Winner of two Boston Music awards, one Boston Phoenix award, ASCAP Popular Music Awards, and a Jam Magazine award, Merrie has appeared on PRI /NPR radio shows "Here & Now", "Mountain Stage", "World Cafe", "Acoustic Cafe" and "E-Town." Merrie has toured with Paula Cole, Aimee Mann, and most recently Patty Larkin, whom she also backed up on bass, mandolin, and bouzouki on her Red = Luck tour. Merrie has sung the National Anthem for the Boston Red Sox six times, and the Boston Celtics.
Merrie's most recent release, Clementine and Other Stories is NOT a purist-only record - but more a collection of traditional American songs, untraditionally interpreted. Says Amsterburg, "I was struck by how light and happy the music sounded, yet the lyrics were so often to the contrary. I tried to arrange the music the way I hear the lyrics."
Both of Merrie's previous CDs "Season of Rain" and "Little Steps" were listed in the top ten albums of their release year by writers for the Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Boston Phoenix, RollingStone.com, Improper Bostonian, Kansas City Star, Immedia Wire Service, NoHoLA magazine. Author Steve Erickson referenced Merrie's song "Opal Moon" (from Little Steps) throughout his most recent novel "Our Esctatic Days". "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" was recorded with Session American, for their first double CD.
