Amanda Shires
Amanda Shires was born in Lubbock, Lubbock County, Texas, United States on March 5th, 1982 and is the Country Singer. At the age of 42, Amanda Shires biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, songs, movies, and networth are available.
At 42 years old, Amanda Shires has this physical status:
Musical career
In 2005, Shires released Being Brave, mainly instrumental, on her first solo album. She moved to Nashville four years ago and began Sew Your Heart with Wires, a Rod Picott-led project. Carrying Lightning was released in 2011, followed by Down Fell The Doves in August 2013 and My Piece of Land in September 2016. The latter was Shires' breakthrough, earning her a Grammy Award from the American Music Association.
She toured extensively with Picott from 2006 to 2006. She has performed and recorded with Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit, Devotchka, Chris Isaak, Thrift Store Cowboys, Todd Snider, and Justin Townes Earle.
Kelly Canter, played by Gwyneth Paltrow, appeared in the film Country Strong in 2011.
Shireee, a small liberal arts university in Sewanee, Tennessee, began in 2011 at The University of the South, a small private arts university. In 2017, she earned a Master's of Fine Arts in Poetry.
Shires was named Artist of the Year by Texas Music magazine in 2012, on the magazine's front page.
At the 2017 Americana Music Honors & Awards, Shires received the Emerging Artist of the Year Award. She appeared on Isbell's world tour in 2017 alongside John Prine on his world tour. Shires revealed in 2018 that she was working on a new album called To The Sunset, which, as My Piece of Land, will be produced by Dave Cobb. Gillian Welch and David Rawlings will appear on Twitter. Shires received the Grammy Award for Best Americana Album for his album The Nashville Sound as a member of the 400 Unit. Shires contributed to The Tree of Forgiveness, John Prine's 2018 album. On August 3, 2018, The Sunset was announced.
Shires, Brandi Carlile, Natalie Hemby, and Maren Morris formed The Highwomen in 2019. "Redesigning Women" was the first single from their self-titled debut album, which was released on September 6, 2019.