An exciting Springtime!Hello from my 6th tour with Lord of The Dance!
Having toured three weeks already there is still much terrain to cover in the remaining two.
We started out in Georgia and we traveled eastbound performing in most of the southern states. Heading north after Florida, we will finish in Boston in the middle of May. Check out my official websites if you are thinking of coming to see me
http://www.deirdreshannon.com or
http://www.myspace.com/deirdreshannonThe live circuit has been a busy and colourful one for me over the last while. Just last month I featured as soloist in the Irish festival in Bahrain. I was honoured to sing at the Irish Society Grand Ball. That was wonderful. David Munro was my pianist and we brought the house down! That was a lot of fun indeed and we hope to do it again!
I toured as guest soloist on the Canadian Tenors' Christmas tour of western Canada in December. We did several concerts in Victoria and Vancouver Island. This coincided with their album release on which I feature. Check out their website
http://www.canadiantenors.com and my MySpace playlist.
Recently, Ragus became one of my favourite shows! I toured the Netherlands with them in November. What talent! What fun! Have a look at some photos if you wish on their official website
http://www.ragus.ie/gall.aspOn the recording front there's been quite a few things happening. I recently recorded some Irish classics with Frank McNamara
You can purchase this, or indeed just have a listen on Frank's own website at
http://www.frankmcnamara.com/frankmcnamara/fmcnamara_store.php. Check out the following songs there - Isle of Inishfree, Fields of Athenry, She Moved Through The Fair, When Irish Eyes Are Smiling, Love's Old Sweet Song.
The Celtic Divas and I also recorded some exciting new material which will be soon available to purchase. One song in particular is creating a bit of a stir. It's called Bells of Peace. You can listen to it and read about this special song on a dedicated website, kindly created by Jenny Fedei at the following website address
http://www.bellsofpeace.netComing Soon! You will soon be able to purchase MP3s from my MySpace Website and other dedicated music website like ITunes, Amazon and CD Baby!!
Released! CDBaby, ITunes and Amazon now carry Deirdre Shannon!
Announcement! I will be a guest on the Celtic Woman website where a chat will happen on Sat 23 May at 3pm Eastern time, 8pm Irish Time, 9pm European time. Come join me!!