Outright devastating...Shires alternated between violin and ukulele on songs triangulating the vivid, lyrical poetry of fellow Texan Townes Van Zandt and the wrenching emotional intensity of, say, Lucinda Williams." - AOL Spinner
"Wonderful plainspoken poeticism in her songs." - NPR All Songs Considered
"'When You Need a Train It Never Comes" is a beauty, and the kind of song Dolly Parton spoiled us with in the 70s. Throw in the fact that she’s a great devil on the fiddle (and none too hard on the eyes) and Amanda Shires figures to be this year’s breakout star from the old school.” - My Old Kentucky Blog
“I remember sitting in an airport waiting...she played so pretty that Kenny and I missed our plane. America needs pizzicato.”
-Chris Isaak
"Amanda Shires leans back on her heels, bears down on her bow and evokes the spirit of Spade Cooley. With a voice that whispers Dolly and lyrics that scream Faulkner, this girl shines like a diamond, but she's pure Pearl."
-Justin Townes Earle
"If you don't like Amanda Shires...then you don't like America."
-DeVotchKa
“Shires is a damn talented and idiosyncratic song-writer...She is a fiddling maestro. At times her energetic, jittery vocals and eccentric lyrical subjects mark her out as a young female heir to the godfather of strange, Mr. Tom Waits.” -Americana UK
