Sharon Shannon

Sharon Shannon | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 22, 1994)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Philo Records
• ASIN: B0000003UA
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #270,553 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Glentown

2. The Blackbird

3. Queen of the West

4. Retour des Hirondelles & Tune for a Found Harmonium

5. Miss Thomsons & The Derry Reel

6. The Munster Hop

7. Tickle Her Leg

8. The Marguerita Suite: The Peeking Pup Waltz/Graham Townsends Jig

9. Coridinio

10. Anto's Cajun Cousins

11. Cornphiopa Corafinne & Skidoo

12. Marbhna Luimni

13. Phil Cunningham

14. The Woodchoppers & Le Reel des Voyagers

15. La Valse D'Hiver [*]

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An Extraordinary Debut, February 15, 2002

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Trevor (New York) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sharon Shannon (Audio CD)

Sharon Shannon is one of the most phenomenal players to come out of Ireland in recent times. Her accordion playing is without par. This, her first album, may be her best. It's certainly the closest to pure traditional music that she's come out with.

She does an excellent job of combining many sorts of traditional music, such as playing the cajun tune "The Happy One-Step" with a traditional Irish slide. One of the album's highlights is the spirited rendition of "Tune for a Found Harmonium" written by Simon Jeffes, for the Penguin Cafe Orchestra. After Sharon played this tune, it was picked up by many other traditional players, being recorded by Patrick Street, for example.

There's no bad track on this album. Pick it up, and you'll find it difficult not to fall in love with Sharon's accordion playing.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A major Irish talent emerges, November 25, 2002

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DJ Joe Sixpack (...in Middle America) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sharon Shannon (Audio CD)

Nice reissue of Shannon's groundbreaking 1991 solo album... As a relative newcomer on the Celtic trad scene, this sweet-toned accordionist/fiddler was in the midst of gigging with singer Christy Moore and the rock-oriented Waterboys when she took some time off to record this nice set of instrumental tunes, along with more dazzling guest stars that you could imagine... The material ranges from traditional reels and such, to bouncy (not-too-poppy) crossover material, and one or two nice surprises of non-Celtic origin. If you like instrumental albums, this one is pretty hard to beat.

1 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Celtic fusions, October 5, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Sharon Shannon (Audio CD)

Modern Celtic instrumental music. Has some good examples of what I call "Stutter step" in the accordian early in the album. She mixes traditional instrumentation with non-traditional instrumentation, and keeps the composition traditional feeling. Some of the songs, as a result, approach a jazz or rock feel.