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Shires Settles Into "My Piece Of Land"

Amanda Shires
Josh Wool photographer, used courtesy of the artist and Thirty Tigers Marketing
Amanda Shires

Texas native Amanda Shires has a voice like an angel, but she can also song write and sing like a demon.  The juxtaposition between her soft, sweet tones and the intensity of her lyrics is often striking, and her fiddle licks add even more flavor to the sound scape.

Shires got her start as a youth playing fiddle with members of Bob Wills' band The Texas Playboys and Billy Joe Shaver. Now married to Grammy Award-winner Jason Isbell and living in Nashville, her latest record My Piece Of Land contains songwriting inspired by her time expecting the couple's first child. The songs on this new album reflect a warmer, more positive vibe from some of her earlier records, which included such spine-tingling murder ballads as I Kept Watch Like Doves and Deep Dark Below.

Amanda called in to Notably Texan recently and talked about her current tour, the new album, and much more.

More about the artist can be found at amandashiresmusic.com. Her next tour stop in the area is on December 7 at The Kessler in Dallas.

Notably Texas airs weekdays Noon-3pm on KETR.

Born in Dallas, Texas, Matt moved to the Sulphur Springs area in 1990 and settled in Commerce shortly thereafter. Having dreamed of working in radio since childhood, he began working at KETR while taking Radio-Television courses at Texas A&M University-Commerce in 1993. Matt has transitioned from a part-time worker and pupil of KETR, to the station’s Chief Announcer/Producer and supervisor of student broadcasters. A familiar voice of 88-9 KETR, Matt has hosted such shows as The Late Nite Lion, and can currently be heard as host of Notably Texan.
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