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Battle Ground’s Sweeney has a Northwest passion

Musician, singer and songwriter found a community and a home here — and celebrated in a new song

By Scott Hewitt, Columbian staff writer
Published: December 23, 2016, 6:02am
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Amber Sweeney of Battle Ground has a new song out and a new CD coming out in January.
Amber Sweeney of Battle Ground has a new song out and a new CD coming out in January. (Barbara Potter Photography, in studio) Photo Gallery

BATTLE GROUND — Amber Sweeney grew up in Los Angeles but came home to the Pacific Northwest.

She’s been drawn to singing and playing the guitar since she was a child, she said. She got nothing but encouragement from her family — including her guitarist father, whose own band was pretty darned good in its day, she’s been told.

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