"Imagine the stinging gutbucket-blues guitar skills of a Chris Whitley contrasted with the quavering and quirky vocal tics of a Victoria Williams, then toss out any pretense of sticking to a genre." --Bill Frost, City Weekly

"'Damn These Plates' starts out with a deliciously simple, blues-based folk that is rich with layers of depth . . . each layer peeled away reveals more soul and lyrics embedded in the folklore of Americana." --Rebecca Vernon, SLUG Magazine

"Bluesy riffs, literate lyrics, and fine musicianship." --Steve Connor, KRCL radio

"Trace Wiren scores high marks with 'Damn These Plates' a sad/happy, introspective and fun album . with a touch of the blues . that shows off her wonderful guitar skills and a quavery voice that recalls Sheryl Crow. It grows with every listen, the mark of a quality recording." --Martin Renzhofer, Salt Lake Tribune

"I was so pleased to finally have a CD that is just Trace . . . her unique voice and instrument playing made me fan long ago." --Donna Land, KRCL Radio

"Johnny's Cafe" revue in Haiku: Roots, bacon, and eggs / Six-string mama strikes again / Sweet heartbreak and twang." --Bill Frost, City Weekly

"I've been digging your record since it got here. I'm struck by your vocal phrasing . . . Every now and then it turns in on itself and ducks and tucks in surprise." --Martha Bourne, Nash Records

"There's nothing that turns me on more than a girl who can play banjo. Well, except a gifted singer/songwriter. Trace Wiren is hot!" --Kathy Belge, lesbianlife.about.com

"Trace incorporates everything from swampy resonator guitar to Ani DiFranco style raveups, with detours into quasi-electronica and burly, no-frills rock n' roll. In an era of tightly controlled radio playlists, such diversity is both surprising and welcome." --Barry Scholl, Catalyst Magazine

"Trace's sound is funky, exhilarating, and instantly infectious. She's got hooks, twists, a sly sense of humor, and a ton of sultry soul. This music will rock you from your soles to your solar plexus, radiating warm light up into your happy mind" --Marc Polonsky, author, The Poetry Reader's Toolkit

"A talented originating artist." --Tay Haines, Utah Arts Council