Amanda Shaw
Celebrity
- Birthday
- August 2, 1990
- Age
- 36
- Birthplace
- Boston
- @amandashawmusic
About
Amanda Christian Amaya-Shaw (born August 2, 1990) is an American Cajun fiddler and singer from Mandeville, Louisiana. She was inducted into the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame in 2020.
Shaw received some of her early musical training in Southeastern Louisiana University’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. in 2008 and planned to attend Tulane University but did not enroll.
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, performing annually. Shaw was a featured New Orleans performer on Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve in 2020 as well as on CNN’s New Year’s Eve with Don Lemon in 2018, 2019, and 2021.
Shaw has recorded two independently released albums, Little Black Dog (2001) and…
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