Welcome to Sharon Shannon's Official Webpages.

Hello Again,
Sorry for the lack of communication from us but we are working on a new look site with a facility to download Sharons music directly.

But just a quick word on some good news for Sharon. 2008 brings another nomination for a Meteor Award in the Best Irish Folk Traditional Artist category. Good Luck Sharon from all at sharonshannon.com. Keep an eye out for the results on February 15th.

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Hello All, Happy New Year
The gigs over Christmas with Dessie, Mundy and Shane McGowan were a huge success we are working on a few galleries butfor the moment heres a taste.

John Dunford to Return To Malawi in 2008 ... click here for details on Sponsorship of Music Teacher

Sharon plays a weeks residency in Lanzarote
To book click here www.charlieslanzarote.com


Martin Staunton Band added as Support for Dublin's Olympia Gig




An Australian reviewer seems to have gotten the gist of 'renegade' and Sharon in general ...." it's hard for me to believe that it's a studio recording, their enjoyment of the shared experience of playing together is almost palpable. It feels and sounds like an almighty session .." full review here.

View Sharon in Hot Press here.

Sharon will play host once again to the Today FM crew as Ray Darcy broadcasts from Sharon's house in Galway on Tuesday 11th September. Tune in to 100 - 102 FM or listen online here.

Excerpts from the review of RENEGADE in the Telegraph.
From her stints with the Waterboys and Arcady, Sharon Shannon has been a creative giant of Irish music... Her collaborations reveal a bold spirit of adventure, reaching out to strangers with an eloquence that belies her conversational reserve... For Renegade, she adds the excellent Dezi Donnelly (fiddle), Michael McGoldrick (flute) and Jim Murray (guitar)...this is Irish music of the highest order and Shannon should not let Renegade come and go as quickly as her other escapades. Colin Randal

Sharon Shannon returns with 'RENEGADE' her first studio album since 2003. Following the succes of the Collection 2005( double platinum sales) and Live at Dolans DVD which went staright to Number 1 in the charts last year,Sharon is back with an album which showcases her constantly expanding musical landscape and her ability to cross over in new musical genres.Joining her at the core of this project are Michael McGoldrick of Fused and Capercaillie on flute and whistles and his fiddle player partner Dezi Donnelly. Completing the quartet is Sharon's longtime guitarist Jim Murray. This quartet toured Australia last year and played at Womadadelaide. Port Fairy and the Commonwealth Games and it was such a musical success that Sharon called on various members of her big band and some old friends and new to complete the stellar line-up of contributors

full press release here.

Recorded at Sharons own Poets Corner studio, the album and new line up both called RENEGADE which mainly features new original material by the quartet, is a heady mix of traditional Irish with hip-hop beats, ragga, jazz and world music inflections. Also joining in the fun are Justin Adams (Tinariwen producer and Robert Plant guitarist), John Reynolds (Sinead O’Connor, Indigo Girls), 2Play, Roachie, saxophonist Richie Buckley (Van Morrison), and Donald Shaw (Capercaillie) to mention a few.
Both Jim Murray and Mike Mc Goldrick make vocal debuts on RENEGADE with First Time Ever I saw your Face and Curra Rd. respectively while Ragga/dancehall newcomers 2Play and Roachie join Sharon and gang on the first Single...Got a Hold Of Me!.....including one of Sharons dogs Gaffo on backing vocals!

Video of Sharon at Cambridge Folk Festival - Click HERE
and appearing with the Waterboys at the festtival HERE

Cambridge Folk Festival Reviews - Click HERE

Check out Sharon on youtube!!

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