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Pretty Runs Out | 
 enlarge | Artist: Amanda Shaw
Label: Rounder / Umgd
Category: Music
Buy New: $17.98
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Rating:  8 reviews
Sales Rank: 20117
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 613257
UPC: 011661325722
EAN: 0011661325722
ASIN: B000XPU63I
Release Date: January 8, 2008
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| Tracks:
| • | Pretty Runs Out - Amanda Shaw, Shaw, Amanda | | • | Chirmolito - Amanda Shaw, Shaw, Amanda | | • | French Jig - Amanda Shaw, Traditional | | • | Brick Wall - Amanda Shaw, Shaw, Amanda | | • | I Don't Want to Be Your Friend - Amanda Shaw, Warren, Diane | | • | Garden of Eden - Amanda Shaw, Dawson, John | | • | What's Wrong with You? - Amanda Shaw, Mathes, Melissa | | • | McGee's Medley - Amanda Shaw, McGee, Denis | | • | Wishing Me Away - Amanda Shaw, Shaw, Amanda | | • | Gone - Amanda Shaw, Johnson, Jack | | • | Woulda Coulda Shoulda - Amanda Shaw, Shaw, Amanda | | • | Reels: The Gaspe Reel/Sam; S Slammer/Imogen's Ridge - Amanda Shaw, Traditional | | • | Easy on Your Way Out - Amanda Shaw, Mandell, Eleni |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.com
In a pop world deluged by tragic tales of teen stars gone horribly wrong, New Orleans' Amanda Shaw can seem an oasis of genuine, countrified charm. Just 16-years-old when she cut this bracing, often effervescent Rounder Records debut with the Cute Guys, (her band of country/bluegrass vets whose youngest member is three decades her senior,) Shaw's strong vocal and violin performances underscore a talent as unique as her biography. A classical violin prodigy who-- at 8-years-old--became the Baton Rouge Symphony's youngest soloist, Shaw switched to playing a diverse gumbo of Cajun-rooted music before she'd reached her teens. It's that refusal to be genre-typecast that powers much the album, as Shaw follows her muse from the effervescent, clear-eyed title track lament, into deceptively effortless cocktails of funk, country, rock, and r&b. Most of Pretty Runs Out is seasoned with a savory New Orleans sass, as the playful violin-horn-guitar interplay of "Brick Wall" attests with funky verve. The swampy "Chermolito" wades into bluesy Bonnie Raitt territory, while she molds the haunting "Garden of Eden" and her cover of the Diane Warren-by-way-of-Cyndi Lauper ballad "I Don't Want to Be Your Lover" forcefully into her own image. The joyous "French Jig" and a medley of reels display her nimble fiddle chops, even if "Woulda Coulda Shoulda" and the closing "Easy On Your Way Out" let her Gwen Stefani jones get the best of her. Yet Shaw's vibrant eclecticism rarely seems forced. Her musical gifts are miles beyond the manufactured teen stars who hog the headlines. --Jerry McCulley
Album Description
New Orleans-based fiddler and singer Amanda Shaw brings dazzling new energy to roots-based Louisiana music. Working with material that ranges from traditional fiddle tunes to new originals that embrace both country and rock influences, Amanda and her band, The Cute Guys, create a sound and an attitude that are both authentic and bold.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 3 more reviews...
 Amanda Shaw, Pretty Runs Out September 10, 2008
I heard Amanda on Emeril's show and thought she was a very good entertainer and I bought her CD. The music on her CD is great, her fiddle playing and her backup band, The Cute Boys, are wonderful, but Amanda's vocals are not very good. She sounds very amateurish. She came across much better live.
Bland July 28, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Bland; maybe it will grow on me but it just lays flat for now. Nothing bad, I hear some talent but it's doesn't hold my interest in the least. This is on Rounder, but belongs on Zoe since its more rock than Cajun or folk.
Talented musician but. . . July 27, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This CD release certainly demonstrates that Amanda Shaw is a talented young muscian but the material on the CD just does not reach out and grab you. I have listended to it numerous times and there is not one "hit song" on the whole CD.
 latest offering from a great talent June 10, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Amanda Shaw is a huge talent waiting to be discovered by the rest of the country. Her latest cd is an excellent example of of her vastly varied talents. She has a superb voice, which she can alter to match the material, something not found that often these days. Additionally, she has the unique ability to match her amazing fiddle playing talent with songs that truly bridge the gap between bonofide cajun and modern pop. And last, but not least, is her wonderful song writing talent, which has shown that she has her feet firmly planted on the ground and a maturity way beyound her years. And if that is not enough, she has a superb band that can support and really bring to life any musical genre Miss Shaw should choose to perform. If she is not invited to the the Grand 'Ol Opry or her music played on national country stations soon, it won't be from lack of talent, but an industry afraid to broaden its horizons.
I first saw her on the tv special 'Dancing Down to New Orleans', when she was much younger and performed 'Little Black Dog', which though a simple tune has always stuck in my head.
Recently after making plans to fly back to New Orleans for the '08 Jazzfest, I discovered that she would be closing the 'Fais Do Do' stage, the last Sunday of the event. I eventually decided to pass up the Neville Brothers and Al Green in favor of her performance. I was very anxious to see how she had matured as a performer. Wow! I enjoy blue grass, cajun, and other southern music, but Miss Shaw is something else. She puts on an incredible show and bridges all generational gaps and a variety of musical genres. It was my first time at the Jazzfest and although there were many great groups performing there, Miss Shaw topped the event for me and definitely made the trip and expense more than worthwhile.
Good March 30, 2008
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
I used to hear "Little Black Dog" on WWOZ. This isn't the same. Still Cajun influenced but more mature. After I got over it not being LBD, I really liked it, as does my 8 year old, violin-playing daughter - for whom it was a present.
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