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Amanda Shires

Singer · Songwriter & Violinist 5 albums picked

Amanda Rose Shires is an American singer-songwriter and fiddle player. Shires has released nine solo albums starting in 2005, her most recent being Nobody's Girl in 2025. In 2019, she founded a country music supergroup called The Highwomen alongside Brandi Carlile, Maren Morris and Natalie Hemby and has also performed as a member of the Texas Playboys, Thrift Store Cowboys, and Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit, as well as in a duo with Rod Picott.

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What Amanda Shires said · 3 records

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Steel Guitar Hall Of Fame
Various Artists ·2005
"the reason I picked it is because I saw the word speedy Western and that to me pointed to the fact that there could be a Speedy West song on here and sure enough there is. when I'm trying to get better at music I like to listen to steel guitars because they're to me the most difficult instrument probably to play."
Watch this moment 3:21
Death of a Ladies' Man
Leonard Cohen ·1977
"I really like this record. I know everything I've read that Leonard Cohen has said about this record; I know that his vision of this record is not this record, but I really like it anyway."
Watch this moment 4:56
Harry's House
Harry Styles ·2022
"I was late to the party and now that I'm in the party I'm really happy... it's really good, it's just really good and you can dance to it."
Watch this moment 8:45
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