Amanda Shires‘ story sounds like an old country song, with a childhood divided between parents in Lubbock and Mineral Wells, Texas. She’s a violinist who joined the legendary Western swing band The Texas Playboys when she was just 15 years old. More recently she played in Jason Isbell’s band, The 400 Unit, before dating and eventually getting married – though that hasn’t necessarily meant settling down.
Many of the songs from her latest album, “My Piece of Land,” were written while Shires was pregnant. The title track deals with the idea of home.
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