It seems like Amanda Shires wants to deal with a number of things on To The Sunset. First of all with the lovely image that almost unintentionally gets stuck to you when you as a woman play the violin and ukulele and also have a pleasantly warm voice. Shires started her career as a violinist with the , collaborated with and among others, and has released bluegrass and roots-oriented albums from
… Nashville since 2005. Dark country still resounds on To The Sunset, but played on a fiercely distorted guitar. When her voice is distorted in a song like Eve's Daughter, she is reminiscent of . Fierce and sometimes even chilly alternative rock dominates To The Sunset. A sound that Shires has mastered with élan but that will make fans of her (lovely) roots music swallow for a while. (MR)more
