Irish music legend Sharon Shannon returns to Waterford this month, playing Theatre Royal on Friday, 15th April.
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 Shannon recently released her brand-new EP ‘Unlocked Series 1 – Inspiration’. The Unlocked Series was recorded during lockdown in 2021. The UNLOCKED series acknowledges that the world is about come out of lockdown from Covid-19. Series 1 - Inspiration takes some of the music inspired by the enforced lockdown and recorded for her 2020 lockdown album ‘The Reckoning’.
Tickets are €29 and available from www.theatreroyal.ie or the box office, 051 874402.
