MFF: On Location #6 Hurricane on the Bayou - The Music of Amanda Shaw

MFF: On Location #6 Hurricane on the Bayou - The Music of Amanda Shaw

Author: MacGillivray Freeman Films May 1, 2007 Duration: 0:00
Episode 6 of "MFF On Location" highlights New Orleans-based cajun musician, Amanda Shaw. Amanda has been a fiddling virtuoso since age seven, when she became the youngest person ever to play with the Baton Rouge Symphony as a soloist. Making the transition from Classical to Cajun, Amanda soon brought her own innovative crossover sound to the fore, gaining international fans. She and her band, The Cute Guys, have received raves on the festival circuit, Rollingstone.com called her “a fiddling wizard” and she recently opened for Cher at the VH1 Divas/Cher Farewell Tour. In January, Amanda was able to return to her heavily damaged school in New Orleans and will soon begin recording her first major album.

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Episode 7 of "MFF: On Location" for "Grand Canyon Adventure: River at Risk" examines the making of the exhilarating opening sequence to the film. Utilizing the latest in computer generated imagery, MacGillivray Freeman F…
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Episode 6 of "MFF: On Location" for "Grand Canyon Adventure: River at Risk" looks at two of the main characters from the film: Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and his daughter, Kick Kennedy. In the footsteps of his father, Robert…
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