Sharon Shannon

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Sharon Shannon (born November 12, 1968 in Corofin , County Clare ) is an Irish folk musician.

Sharon Shannon (2006)
Sharon Shannon (2006)
Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
The Diamond Mountain Sessions (Sharon Shannon & Friends)
  IE 4th 09/28/2000 (45 weeks)
Libertango
  IE 4th 09/11/2003 (7 weeks)
The Collection 1990-2005
  IE 2 
Double platinum
× 2
Double platinum
09/22/2005 (19 weeks)
Live at Dolans (Sharon Shannon & Big Band)
  IE 25th 10/12/2006 (14 weeks)
Renegade
  IE 52 08/23/2007 (5 weeks)
The Galway Girl - The Best of Sharon Shannon
  IE 1Template: Infobox chart placements / maintenance / NR1 link 
Triple platinum
× 3
Triple platinum
05/08/2008 (89 weeks)
Saints & Scoundrels
  IE 6th 
gold
gold
October 01, 2009 (11 weeks)
Collaborations
  IE 38 11/11/2010 (7 weeks)
Flying Circus (with Jim Murray )
  IE 61 03/15/2012 (6 weeks)
21 - Definitive
  IE 20th 10/31/2013 (9 weeks)
In Galway (with Alan Connor )
  IE 42 08/26/2016 (2 weeks)
Sacred Earth
  IE 23 March 24, 2017 (3 weeks)
Singles
The Bungee Jumpers
  IE 30th 08/18/1994 (1 week)
Bag of cats
  IE 20th 06/26/1997 (4 weeks)
What You Make It
  IE 38 09/04/2003 (2 weeks)
The Galway Girl ( Mundy & Sharon Shannon)
  IE 1 07/05/2007 (83 weeks)
The Galway Girl (& Steve Earle )
  UK 67 06/01/2008 (3 weeks)
  IE 26th 03/20/2008 (9 weeks)
Strange Boat (with Eleanor Shanley with Mike Scott, Eddi Reader, Alec Finn, Sharon Shannon, Paul O'Driscoll)
  IE 16 04/10/2008 (3 weeks)
Hold On to Your Hat (with Derek Ryan )
  IE 42 05/22/2014 (1 week)

biography

Sharon Shannon

Sharon Shannon comes from a musical Irish family: her parents were dancers and she and her three siblings learned various instruments as children. Sharon plays the accordion and violin.

At a young age she founded the band Arcady , but then embarked on a solo career in the late 1980s. While recording an album, she met two members of the Waterboys and joined the band. She is featured on the album Room to Roam , but it was the last of the Waterboys before the breakup. She then completed her solo album entitled Sharon Shannon , which was a great debut success for her in 1991. Together with some other Irish musicians, she then recorded the sampler A Woman's Heart , to which she contributed the tracks Blackbird and Coridinio . The album sold around 200,000 copies, making it the best-selling Irish album to date and Shannon one of the most popular Irish musicians.

Sharon Shannon and Band, Knust Hamburg 10/2018

In the following years she regularly released successful albums. She repeatedly borrowed from the musical styles of other countries such as Jamaica, Finland and Portugal. On the album Out the Gap (1994) she worked with a reggae producer, on Each Little Thing she interpreted a Chilean song as well as pieces by Grace Jones and Fleetwood Mac . The Diamond Mountain Sessions (2000) moved in the direction of American alternative country and also gave it some success in the United States.

In addition to her solo appearances, she also plays with her band, the Woodchoppers , to which her sister Mary Shannon, herself a successful mandolin player, belongs.

Sharon Shannon reached the top of the Irish charts with her albums again and again and was also able to land smaller single hits. But she had her biggest hit in 2007 with The Galway Girl . She originally recorded the song in 2000 with author Steve Earle . At a concert she played the song with the Irish singer Mundy . The recording ended up on the radio and was played there regularly. A studio recording then became the number 1 hit and the best-selling download single in 2007. Her best-of compilation in 2008, which was named The Galway Girl , also reached number 1 on albums.

Discography

Albums

  • Sharon Shannon (1991)
  • Out the Gap (1994)
  • Each Little Thing (1997)
  • The Diamond Mountain Sessions (2000)
  • Live in Galway (2002)
  • Libertango (2003)
  • Collection 1990-2005 (2005)
  • Tunes (2005)
  • Live at Dolans (2006)
  • Renegade (2007)
  • The Galway Girl - The Best of Sharon Shannon (2008)
  • Saints & Scoundrels (2009)
  • 21 - Definitive (2013)
  • In Galway (Sharon Shannon & Alan Connor, 2016)
  • Sacred Earth (2017)

swell

  1. ↑ a b Sharon Shannon in the Irish charts
  2. ↑ Music Sales Awards: IE
  3. ^ Profiles at ceolas.org
  4. ↑ Biography at World Music Central

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personal data
SURNAME Shannon, Sharon
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Irish folk musician
DATE OF BIRTH November 12, 1968
PLACE OF BIRTH Corofin , County Clare , Ireland