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Pauline Scanlon

"what do you expect from a donkey only a kick?!.."

About Me


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"Her voice is a superb mix of china cup fragility and steely resilience" The Irish TimesThough only 27 years old, this vocalist and songwriter galvanized the Irish music scene with her stunning album, Red Colour Sun (recorded with Donogh Hennessy and Producer John Reynolds). Deeply immersed in the tradition yet completely aware of the edgier developments in contemporary alternative music, Scanlon is capable of making the oldest ballads sound immediate and fresh while granting newer material a timeless resonance. She was nominated in the best Folk/Trad category in the 2004 Meteor Awards. As featured vocalist with the Sharon Shannon Band for three years, and as a solo artist, Scanlon has entranced audiences the world over with her distinctly delicate intensity. Pauline Scanlon brings her unmistakable breathy and intimate vocal style to her latest Compass release, Hush. Produced by former Lunasa guitarist, Donogh Hennesy, and recorded at the Compass Sound Stage in Nashville, Hush is an album immersed in Irish tradition, but exquisitely melds folk and bluegrass to create an effortless blend. With Hush, Scanlon, once vocalist for the Sharon Shannon band, the Woodchoppers, exemplifies her worldly knowledge of different musical styles and showcases her ability and willingness to cross traditional boundaries. Scanlon is backed up on Hush by a remarkable core band whose backgrounds range from country to bluegrass to jazz and includes the legendary Stuart Duncan on fiddle, Danny Thompson on bass, jazz pianist John R. Burr, and session wizard Kenny Malone on drums.Recently, pauline has been performing with a wide range of artists including singer songwriter John Spillane and Cape Breton Fiddlers Roseanne MacKenzie and Howie MacDonald.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 7/5/2006
Band Website: paulinescanlon.com
Band Members: It Changes quite a bit... Most often Martin Brunsden on Double Bass... Tola Custy on the Fiddle... we also do stuff with Mick McCauley and Winifred Horan.. Andy laking sometimes.. We're also in a Band featuring Cape Breton Fiddlers Roseanne MacKenzie and Howie MacDonald... also we're cooking up some more projects with some singers at the moment...
Influences: West Kerry Windy Days, West Kerry Sunny Days!!.. Joni Mitchell, Tori Amos, The Dingle Fife And Drum Band, Singing with other singers, John Reynolds,Gráda,Martin Brunsden, Friends, Eilís Kennedy, The Smiths/Morrissey, My Granny.. Lily London, West Kerry at the moment musicwise... it's kickin'!, Tony Small..most of all, Australia, My girlie buddies..Car, Hil, Irene, Fiona, Bridge..they're the BEST!.. Mazz O' Flaherty, Gillian Welsh, Fergus O' Flaherty, Martha Wainwright, Eithne Ní Ullacháin, John Spillane, Arundhati Roy, Burnham trees, Dolores Keane, The Pogues, Donogh Hennessy, Bob Dylan, Nick Drake, Neil Young, Massive Attack, The Silly Sisters, Liam O Maonlaí, Insomnia, Family, Sharon Shannon, Harper Lee, Sandy Denny, Sinéad O Connor..hugely!,late night drinking sessions, Aoife O' Donovan, Eddi Reader, Heartache, Seamus Begley, Alison Krauss, The Indigo Girls, Kate Bush,The Band, June Tabor, Mindy Smith, Bernie Fairy, Cape Breton, The Banjo, swimming ... the list keeps growing!
Sounds Like: "Her voice is a superb mix of china cup fragility and steely resilience" The Irish Times
Record Label: Compass Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Dingle White Females

Happy Paddy’s |Day!!... We’re coming to the end of Seactain Na Gaelige.. we had a fantastic time on thursday in Vicar Street for the Club Sult party... we played with John Spillane and als...
Posted by Pauline Scanlon on Sun, 16 Mar 2008 05:18:00 PST

CAPE BRETON

Hey All... Hope everyone had a great Christmas and an even better New Year... I'm kicking off the New Year with a visit to Cape Breton Island.. The wonderful you fiddler and dancer Roseanne MacKenzie ...
Posted by Pauline Scanlon on Wed, 09 Jan 2008 04:23:00 PST

Irish Gigs

Hello There..we really really enjoyed our few gigs around Ireland with Winnie and Mick... Thanks to everyone who turned out for them, it really encouraged us to do more.. looking forward to The Glens ...
Posted by Pauline Scanlon on Thu, 08 Nov 2007 09:21:00 PST

Irish Dates...

Greetings from West Kerry... I'm excited about our upcoming Irish Shows with Winnie Horan and Mick McAuley (SOLAS)... we're doing four shows in Ireland... Oct 31st - The Crane, Galway Nov 3rd - The C...
Posted by Pauline Scanlon on Tue, 16 Oct 2007 05:25:00 PST

::::::::::NEWS:::::::::::

Hello...Been a relaxing few weeks in West Kerry... playing lots in St James' church with all the local musicians.. particularly enjoying singing with Eilís Kennedy every Thursday at the moment.. also ...
Posted by Pauline Scanlon on Mon, 17 Sep 2007 05:07:00 PST

Gaspé....

Just arrived in a motel in Gaspé.. Canada... we travelled three days to get here... flights got delayed so we took in a very quick 16hrs in New York... just enough time to head into town and grab a fe...
Posted by Pauline Scanlon on Sun, 12 Aug 2007 08:20:00 PST

It's Been Ages!

July 6th 2007Hi There& haven't posted anything on here in ages.. we've been really busy recently.. We spent a month in India (can't believe it!) after doing two gigs with The Smyth sisters& the gigs w...
Posted by Pauline Scanlon on Thu, 05 Jul 2007 08:03:00 PST

Post Glastonbury blues

Hellooo...Galstonbury rocked... It pissed out of the heaven but we were well equipped with a cosy tent and funky wellies... saw some great music.. Damien Rice was the highlight for me... amazing... Am...
Posted by Pauline Scanlon on Thu, 05 Jul 2007 07:41:00 PST

GLASTONBURY!!!

We're very pleased top announce we've been booked for Glastonbury... (note to self.. buy funky wellies...)It's been a pretty crazy few weeks... we travelled from Savannah Georgia to Mumbai..home for a...
Posted by Pauline Scanlon on Wed, 25 Apr 2007 10:20:00 PST

India for Paddy's day!!

We're off to India for Paddy's day.. We'll be doing two shows with the very lovely Smyth sisters from Mayo and some great Lord of the dancers whom we haven't met yet. We'll be performing in the Irish ...
Posted by Pauline Scanlon on Tue, 06 Mar 2007 08:14:00 PST