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16-Dec-2016
by Rob Howard
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 Video above: Sharon Shannon and Alan Connor. This was taken on Joanie Madden's Folk 'n Irish Cruise 2013 Next cruise is in 2015.The very popular Irish accordionist Sharon Shannon and her band begin 2017 with a tour of Australia. The tour dates include: January 5th – Listening Post, Cootharaba, Queensland January 6th - Mick O'Malley's Irish Pub, Brisbane January 7th - The Basement, Macquarie Place, Circular Quay, Sydney January 8th – Milton Theatre, Milton, New South Wales January 11th - Jack Duggans Irish Pub, Bathurst NSW January 12th – Hotel Nicholas, Beechworth, Victoria January 13th – Caravan Music Club, Oakleigh RSL, Victoria January 14th – Spotted Mallard, Brunswick, Victoria January 15th - Spotted Mallard, Brunswick, Victoria Sharon Shannon, originally from County Clare, is best known as a 2-row diatonic accordionist, but also plays the fiddle, tin whistle, and melodeon. In 1991 her debut album, ‘Sharon Shannon’, was the best-selling album of traditional Irish music ever released In Ireland. Since then her work demonstrates a wide-ranging number of musical influences, including reggae, cajun, Portuguese, and French Canadian folk music. She won a lifetime achievement award at the 2009 Meteor Awards in Dublin. |