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Amanda Christian Amaya-Shaw (born August 2, 1990) is an American
Cajun The Cajuns (; French: ''les Cadjins'' or ''les Cadiens'' ), also known as Louisiana ''Acadians'' (French: ''les Acadiens''), are a Louisiana French ethnicity mainly found in the US state of Louisiana and surrounding Gulf Coast states. Whi ...
fiddle A fiddle is a Bow (music), bowed String instrument, string musical instrument, most often a violin or a bass. It is a colloquial term for the violin, used by players in all genres, including European classical music, classical music. Althou ...
r and singer from
Mandeville, Louisiana Mandeville is a city in St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, United States. As of the 2020 United States census, its population was 13,192. Mandeville is located on the north shore of Lake Pontchartrain, south of Interstate 12. It is located direct ...
. She was inducted into the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame in 2020.


Musical training

Shaw received some of her early musical training in
Southeastern Louisiana University Southeastern Louisiana University (Southeastern) is a public university in Hammond, Louisiana. It was founded in 1925 by Linus A. Sims as Hammond Junior College. Sims succeeded in getting the campus moved to north Hammond in 1928, when it beca ...
's Community Music School. She studied classical violin starting at age 4, and at 8 began playing and performing Cajun music. Shaw would have graduated from Mount Carmel Academy in New Orleans in 2008 but she opted instead to continue traveling around the country to perform. Shaw earned her
G.E.D. The General Educational Development (GED) tests are a group of four academic subject tests in the United States and its territories certifying academic knowledge equivalent to a high school diploma. This certification is an alternative to the U ...
in 2008 and planned to attend
Tulane University The Tulane University of Louisiana (commonly referred to as Tulane University) is a private research university in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. Founded as the Medical College of Louisiana in 1834 by a cohort of medical doctors, it b ...
but did not enroll.


Performances

Shaw and her band, The Cute Guys, regularly perform to audiences around the world. They have toured North America, South America, and Europe. Amanda Shaw & the Cute Guys are a staple at the
New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival (commonly called Jazz Fest or Jazzfest) is an annual celebration of local music and culture held at the Fair Grounds Race Course in New Orleans, Louisiana. Jazz Fest attracts thousands of visitors to New ...
, performing annually. Shaw was a featured New Orleans performer on
Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve ''Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve'' (''NYRE''), billed since 2008 as ''Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest'', is a New Year's Eve television special broadcast by American Broadcasting Company, ABC. The special broadcasts ...
in 2020 as well as on CNN's New Year's Eve with Don Lemon in 2018, 2019, and 2021.


Recordings and videos

Shaw has recorded two independently released albums, ''Little Black Dog'' (2001) and ''I'm Not a Bubble Gum Pop Princess'' (2004) – the latter including traditional Cajun melodies as well as eclectic choices like
The Clash The Clash were an English Rock music, rock band formed in London in 1976. Billed as "The Only Band That Matters", they are considered one of the most influential acts in the original wave of British punk rock, with their music fusing elements ...
's "
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" and
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' "I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend" (changed to "Girlfriend"). In 2006 Shaw signed with
Rounder Records Rounder Records is an independent record label founded in 1970 in Somerville, Massachusetts, by Marian Leighton Levy, Ken Irwin, and Bill Nowlin. Focused on American roots music, Rounder's catalogue of more than 3000 titles includes records by A ...
. Two years later she released her third album, '' Pretty Runs Out'', on Rounder. Shaw has appeared in two
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original movies filmed in
New Orleans New Orleans (commonly known as NOLA or The Big Easy among other nicknames) is a Consolidated city-county, consolidated city-parish located along the Mississippi River in the U.S. state of Louisiana. With a population of 383,997 at the 2020 ...
: ''
Stuck in the Suburbs ''Stuck in the Suburbs'' is a 2004 American comedy film that premiered as a Disney Channel Original Movie. It was released on July 16, 2004, and stars Danielle Panabaker as Brittany Aarons and Brenda Song as Natasha Kwon-Schwartz. Brittany, a ...
'' (2004) and ''Now You See It...'' (2005). One of her best-known screen roles is as a principal narrator in ''
Hurricane on the Bayou ''Hurricane on the Bayou'' is an American 2006 documentary film that focuses on the wetlands of Louisiana before and after Hurricane Katrina. ''Hurricane on the Bayou'' is both a documentary of Hurricane Katrina's effects and a call to resto ...
'' (2006), a documentary about
Hurricane Katrina Hurricane Katrina was a powerful, devastating and historic tropical cyclone that caused 1,392 fatalities and damages estimated at $125 billion in late August 2005, particularly in the city of New Orleans and its surrounding area. ...
and the erosion of Louisiana's
wetlands A wetland is a distinct semi-aquatic ecosystem whose groundcovers are flooded or saturated in water, either permanently, for years or decades, or only seasonally. Flooding results in oxygen-poor ( anoxic) processes taking place, especially ...
. Her music is featured in ''Hurricane'' along with that of co-narrator
Tab Benoit Tab Benoit (born November 17, 1967) is an American blues guitarist, musician, and singer. His playing combines a number of blues styles, primarily Delta blues. He plays a stock 1972 Fender Telecaster Thinline electric guitar and writes his own ...
and New Orleans native
Allen Toussaint Allen Richard Toussaint (; January 14, 1938 – November 10, 2015) was an American musician, songwriter, arranger, and record producer. He was an influential figure in New Orleans rhythm and blues from the 1950s to the end of the century, descr ...
. She also hosted the annual The Amanda Shaw Cajun Christmas Special on
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from 2017 to 2021.


Discography

*''Little Black Dog'' (2001) *''I'm Not a Bubble Gum Pop Princess'' (2004) *'' Pretty Runs Out'' (2008) *'' Good Southern Girl'' (2010) *''Please, Call Me Miss Shaw'' (2018) *''Joie'' (2020)


References


Other source

* Judy Bergeron, ''Magic fills movie shot in N.O.; Covington teen says Disney gig's "really cool"'', ''
Baton Rouge Advocate ''The Advocate'' is Louisiana's largest daily newspaper. Based in Baton Rouge, it serves the southern portion of the state. Separate editions for New Orleans, '' The Times-Picayune The New Orleans Advocate'', for Shreveport and Bossier City, ...
'', January 14, 2005


External links


Official site
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Shaw, Amanda 1990 births Living people American child singers American fiddlers Cajun fiddlers Musicians from New Orleans People from Covington, Louisiana Rounder Records artists Southeastern Louisiana University alumni Singers from Louisiana People from Mandeville, Louisiana 21st-century American singers 21st-century American violinists American women violinists 21st-century American women