Sharon Shannon has music at her fingertips....literally! The accordionist from Ireland has achieved legendary status throughout the world and has made the much-maligned accordion 'cool' in her home country. Renowned for her collaborations, not just in Irish traditional music, but through all musical genres, Hip-Hop, Cajun, Country, Classical and Rap. Sharon 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 - a list that is testament to Sharon's versatility as well as talent. She has entertained US Presidents Clinton at the White House and Obama in Dublin and Irish Presidents Robinson and MacAleese on presidential visits to Poland and Australia respectivelly. More recently she played for The Sultan of Brunei , at the Basement in Sydney. She has worked with Hollywood film directors Jim Sheridan in a production of The Playboy of the Western World and played a cameo role in Neil Jordans film Ondine alongside Colin Farrell. 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 most downloaded song. She also celebrates being the youngest ever recipient of the Meteor Lifetime Achievement Award. Her music has been featured in several Hollywood movies including PS I love you, and the award-winning Bulmers TV commercial campaign. A prolific composer, Sharon continues to defy genres and has recently released an album of original music recorded with the RTE Concert Orchestra called Flying Circus. She has produced a new album for the High Kings released worldwide by Sony in September 2013 and is currently co-writing songs with many collaborators. She recently performed with reggae legend Dawn Penn and Lee Thomspon from Madness on the single’ Bangarang’ Currently working on a book on her life, Sharon is a passionate animal lover and does a lot of voluntary work and fundraising for various animal rescues and supports many other charities. Sharon regularily performs on tour and at festivals in Ireland, UK, France, Belgium, Holland,Spain,Japan, Australia, New Zealand .