Amanda Shires is a fiddler, singer, songwriter and a decent human being. Watch for firecrackers, boot stompin', and other disruptions!
She is a ThriftStoreCowboy, A Dirty Small, a Lovenote, and is currently working with her Band of Men and she will be coming to a town near you!
“I remember sitting in an airport waiting for a plane and my drummer Kenney
running up and saying ‘there’s a girl here you gotta hear’ and we walked up and there she was this beautiful girl with a fiddle standing by herself and smiling and playing and I said ‘How about some Faded Love?’ and she played so pretty that Kenny and I missed
our plane. America needs pizzicato.”-Chris Isaak
"Amanda Shires leans back on her heels, bears down on her bow and evokes the spirit of Spade Cooley. With a voice that whispers Dolly and lyrics that scream Faulkner, this girl shines like a diamond, but she's pure Pearl."
-Justin Townes Earle
West Cross Timbers is a charming marriage of classic folk and country forms to youthful originality. I trust that artists of Ms Shires' caliber will keep the tried but true heart of folk and country music beating into the next generation."
--Slaid Cleaves
"If you don't like Amanda Shires... then you don't like America." -DeVotchKa
"Amanda Shires' voice, songs, and violin make the hairs stand up on the back of my neck. In a good way. "
-Will Kimbrough
“fiddler and onstage sparkplug…baptized in panhandle winds”-Tom Geddie Buddy Magazine
“She makes a statement that she’s
standing on her own instrumentally and vocally. Shires will conjure
smiles one moment, and in the next communicate loneliness with fiddle
and bow.” -William Kerns Lubbock Avalanche Journal..
“She certainly impressed a lot of UK music lovers with her
fine fiddle work, expressive vocals and all-round charm and
beauty.” -Alan Cackett Maverick Magazine
"this gal is one of the best kept secrets we’ve discovered" Bill Lavery -Village Records
You have the most wonderful voice I've heard in this industry in a long time. You put such great emotion and artisitc value in each verse you sing; you just don't find that anymore these days...
I wish you all the best, keep in touch!!
Jose Rivera San Angelo, Texas
Here's a great video I found on you, it gave me goosebumps the first time I heard it!! George Jones would be thrilled if he could hear it!!
Wow Amanda, We just watched the "Kept Watch Like Doves" video performance... incredible! Keep it up, we like your style. If interested, our newest blog has been posted about Paul Simon's son, Harper @ http://www.apesforindie.com Thanks for being a friend here on myspace. ~ The Apes for Indie
How's it going from the road? Miss you out here in LA. I've let all my "roots" in VA know about the Ashland show on the 30th. Hopefully you'll have lots of support there. Great venue. Talk soon.
After spending the last month driving 4000 miles around the southwest, I arrived back in Los Angeles to discover that my new album 'Anitya' has been released. Its currently available on amazon, napster and emusic...or you can listen to most of streaming for free on reverbnation.com/tullymackaytisbert. If you enjoy it I for sure appreciate the support. The album is 10 songs that involve the idea of anitya in Buddhism that all things are impermanent. The album is acoustic folk rock that also integrates traditional east asian sounds and uses the chinese lute the pipa. Thank you for listening!
Ciao,Amanda thanks for your friendship, indeed for me a great joy;-) you are really good, you make some stupendous music, and you have a marvelous voice. I have a great admiration for you, compliments really.. and you are among mine preferred in mine many musical tastes. I hope to listen soon to you, in italy .. talk to you soon, and all of my best wishes to always listen to your good music. all the best.. from italy..and good life.. every day Ciao.. neal
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Amanda Shires is a fiddler, singer, songwriter and a decent human being. Watch for firecrackers, boot stompin', and other disruptions!
She is a ThriftStoreCowboy, A Dirty Small, a Lovenote, and is currently working with her Band of Men and she will be coming to a town near you!
