Amanda Shires

An accomplished fiddler and a songwriter of distinction, Amanda Shires played a prominent role within Americana in the 2010s and 2020s, as both a side musician and solo artist and as a member of the Highwomen. Shires worked as a journeyman through the 2000s and into the 2010s, releasing indie albums and collaborating with the likes of Neal Casal, Justin Townes Earle, Rod Picott, and Todd Snider -- musicians who split the difference between Americana and alternative rock. Her breakthrough came when she joined Jason Isbell's the 400 Unit -- the two songwriters would later marry ...