Life is what you make of it, and you have to decide to enjoy it. Music is Amanda Holmes' mode of transportation, moving audiences in a positive way. With a yearning to inspire, console, and paint a metaphoric picture, Amanda bends notes and belts a blues flavor stripped of excessive frills and ornamentation. With songs about living life to the fullest, encouraging abused women to stand up for themselves, and the personal experience of losing a close loved one, her music slices as a shard cut from her own heart.Her music has been described as a soulful blend of heartfelt pop with a rocker's edge. The New Times called her"big voiced Amanda Holmes." Whether she's wailing over an epic ballad or expressing with fine sensitivity a folk lyric conversation between her and her guitar, the intimacy of her music is warm and affecting. In the words of Grammy award winning producer Glen Ballard,"there is a refreshing earthiness and honesty in her writing and delivery that transcends trends and lives in a timeless category."