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Sharon Shannon (born 8 June 1968) is an Irish musician. She is best known for her work with the accordion and for her fiddle technique. She also plays the tin whistle and melodeon. Her 1991 album ''Sharon Shannon'' is the best selling album of traditional Irish music ever released there. Beginning with Irish folk music, her work demonstrates a wide-ranging number of musical influences, including reggae, cajun music, Portuguese music, and French Canadian music. Her single ''What You Make It (da, da, da, da)'' featured hip hop music artists. She won the lifetime achievement award at the 2009 Meteor Awards. == Early life == Shannon was born in Ruan, County Clare. At eight years old, Shannon began performing with Disirt Tola, a local band. With Disirt Tola, Shannon toured the United States at the age of fourteen. Shannon also worked as a competitive showjumper, but gave it up at the age of sixteen to focus on her music performing. Shannon similarly abandoned studying at University College Cork. In the mid-1980s, Shannon studied the accordion with Karen Tweed and the fiddle with Frank Custy, and performed with the band Arcady, of which she was a founding member. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sharon Shannon」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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