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Despite Covid-19 travel restrictions, Sharon Shannon has gone global for her latest studio album, The Reckoning, which is being released this Friday, November 27.


The Reckoning, which was composed, written and recorded during lockdown, features more than dozen remote collaborations from locations across the world.
All the twelve tracks have been co-written by Sharon and band members and various guest collaborators.

The full-on method in which it was recorded marks a new departure for the Clare-born musician who lives in Galway City, she says.
“Normally when we work on an album, we do one track at a time,” Sharon explains. “But with this, it seems to be an avalanche when you’re working on 13 or 14 tracks every day. It’s like a minefield!”

One of the key tracks, The Jolly Roger, resulted from a challenge which rugby player Robbie Henshaw presented to Sharon during the first Covid lockdown. Issued via Facebook, her task was to learn a new skill. And she did. After five days of intense practice, she created The Jolly Roger Facebook video . That clip of Sharon and her electric guitar has attracted more than 289,000 views since it was uploaded earlier this year.

Tracks:
01. Merry Go Round
02. The Reckoning
03. Daddy Shannon's Jig  Bealacana Polka
04. Unlocked
05. The Beast from the East
06. Harmony Hall
07. Silver Dollar  Audrey's Polka
08. Off to Californee (Mursheen Durkin Revisited)
09. Timbuktu
10. Refrains d'Irlande
11. The Jolly Roger
12. Pixie's Lament

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