Amelia ("Amy") van Singel (October 11, 1949 – September 19, 2016) was an American blues journalist and radio host.
Amy van Singel was born in Chicago, the daughter of a bank executive, and grew up in the suburb of Hinsdale, Illinois.
[1] She attended Hinsdale Township High School, and enrolled at Endicott College in Beverly, Massachusetts in 1967, transferring to Northwestern University in 1968.
[2] There, she met fellow blues fan Jim O'Neal, and began broadcasting on WNUR, where she became known as "Atomic Mama".
"[1] She and O'Neal published the magazine from their home in Chicago until 1983, when production moved to Oxford, Mississippi.