sharon shannon

Scotland’s accordion virtuoso Gary Innes releases a new single “The Hurling Man” to celebrate Ireland’s ancient and native sport Hurling featuring Don Stiffe, Sharon Shannon plus a whole host of other terrific musicians.

In part one of our live review of this year’s Wickham Festival we highlight performances from Sharon Shannon, Carlos Núñez, De Temps Antan, Gavin Marwick and more.

In part 2 of our Orkney Folk Festival review we kick off on the Friday with headliners Tim Edey and Gordie MacKeeman and his Rhythm Boys leading into Saturday with the showcase of Mike Vass’ ‘In the Wake of Neil Gunn’ as well as Sharon Shannon, Seth Lakeman, Fara, Gnoss and more.

Orkney Folk festival announce first three names: Sharon Shannon, Seth Lakeman and Ward Thomas. Acts to follow from Canada, Norway, Sweden, Hungary, Ireland, Isle of Man, England, Scotland & more.

Neil shares his final Celtic Connections experience at the auditorium at Glasgow’s Mitchell Library with a fabulous double bill: Sharon Shannon & Alan O’Connor / Alasdair Fraser & Natalie Haas.

With the release of Flying Circus (With The RTE Concert Orchestra) Folk Radio UK caught up with accordionist extraordinaire sharon Shannon to talk about her latest venture!

Welcome back to the Friday Folk Music Club. This week we have videos from: Jason Steel, James Yorkston & Big Eyes Family Players, Sharon Shannon, Townes Van Zandt, Julie Fowlis, Nathaniel Rateliff, John Martyn , A Hawk And A Hacksaw and Nancy Elizabeth! Plus audio tracks from The Owl Service and downloads from Spiers and Boden, David Gibb, Cathal Clohessy and Eamonn Costello, Martin Carthy with Dave Swarbrick and The …