Sharon Shannon
Multi-instrumentalist Sharon Shannon is a purveyor of fine albums. She has guested on an album list longer than the average arm. It is, however, live performance that truly defines her.
Sharon's inherent shyness seems to leave her as she sets foot on the stage as a new persona takes her over. She surrounds herself with top musicians that could walk into any band in folk and beyond, and still seems a cut above.
Sharon's sets not only get your toes tapping, they almost oblige you to get up and dance. Ms Shannon has kept a strongly traditional edge to her Celtic inspired music, but not at the expense of defining her place within the sound.
It wasn't for nothing that Sharon was invited to become a fixture in the Waterboys. Cambridge is a festival that defines folk, Sharon Shannon is an artist that does the same thing with folk tunes.