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Three New Dates For Sharon Shannon
Glasswerk are excited to announce three new dates for the amazing Irish musician Sharon Shannon. With her first studio album in four years to be release in 2017, this accordion and fiddle extraordinaire has a great year in store.
3rd October – Irish World Heritage Centre – Manchester
4th October – Irish Centre – Birmingham
6th October – The Cube – Corby
Sharon Shannon the button accordion player from Co Clare, Ireland has recorded and toured with a who’s who of the Irish and Global Music Industry, including Bono, Adam Clayton, Sinead O’Connor, Jackson Browne, John Prine , Steve Earle, The RTE Concert Orchestra, The Chieftains, The Waterboys, Willie Nelson, Nigel Kennedy, Alison Krauss and Shane MacGowan .
Her 12 studio recorded albums to date have all been very different and groundbreaking mixing traditional Irish with reggae, country, Native American, bluegrass, rap, dance, African, French Canadian.
The genre-defying star has had multi-platinum album sales and has had several number one albums, singles and DVDs in her home country. Her album Galway Girl went 4 times platinum in Ireland with the title track winning her the Meteor award two years running for the most downloaded song.
Sharon grew up in a rural community and was part of a family that all play musical instruments and traditional Irish music.