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    Amanda Shires Won't 'Give Away The Secrets' Of Her Songs

    Amanda Shires' new album To the Sunset takes on more pop than her usual folk and Americana style and includes messages about motherhood and moving through life's rough parts.
    by Don Gonyea Aug 05, 2018 3 minutes
    "The beauty of songs, I think, is if you do it right a lot of people can relate to it in their own way," Amanda Shires says.

    Amanda Shires is known for her folksy, Americana sound. In 2017, Shires was named the Americana Music Association's Emerging Artist of the Year and she frequently lends her voice and style to her husband Jason Isbell's band, The 400 Unit. But her new solo record, To the Sunset, moves away from her normal style, taking on more pop sounds with crunched guitars and layered vocals.

    Shires came to NPR in Washington, D.C. to perform songs from the new album and talk to NPR's Don Gonyea about the stories behind them, as well

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