Amanda Shaw is one of the most popular and richest Folk Singer who was born on August 2, 1990 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Fiddler and singer of cajun music who became known as a musical prodigy at a young age. She is known for albums like 2008’s “Pretty Runs Out”.
She appeared in the 2005 Disney Channel movie “Now You See It…”, co-starring Academy Award nominee Frank Langella.
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’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. Two years later she released her third album Pretty Runs Out on Rounder.
Shaw has appeared in two Disney Channel original movies filmed in New Orleans: Stuck in the Suburbs (2004) and Now You See It… (2005). One of her best-known screen roles is as a principal narrator 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.
She began playing the violin at age four. She grew up in Mandeville, Louisiana.
