- Amanda Shaw
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Name = Amanda Shaw
Img_capt = Amanda Shaw performs at theFrench Quarter festival inNew Orleans in April 2007.
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Background = solo_singer
Birth_name = Amanda Amaya Shaw
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Born =August 2 ,1990 Covington,Louisiana , U.S.
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Origin = Covington,Louisiana , U.S.
Instrument = Fiddle
Genre = Pop, Cajun, rock
Occupation =Singer-songwriter , actress
Years_active = 2002–present
Label =Rounder Records
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URL = [http://www.amandashaw.com amandashaw.com]Amanda Amaya Shaw (born
August 2 ,1990 ) [ [http://www.nola.com/timespic/stories/index.ssf?/base/entertainment-1/1217568106216280.xml&coll=1 Keith Spera, "Hurricane party",New Orleans Times-Picayune , Aug. 1, 2008.] ] is a Cajunfiddle r, singer, and actress fromCovington, Louisiana .Shaw studied classical violin starting at age 4, but began playing and performing Cajun music at 8. She and her band, the Cute Guys, appear regularly throughout the New Orleans area, including annual shows at the
New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival . She has recorded two independently-released albums, "Little Black Dog" (2001) and "I'm Not a Bubble Gum Pop Princess" (2004) -- the latter including not only traditional Cajun melodies but eclectic choices such asThe Clash 'sShould I Stay or Should I Go andThe Ramones ' "I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend" (changed to "Girlfriend"). In 2006, Shaw signed withRounder Records .Shaw has appeared in two
Disney Channel original movies filmed in New Orleans:Stuck in the Suburbs (2004) andNow You See It... (2005). Her best-known screen role, however, is as one of the principal narrators inHurricane on the Bayou (2006), a documentary aboutHurricane Katrina and the erosion of Louisiana'swetlands . Her music is featured in "Hurricane" along with that of co-narratorTab Benoit and New Orleans nativeAllen Toussaint .Shaw would have graduated from
Mount Carmel Academy in New Orleans in 2008 but she opted instead to continue traveling around the country and performing, even though she calls this decision a difficult one. She earned herG.E.D. in 2008, and plans to enroll atTulane University in 2009. [ [http://www.nola.com/timespic/stories/index.ssf?/base/entertainment-1/1217568106216280.xml&coll=1 Keith Spera, "Hurricane party",New Orleans Times-Picayune , Aug. 1, 2008.] ]In 2008, Shaw released her third album, "
Pretty Runs Out " onRounder Records . [Citation |last= |first= |title=Damien Rice, Amanda Shaw have new CDs |url=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22651683/ |publisher="MSNBC " |date=2008-01-14 |accessdate=2008-01-26]Discography
*"Little Black Dog" (2001)
*"I'm Not a Bubble Gum Pop Princess" (2004)
*"Pretty Runs Out" (2008)References
* Judy Bergeron, "Magic fills movie shot in N.O.; Covington teen says Disney gig's "really cool",
Baton Rouge Advocate , Jan. 14, 2005Notes
External links
* [http://www.amandashaw.com Official site]
* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1653610/ Amanda Shaw at]The Internet Movie Database
* [http://www.bestofneworleans.com/dispatch/2006-10-24/feat.php Profile of Amanda Shaw] ,Gambit Weekly , Oct. 24, 2006
* [http://www.lanext.com/articles.php?article_id=52 Lanext.com profile]
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