Jason Isbell and his wife, Amanda Shires, have called it quits on their marriage after nearly 11 years. Fans of the “Cover Me Up” singer and the fiddle player were used to seeing them perform together ...

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To songwriter Amanda Shires, a song's lyrics and instrumentation cannot be separated. As a teen fiddle prodigy, Shires played with the legendary Texas Playboys Western swing band and then fell in love ...

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) — Americana artist and fiddle player Amanda Shires is back in Chattanooga Wednesday night for a show at Memorial Auditorium. She’s opening for the Head and the Heart if you ...

There is a junction in the middle of Amanda Shires’ newest album, “Take It Like a Man,” where the emotive extremes of her songwriting crash head on. It involves two songs – a stark, sobering account ...

Amanda Shires is opening up about her divorce from Jason Isbell. In an interview with Rolling Stone published on Tuesday, July 15, the singer-songwriter and fiddle player reflected on her split from ...

Shires' album, Take it Like a Man, includes songs she wrote during a difficult period in her marriage to musician Jason Isbell. She sings and... Amanda Shires examines the fault lines in her marriage ...

Amanda Shires was named emerging artist of the year at the 2017 Americana Music and Honors Awards Ceremony. Her new album is Take It Like a Man. Singer, songwriter and fiddle player Amanda Shires ...