Genre-defying accordionist Sharon Shannon has performed with a who’s who of the music world; from Bono to Shane McGowan, Jackson Brown to Steve Earle. An immensely talented musician, she joined her first Irish trad group at the age of eight but it was after joining rock band The Waterboys in the 1980s that her career really took off. Since then she has released 12 successful albums, won multiple awards and performed for Presidents.