THE REVEREND SHAWN AMOS

Celebrated recording artist and NAACP Image Award-winning author Shawn Amos, best known as joyful bluesman The Reverend Shawn Amos, is a singular entertainer and astute storyteller of multiple mediums. Shawn invests his unique creative vision and savvy in both his own work and the endeavors of countless collaborators. He first honed these skills—and a restless entrepreneurial spirit— as a child of 1970s Hollywood, helping his father Wally “Famous” Amos launch a now-iconic cookie brand on then-gritty Sunset Boulevard. 

Following a stint at NYU film school, Shawn wrote scripts for A & M films by day, recording and performing original music focusing on race and identity by night. As a record company executive, he conceived and produced multiple releases for both Rhino Entertainment and Shout! Factory, including Grammy-nominated box set Rhapsodies in Black: Music & Words from the Harlem Renaissance and Q: The Musical Biography of Quincy Jones. The legendary Jones subsequently enlisted Shawn to oversee his Listen Up Foundation.

A ninth studio album—The Reverend Shawn Amos Dance Party, is forthcoming. Blackbox, the jazz and blues series he curates for Santa Monica performing arts center BroadStage, is in its sixth year. The Rev is currently executive producer of the animated series, Cookies & Milk (based upon his debut book), in development at Disney, and author of middle-grade novel, Franklin and the Fabulous 5ive (2026 publication). Amos celebrated the 25th anniversary of his Americana debut album, Harlem, with an expanded release from East Iris Records in September of 2025. Blackbox, the jazz and blues series he curates for Santa Monica performing arts center BroadStage, is in its seventh year.