The Spellbound: Best Of Sharon Shannon

by Sharon Shannon

Overview

All of the albums that Sharon Shannon recorded for Green Linnet in the '90s are worth owning, but if you've never experienced the pleasures of her neo-Celtic experiments, Spellbound would be the most logical starting point. This CD, which spans 1989-1998, isn't the last word on the experimental button accordionist, but it can still serve as an impressive introduction to her work. Spellbound paints an accurate picture of Shannon -- an exploratory artist who benefits from Irish/Celtic traditions without being enslaved by them. On this eclectic, entirely instrumental collection, one hears Shannon fusing her Celtic foundation with pop, French-Canadian music, calypso, ska, polka, and other styles. Instruments typically associated with Celtic music -- including fiddles, mandolins, and hammer dulcimers -- are prominent, but Shannon also employs saxophonists, organists, and electric guitarists. There are many rewards on this CD, which illustrates how nicely Shannon's risk-taking has paid off. ~ Alex Henderson

Product Details

Release Date:	02/22/2005
Label:	Compass
UPC:	0766397439723
Rank:	104523

Tracks

1. Blackbird
2. Bonnie Mulligan
3. The 3-Headed Monster: The 3-Headed Monster/Quick Nurse, the Screens!
4. The Mighty Sparrow
5. Kids: Fead an Fhiolair/Never Going Back Again
6. Cavan Potholes
7. Tickle Her Leg
8. The Bungee Jumpers
9. The Mouth of the Tobique: Lad O'Beirnes/Dowds Favourite/The Mouth of ...
10. Sandy River Belle
11. The Bag of Cats: The Barrow Burn Reel/Lexy Macskills/The Trip to Windsor
12. The Magic Foot
13. A Song of the Rosy Cross
14. Each Little Thing (Diarmuid's March)
15. Sparky
16. The Woodchoppers (Et Reel des Voyageurs)
17. Macguire and Patterson
18. The Munster Hop
19. Reel Beatrice
20. The Marguerita Suite
21. Spellbound

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Sharon Shannon   Primary Artist,Accordion,Button Accordion,Fiddle
Maire Breatnach   Guest Artist,Viola,Fiddle
Natalie MacMaster   Guest Artist,Fiddle
Donal Lunny   Guest Artist,Guitar,Bodhran,Bouzouki,Keyboards,Electric Bouzouki
Tommy Peoples   Guest Artist,Fiddle
Adam Clayton   Guest Artist,Bass (Acoustic)
Steve Cooney   Guitar,Didjeridu,Bass
Steve Wickham   Fiddle
Graham Henderson   Organ (Hammond)
John McSherry   Pipe,Low Whistle,Whistle (Human)
David Hayes   Keyboards
Liam O Maonlai   Piano
Mary Custy   Fiddle
Noel Bridgeman   Drums,Congas
Mike Scott   Piano,Guitar
Richie Buckley   Saxophone,Sax (Tenor),Synthesizer Saxophone
Philip King   Harmonica
Brian Connor   Organ,Piano
Gerry O'Beirne   E-Bow,Guitar,Guitar (Steel),Guitar (Acoustic),National Steel Guitar
Conor Brady   Guitar (Electric)
Dave Early   Drums
Phillip King   Harmonica
Barry Carroll   Hammer Dulcimer
Paul Blake   Drums
Tom Hayes   Keyboards,Jew's-Harp
Paul Henderson Kelly   Mandolin
Trevor Hutchinson   Double Bass
Henry Holder   Keyboards
Ray Fean   Drums
Mary Shannon   Banjo,Mandolin
Winifred Horan   Fiddle
Eoghan O'Neill   Bouzouki
Anthony Thistlewaite   Mandolin,Organ (Hammond)
Nollaig Ni Chathasaigh   Fiddle

Technical Credits

Steve Cooney   Composer
Donal Lunny   Mixing,Composer,Producer,Compilation Producer
David Hayes   Arranger
Dennis Bovell   Composer,Producer
Peter Ostroushko   Composer
Liz Carroll   Composer
Robbie Overson   Composer
Lindsey Buckingham   Composer
Richard Rainey   Assistant,Assistant Engineer
Mary Custy   Composer
Noel Bridgeman   Composer
Mike Scott   Composer,Producer
Sharon Shannon   Composer
Richie Buckley   Composer
Brian Connor   Composer
Ciaran Byrne   Engineer
Conan Doyle   Assistant,Assistant Engineer
Denis   Engineer
Colm Henry   Photography
Oisin Lunny   Beats,Programming
Pete Jones   Mixing,Engineer,Mixing,Engineer
A. Scott   Composer
Dan R. MacDonald   Composer
Trevor Hutchinson   Composer
Traditional   Composer
Paul MacDonald   Engineer
Tim Martin   Engineer,Assistant,Mastering
Alasdair Fraser   Composer
Henry Holder   Engineer
Ray Fean   Arranger
Brian Masterson   Mixing
Stuart Bruce   Mixing,Engineer
John Dunford   Engineer,Producer,Management
Paul Kelly & the Stormwater Boys   Composer
Eoghan O'Neill   Arranger