I can honestly say that I know of no other musician that has made a name for themselves playing the Squeeze box (accordion), but Sharon Shannon certainly has. This without doubt Irish music, but it is Irish with a twist. It moves from classic airs to Jazz with a seamlessness that is uncanny.

This particular concert comes from the world famous Dolans in Limerick Ireland and recorded in July 2006. I feel that the only thing wrong with is great DVD is the title, It should be called Sharon Shannon And The Really Really Big Band. She has more guests than a State Dinner at the White House.

I love the interesting mixture of musical styles, you just don’t know what you are going to get next. It takes a lot of guts to ‘Play outside the box’. and Sharon certainly plays outside of the box. Quite how you can combine so many musical styles and still make it work is beyond me. But she succeeds.

Among her ‘Big Band’ is Roesy who performs a fabulous version on Trailin The True Star, this is a song that CMT would love, and the Grand Ole Opry would be drooling to have him play it on their stage.