"Sally Shuffield is the real deal -- an American folksinger in the traditional sense of the term."
Program Director, KRZA, Alamosa, CO
"She wields a great pen,"
Rob Weir, Valley Advocate
"Sally Shuffield opens her CD, "Something in the Water," with a modern country folk gem...Shuffield's vocal quality is unassuming and as a friend - spinning musical yarns with integrity and natural intonation."
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"Lyrically, 'Something' finds Shuffield using her educational backgroung and love of history for some of the songs' subjects..."
Tim Shellberg, NW Indiana Times
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"Sally's lyrics generally give you food for thought. This album is an independent production of considerable promise."
Vic Heyman, Sing Out!
"It doesn't take long for me to know if a disc is great or not; Sally Shuffield's, Ties That Bind, most definately falls into the former category. Lyrical content and melody are wedded with ease and crowned with Sally's gorgeous voice. A deep intelligence fuels these songs; the listener need only be open to their sense of nuance."
-George Francis Maida, "The Electric Croude"
WCVE - FM, Richmond, VA
"As a songwriter, Sally has the gift of depth through simplicity. Her songs sound very old."
Rachel Nelson, BardLive Music
"The two most intriguing assets to this album ("Ties That Bind") are the expressiveness and range of Sally's voice and the dynamic introspection and storytelling of her songs."
-Tim Bennet, Pow'r Pickin
Publication of the CO Bluegrass Music Soc.
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"Her voice goes down smooth and easy and she's comfortable with her music...If you love bluegrass without the nasal twang, well-written traditional themes, pretty vocals and great instrumentation that mixes a little country and americana into the sound, then this (album) is one for your permanent listening collection and pleasure."
-Les Reynolds, Indie-Music.com
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"It's a rare musician who knows the power in simplicity, and singer-songwriter Sally Shuffield-with her easy melodies and wonderfully unaffected voice-is one of them."
-Greg Glasgow, Boulder Daily Camera
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"Although she shares a regional home and an unpolished vocal style with Iris Dement, Shuffield's decade-long stay in the Western states has tinged her song-writing with themes of coyotes and canyons, as well as lost love and rambling songs...There are plenty of reasons to be glad Shuffield rode west."
-Amy Reinholds, No Depression
"Sally's soul and musicality shine through on the record, as well as her talent for writing intriguing and original songs about real life."
-Pete Wernick
"There's a feeling of reflection, a reverence in the presentation that's well suited to the earnest, soul-searching music that Shuffield writes. Shuffield captures the ability to make a sparse melody soar."
-Laura Bond, Westword Magazine
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"Sally's sound is new, yet has that wonderful old timey feeling."
-Bill Hahn, "Traditions"
WFDU-FM, Teaneck, NJ
"All thirteen tracks are Sally's own composition, this statistic alone demonstrating her confidence in her own material, which in this instance is not misplaced...There's real quality in these songs, but also a suprisingly broad stylistic ambit."
-David Kidman, www.NetRhythms.com
(Complete Review)
Ties That Bind is a very fine work with so many musical feelings, from ballads to bluegrass. Each song is a gem-beutifully arrangeed and played by excellent musicians. And, Sally's voice is a pleasure to listen to."
-Massimo Ferro, "Highway 61" and "A World of Music"
Radio Voce Spazio
"Great singing, great songs, and some fantastic production. We weren't able to put the CD down. Get one of your own and let's see if you can let go of it."
Roz and Howard Larman, "Folkscene"
KPIG
"When David Beaton of Fogartyville Cafe listens to the music of Sally Shuffield, he 'get(s) a sense of the mountains...a good feeling of taking care of the earth..."
Christine Hawes, Sarasota Herald-Tribune (Entire Feature)
"Shuffield's songs touch a deep search for meaning that is within us all."
-Estes Park Trail Gazette
"Thirteen Shuffield originals constitute her second release. Arkansas born, this Colorado based anthropologist merges the bluegrass music of her native Ozarks with the wide open country influences of her adopted Southwest...The closing, In Dreams, is a real keeper."
-Folk Roots Magazine
"Shuffield opens her heart with the title track, offering a countrified Catie Curtis style to her music. The songwriting is strong, upbeat and the musical arrangements bode well with the overall tone of the CD, complimented by her strong vocals."
Deborah Keith, GoGirlsMusic.com
