With lyrics reflecting an intimate understanding of the joys and sorrows of being human, this 25 year old singer-songwriter offers a voice to illuminate the soul.

12 MP3 Songs
FOLK: Folk-Rock, FOLK: Free-folk

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Amanda West is a singer-songwriter who lives between the Pacific ocean and the redwood forests of Santa Cruz, California. Her question for this lifetime is: what does it mean to be human? In all her schooling, traveling, discoveries, losses, relationships, and explorations, both joyful and disillusioning, music has remained a constant for Amanda in its ability to comfort, advise, and remind her of the interconnectedness of all beings and things. She shares her music in the hope of breaking down walls between human hearts.


REVIEWS: The Way to the Water
A. Martinez, Santa Cruz Good Times

"In full-fledged support of the Socratic statement, 'the unexamined life is not worth living,' local singer-songwriter Amanda West releases her debut LP. The disc, aptly entitled, The Way to the Water, is a bold examination, both outward and inward, that delves deep into such universal themes as trusting one's instincts in the face of expectations, the search for truth and satisfaction and love's palpitations and travails. Sparse instrumentation, lush and intimate, focuses the attention on West's voice, gorgeous, selfless and emotive."

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