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Her single What You Make It (da, da, da, da) featured hip hop music artists. She won the lifetime achievement award at the 2009 Meteor Awards. At eight years old, Shannon began performing with Disirt Tola, a band from County Clare. With Disirt Tola, Shannon toured the United States at age fourteen.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShannon also worked as a competitive showjumper, but gave it up at age sixteen to focus on her performing music.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShannon similarly abandoned studying at University College Cork.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the mid-1980s, Shannon studied the accordion with Karen Tweed and the fiddle with Frank Custy, and performed with the band Arcady, of which she was a founding member.\u003c/p\u003e","musicPath":"/music/Sharon+Shannon","playStationPath":"/stations/267958969/play","stationId":267958969,"bioPath":"/music/Sharon+Shannon/_full_bio","similars":[{"musicPath":"/music/Carlos+Nunez","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/698/6984b867ce11d7815756f8739a5579cf_md.jpg","artistName":"Carlos Núñez","artistId":80226,"station_id":267884804},{"musicPath":"/music/The+Irish+Rovers","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/5f1/5f1bad4829cc0a007e4fd2cc35720d3c_md.jpg","artistName":"The Irish Rovers","artistId":10218,"station_id":113301354},{"musicPath":"/music/Danu","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/70f/70fc196f8f14ee704bb76a668d4a90a5_md.jpg","artistName":"Danú","artistId":80246,"station_id":267909106},{"musicPath":"/music/Damien+Dempsey","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/106/10626dffb4280ec4f515801ad3356ded_md.jpg","artistName":"Damien Dempsey","artistId":6006,"station_id":114397627},{"musicPath":"/music/Great+Big+Sea","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/403/4032dadbbc7de9703e9fde9cb96ea150_md.jpg","artistName":"Great Big Sea","artistId":12160,"station_id":113358084},{"musicPath":"/music/Karan+Casey","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/250/25017a3426d4b33759945bb29d0676bc_md.jpg","artistName":"Karan Casey","artistId":118609,"station_id":283254025},{"musicPath":"/music/The+Clancy+Brothers","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/acb/acb385605cc99b6632ea95c3998acfc9_md.jpg","artistName":"The Clancy Brothers","artistId":133894,"station_id":330533002},{"musicPath":"/music/Ronan+Hardiman","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/368/368b5ff271059ba8cbd604fdbcd44b87_md.jpg","artistName":"Ronan Hardiman","artistId":76739,"station_id":266815806},{"musicPath":"/music/Young+Dubliners","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/009/009f9fa150981882a5603d9f2f291346_md.jpg","artistName":"Young Dubliners","artistId":76932,"station_id":266800518},{"musicPath":"/music/Frances+Black","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/9b7/9b770eb23bd43a02a5dcfc0c2f4565bf_md.jpg","artistName":"Frances Black","artistId":118855,"station_id":283254162},{"musicPath":"/music/Steeleye+Span","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/792/792775c454fe9583e9199aa6e44935fd_md.jpg","artistName":"Steeleye Span","artistId":1865,"station_id":113303776},{"musicPath":"/music/Hothouse+Flowers","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/e6c/e6ca5482949e60ea742b03f6bcceeaf5_md.jpg","artistName":"Hothouse Flowers","artistId":7945,"station_id":113292046},{"musicPath":"/music/Horslips","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/75a/75afd2a19877a0f90656eefaab9badaa_md.jpg","artistName":"Horslips","artistId":116137,"station_id":282866401},{"musicPath":"/music/Cherish+the+Ladies","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/7fd/7fd7041e4df1b834810c2e301bf6a517_md.jpg","artistName":"Cherish the Ladies","artistId":80229,"station_id":267839737},{"musicPath":"/music/Niamh+Parsons","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/f1a/f1a647c06f113070657f073bbcc93395_md.jpg","artistName":"Niamh Parsons","artistId":113942,"station_id":282638777},{"musicPath":"/music/Martin+Hayes+Dennis+Cahill","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/f21/f2190dff0c7dc1d1fad8a6848b6f7ea3_md.jpg","artistName":"Martin Hayes \u0026 Dennis Cahill","artistId":77080,"station_id":266874842},{"musicPath":"/music/Eliza+Carthy","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/9b7/9b7d5e693a721a844e552ee1932761d7_md.jpg","artistName":"Eliza Carthy","artistId":101406,"station_id":280763723},{"musicPath":"/music/Liz+Carroll","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/d29/d29d822e54b238342bede7a9cb5179e8_md.jpg","artistName":"Liz Carroll","artistId":77035,"station_id":266844791}]}