Meet Amanda Shaw: Violin Firecracker
At the New Orleans JazzFest this year just one of the many standout acts we happened to catch (vs. all those we didn’t) was an adorable 17 year old firecracker of a violin player named Amanda Shaw. I took some video of her and her band, The Cute Guys, simply ripping up the Fais Do Do stage. World Music Central described her as “part of a new breed of young, roots-based musicians who have embraced both traditional and pop sounds.”
Molly, who played violin for years, pointed out how hard it is to dance and play a fiddle. “It’s not a marching band instrument,” she said.
