The Spellbound: The Best of Sharon Shannon Sharon Shannon

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  • Release Date: 02/22/2005
  • Original Release: 1999
  • Sales Rank: 140,995
  • Label: COMPASS RECORDS
  • UPC: 766397439723

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The Spellbound: The Best of Sharon Shannon

1LISTENBlackbird 3:59
2LISTENBonnie Mulligan 2:54
3LISTENThe 3-Headed Monster: The 3-Headed Monster/Quick Nurse, the Screens! 3:30
4LISTENThe Mighty Sparrow Live 5:56
5LISTENKids: Fead An Fhiolair/Never Going Back Again 3:02
6LISTENCavan Potholes 4:10
7LISTENTickle Her Leg 2:35
8LISTENThe Bungee Jumpers 4:10
9LISTENThe Mouth of the Tobique: Lad O'Beirnes/Dowds Favourite/The Mouth of ... 4:07
10LISTENSandy River Belle 2:07
11LISTENThe Bag of Cats: The Barrow Burn Reel/Lexy Macskills/The Trip to Windsor 4:32
12LISTENThe Magic Foot 3:19
13LISTENA Song Of The Rosy Cross 1:39
14LISTENEach Little Thing (Diarmuid's March) 4:01
15LISTENSparky 3:41
16LISTENThe Woodchoppers (Et Reel des Voyageurs) Live 2:58
17LISTENMacguire and Patterson 2:45
18LISTENThe Munster Hop 2:49
19LISTENReel Beatrice 2:36
20LISTENThe Marguerita Suite 5:50
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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, All Music Guide

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