Amanda Shaw
Amanda Shaw performs at the French Quarter festival in New Orleans in April 2007.
Background information
Birth name	Amanda Amaya Shaw
Born	August 2, 1990 (1990-08-02) (age 19) Covington, Louisiana, U.S.
Origin	Covington, Louisiana, U.S.
Genres	Pop, Cajun, rock
Occupations	Singer-songwriter, actress
Instruments	Fiddle
Years active	2002–present
Labels	poormanmayfield.com
Website	amandashaw.com

Amanda Amaya Shaw (born August 2, 1990)^[1] is a Cajun fiddler, singer, and actress from Covington, Louisiana.

Shaw received some of her early musical training in Southeastern Louisiana University's Community Music School.^[2] 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 as The Clash's Should I Stay or Should I Go and The Ramones' "I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend" (changed to "Girlfriend"). In 2006, Shaw signed with Rounder Records.

Shaw has appeared in two Disney Channel original movies filmed in New Orleans: Stuck in the Suburbs (2004) and Now You See It... (2005). Her best-known screen role, however, is as one of the principal narrators in Hurricane on the Bayou (2006), a documentary about Hurricane Katrina and the erosion of Louisiana's wetlands. Her music is featured in "Hurricane" along with that of co-narrator Tab Benoit and New Orleans native Allen 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 her G.E.D. in 2008, and plans to enroll at Tulane University in 2009.^[1]

In 2008, Shaw released her third album, Pretty Runs Out on Rounder Records.^[3]

[edit] Discography

• Little Black Dog (2001)
• I'm Not a Bubble Gum Pop Princess (2004)
• Pretty Runs Out (2008)

[edit] References

• Judy Bergeron, Magic fills movie shot in N.O.; Covington teen says Disney gig's "really cool", Baton Rouge Advocate, Jan. 14, 2005

[edit] External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Amanda Shaw

• Official site
• Amanda Shaw at The Internet Movie Database
• Profile of Amanda Shaw, Gambit Weekly, Oct. 24, 2006
• Lanext.com profile

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