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Sharon Shannon Sharon Shannon ~live Traditional & World Music booking agency ~Recent concerts : Charlies Bar, Lanzarote; Liverpool Philharmonic Hall (with the Big Band and Damien Dempsey);The National Concert Hall, Dublin (with the Big Band with Jerry Fish & Carol Keogh); Cork Opera House with the Big Band; The Famous Spiegeltent, Sydney; Manresa Theater Sharon Shannon (Spain); Decennals de Valls (Spain); Les Saulnières - Le Mans (F); Disneyland Paris - Marne la Vallée (F); Centre Culturel - Ablon sur Seine (F); Le Colisée - Lens (F); FIMPT - Vilanova (Spain); Festival de Ireland Mawazine - Rabat (Maroc). ~Upcoming concerts : 6 avril 2013: Festival EUROFONIK - Nantes (44) 7 avril 2013: CHORUS DES HAUTES SEINES La Maison de la musique Nanterre (92) « The golden touch !» On tour 2013-2014 (contact us/nous contacter) NEW ALBUM 2012 Naïade Productions Flying Circus Traditional & World Music booking agency 3, rue de Lorraine - F-35000 Rennes +33 (0)2 99 85 44 04 / +33 (0)6 23 11 39 11 [email protected] www.naiadeproductions.com Sharon Shannon ~Bio ~Speaking about Sharon Shannon: haron Shannon comes from Clare on the West coast of Ireland, an area « From the moment I first heard her I knew she had the golden touch’ » Shistorically steeped in music. She began playing music as a young child and Frank Custy while still in her teens was asked by Jim Sheridan (My Left Foot, The Field) to provide the music for his stage production of Behan’s The Hostage. She began her «It’s an excellent album which solo recording career in l989. The Waterboys’ producer, John Dunford, gathered features new songs from a together a wide variety of musicians including Donal Lunny, Philip King, Mary superstar cast that includes Custy, U2’s Adam Clayton, Steve Wickham, and Mike Scott. Shortly after this Imelda May, Jerry Fish, The Mike asked Sharon to join him in The Waterboys. In 1996 Sharon became amongst waterboys, Carol Keoghand a host of international musicians, Bono and Adam Clayton, Kate Bush, Christy and Shane MacGowan» Moore and Sinead O’Connor to appear on the EMI album «Common Ground». Sharon is a traditional musician in the loosest sense of the word, her influences are all ‘traditional’ but from various parts of the globe - Reggae, Breton, Cajun, Gypsy and Scandinavian are just some of the sounds you will hear on any of Sharon’s eclectic albums. «Sharon Shannon caresse avec autant de plaisir les touches de son accordéon haron Shannon est l’une des musiciennes les plus douées d’Irlande, la plus que les cordes de son violon. Issue d’une douée en ce qui concerne son instrument de prédilection : l’accordéon S famille de musiciens du sud de l’Irlande, diatonique. Co-fondatrice du groupe Arcady, elle débute rapidement une elle est à la tête du Sharon Shannon Band carrière solo, sort son 1er album en 1989, avec la collaboration de pointures de depuis la fin des années 90. A ses côtés la musique irlandaise, comme Donal Lunny, Philip King, Mary Custy, Adam Clayton sa sœur Mary au banjo et au bouzouki de U2, Steve Wickham, Mike Scott des Waterboys. En 1990 elle fait partie des sublime la finesse de son jeu qui fascine Waterboys, avec lesquelles elle sort un album. Elle remporte son premier grand par sa rapidité...» succès en 1991 avec l’album « Sharon Shannon ». Mais c’est en participant en B.M / Mondomix 1992 à l’album « Woman’s Heart », un des plus grand succès de tous les temps en Irlande, que Sharon Shannon accèdera au rang de star en Irlande. Elle fait partie des artistes les plus attachantes d’Irlande, qui par ses talents de producteur et ~Discographie : d’arrangeur remporte un succès incontestable et a atteint un niveau de notoriété internationale. Flying Circus, with the RTE Concert Orchestra - 2012 Saints and Scoundrels - 2010 (The Daisy Label) The Galway Girl, the Best of Sharon Shannon - 2008 (The Daisy Label) Live at Dolans, Sharon Shannon and Big Band - 2006 The Sharon Shannon Collection - 1990-2005 (Compass Records) Libertango, Sharon Shannon & Friends - 2004 Spellbound, The Best of Sharon Shannon - 1998 Each Little Thing - 1997 Out the Gap - 1995 A Woman’s Heart - 1992 ~Line up : Sharon Shannon - 1991 Room to Roam, The Waterboys-1990 Sharon Shannon (accordion) + 5 musicians ..
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