Calgary Folk Club

Shane Hennessy (IE)

Hailed as “one of the most exciting live performers of his generation, with an ability to move between styles and genres with ease” by Irish Music magazine, this young Irish finger-style guitar phenom began playing traditional Irish concertina music at the tender age of four, but things took a turn when he heard James Taylor ten years later. Precise and technically brilliant, with influences ranging from Americana to Bach to Beyoncé, he now tours the world. The trademark eclecticism of Hennessy’s approach to composing, arranging, singing and playing sets him apart from the myriad other guitar hotshots, earning him admirers from Nile Rodgers to the peerless Tommy Emmanuel, who enthused that Shane “transcends the guitar.” shanehennessy.ie

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