk group Ollabelle and a longtime member of The Midnight Ramble Band. What the Flood Leaves Behind is her third solo album