(1968-06-08) 8 June 1968 (age 55) Ruan, County Clare, Ireland
Genres
Celtic, folk
Occupation(s)
Musician
Instrument(s)
Button accordion, fiddle, tin whistle, melodeon
Years active
1991–present
Website
sharonshannon.com
Musical artist
Sharon Shannon (born 8 June 1968) is an Irish musician,[1] best known for her work with the button accordion and for her fiddle technique. She also plays the tin whistle and melodeon. Her 1991 debut album, Sharon Shannon, was the best-selling album of traditional Irish music ever released in Ireland.[1] Beginning with Irish folk music, her work demonstrates a wide-ranging number of musical influences.[1] She won the lifetime achievement award at the 2009 Meteor Awards.
^ abColin Larkin, ed. (2000). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Nineties Music (First ed.). Virgin Books. p. 350/1. ISBN 0-7535-0427-8.
SharonShannon (born 8 June 1968) is an Irish musician, best known for her work with the button accordion and for her fiddle technique. She also plays...
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to Fisherman's Blues). Scott had also recruited teenage accordionist SharonShannon, already a rising Irish folk star, as part of his developing plan to...
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Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh, Declan O'Rourke, Dirk Powell, Eddi Reader and SharonShannon. For each track, the main performer's name is shown in brackets (they...
traditional musicians, including Patrick Street, De Dannan, Kevin Burke and SharonShannon. An Irish traditional version was used on the soundtrack of the film...
the ninth studio album by Steve Earle, released in 2000. It features SharonShannon on the track "The Galway Girl". The album was nominated for a Grammy...
notable past members have included Ian McNabb, leader of Icicle Works; SharonShannon, who became Ireland's all-time best-selling traditional musician; the...
suis tango" and Kati Kovács's song Hívlak. In 1997 Irish folk musician SharonShannon recorded a cover of Grace Jones' I've Seen That Face Before (Libertango)...
Neneh Cherry, Jools Holland's Rhythm and Blues Orchestra, Shawn Colvin, SharonShannon, Beth Orton, Ani DiFranco, The Shirehorses, Neil Young billed, but cancelled...
Beyond the Shadows (1992) The Heart's a Wonder (1995) With SharonShannonSharonShannon (1993) With Altan Island Angel (1993) Blackwater (1996) Runaway...
with Christy Moore and SharonShannon as a soloist both in Ireland and abroad. Shanley has recorded with Ronnie Drew, SharonShannon, Eddi Reader, Tommy...
extensively worldwide with SharonShannon and has been featured on RTÉ's The Late Late Show. She featured on SharonShannon's Libertango album (2003), singing...
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played with numerous bands before Lúnasa, including The Waterboys and SharonShannon. With Lúnasa Lúnasa (1999) Otherworld (1999) The Merry Sisters of Fate...
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Desmond on August 21, 2009. Sharon Corr and Caroline Corr sang "No Frontiers" at the wedding, and Damien Dempsey, SharonShannon, Seamus Begley, and Corr...
of "Galway Girl", a Steve Earle-penned song that Clare accordionist SharonShannon had recorded with the author years before. The live version became a...
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