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THE SHONA LE MOTTEE BAND:
This four piece Celtic band is made up of the cream of Vancouver’s Celtic scene. They are lead by award-winning fiddler/vocalist, Shona Le Mottee (formerly of The Paperboys and Michael Flatley’s Lord of the Dance). Born on the tiny Island of Jersey in the English Channel, Shona has toured extensively all over North America both performing and teaching her expressive and rhythmic fiddle style. Joining her is Tim Readman (formerly of Fear of Drinking) on guitar and vocals. Emerging from the North-east English folk scene, Tim has earned a reputation as an outstanding songwriter, guitarist, singer and interpreter of traditional and contemporary folk songs. The Mad Pudding Rhythm section fills out the band with Boris Favre on bass and foot percussion and Allan Dionne on the drums. Boris, born in France specializes in Jazz and World music. Allan has studied orchestral percussion, Jazz and Arranging. The performers in this group have all played at major festivals worldwide and each has several recording credits to their names. Come and check out this funky Celtic-pop Vancouver super-group.
SHONA'S BIO:
SHONA started playing the fiddle at the age of seven on the Island of Jersey, in the English Channel. At age nine she moved to Vancouver, Canada where she continued to develop her music under fiddling greats such as Alasdair Fraser, Buddy MacMaster, Bruce Molsky, and Martin Hayes.
In September, 1995, Shona was chosen to join the internationally known Canadian Celtic-pop group, THE PAPERBOYS. During the 3 years she was with the band, she toured extensively throughout North America playing on stages from Vancouver and San Francisco to Halifax and New York. She has performed at SOLD-OUT festivals and venues such as: The Boston Irish Festival, the Vancouver Folk Music and Celtic Festivals, the Toronto Harbourfront and Celtic Festivals, the Victoria Celtic Festival, the Owen Sound Folk Festival, the Kentucky Folk Festival, the Seattle Folklife and Bumbershoot Festivals, the Spectrum in Montreal, the Queen Elizabeth Theatre in Vancouver, the Great American Music Hall in San Francisco, and many more. Shona was also part of the du Maurier Concert Series, the Huron Carol Concert Series, and the MuchMusic Canadian benefit tour for AIDS.
During the summer of 1997, Shona recorded the album Molinos with The Paperboys. It was released on the STONY PLAIN/WARNER CANADA label and won the CANADIAN JUNO AWARD in March 1998 for The BEST ROOTS AND TRADITIONAL ALBUM - Group category. Shona also recorded two MUSIC VIDEOS with The Paperboys which were broadcast across the country on CMT and MuchMusic. She has made appearances on RADIO AND TV shows such as: CBC radio, Terminal City (CBC TV), Muchmusic in Vancouver, Toronto, Halifax, and San Francisco, the Vicki Gabreau Show (TV), the CMT Rockin Country Series (TV), Entertainment Desk in Toronto (TV), Breakfast Television in Toronto and Vancouver, and numerous other radio stations in Canada and the USA.
In 1998/99, Shona performed with MICHAEL FLATLEY'S LORD OF THE DANCE at the New York, NY Casino in Las Vegas and at Disney World in Orlando, Florida. More recently, Shona has performed and recorded with several local Canadian bands such as the 4X World Champion SFU PIPE BAND, African/Canadian Juno Award Winning Vocalist ALPHA YAYA DIALO, THE TOWN PANTS, TIM READMAN, FEAR OF DRINKING, and Celtic Funk Masters MAD PUDDING.
Shona is also in great demand as a FIDDLE TEACHER. She has been teaching privately for over 14 years and was the founder and director of the Vancouver Scottish Fiddle Club for five years. During the summers of 2002 - 2007 Shona was invited to teach at the Coast Strings Fiddle School in British Columbia and the Rocky Mountain Fiddle Camp in Denver, Colorado. At these schools she was on staff with some of the best fiddlers in the world such as: Bruce Molsky, Seamus Connelly, Richard Greene, Iain Fraser, Pierre Schryer, Andy Stein, Sandy McIntyre, Ken Pearlman and Oliver Shroer.
Since June 2005, Shona has been performing at major festivals and events with her full 4 piece band including: fiddle, guitar, vocals, bass, drums and Irish dancers. Keep watching the schedule for upcoming events in the near future.
Shona released her DEBUT SOLO ALBUM, "Destination Grouville" (with some very cool guest musicians including all of her current band members) in March 2005. The CD is available for purchase or download on CD BABY, APPLE iTUNES and on Shona's website www.shona.ca
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