Siobhan O'Brien

RESUME:

" In addition to Bob Dylan inviting her to join him on stage, Siobhan has performed in concert as a guest vocalist with the famed Irish group The Chieftains. She has also appeared in shows supporting such acts as: The Cranberries,Christy Moore, Donovan, Pete Cummins, Sharon Shannon, Henry Mc Cullough(Wings), Maria Mc Kee,Damien Dempsey, Paul Brady, Mick Flannery and many more.

Leonard Cohen heard about Siobhán from a friend of his which prompted him to send a book to her called 'Dance Me To The End Of Love' with a Henry Matisse painting on each page, as a gesture of encouragement. Siobhan's last CD 'Songs I grew Up To' includes special guest appearances by several of Siobhan's musical friends including Paddy Moloney (The Chieftains) Pete Cummins(Fleadh Cowboys/Nanci Griffith) & Brendan Bowyer (Royal Show Band)

QUOTES –

Paddy Moloney (The Chieftains) - "A Voice The World Should Hear"
Bono - "WOW"
Lilli Kuzma Host of" Folk Festival: radio show WDCB-FM Chicago "Siobhan has a marvelous voice and style, and seamlessly incorporates her musical influences into excellent arrangements that transcend genres". ..

Matchbox Radio UK - "A voice of an angel gone to folk heaven..simpley beautiful"
HIGHLIGHTS:
Guest vocalist with The San Diego Symphony Orchestra at The Copely Symphony Hall California 2010,
Guest Vocalist with The Chieftains at Boston Symphony Hall, Massachusetts 2008.
RTE TV - Seoige & O'Shea - Performing "All MY TRIALS" with Band 2008

INTERVIEW BOSTON GLOBE 2008

"Siobhan O'Brien finds her own voice with a new CD of cover songs "
Article from: The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
March 14, 2008 by Linda Laban Globe

When Siobhan O'Brien heard that the Frames frontman Glen Hansard had won the Oscar last month for best song for "Falling Slowly," his duet with Marketa Irglova from the film "Once," she was so happy for him that she cried. Her father told her he had heard the company that makes the guitar Hansard favors had seen him playing his battered old instrument at the awards show and offered him a new one."I was going, `Don't take the guitar, don't take the guitar,"' O'Brien recalls from her home in Limerick. She got her wish. Her father said Hansard had declined."That's Glen. I knew he wouldn't take the guitar," says the 38- year-old Irish singer-songwriter. READ MORE


AWARDS:

Unisong International voted Siobhán in the top 10% of undiscovered
songwriters in the world. 1996.

Like a Habit "Single Of The Fortnight Feb '96 Hot Press (Ireland's
National Music Mag)

Like A Habit No 4 Irish Indie charts 1997

Guilty of Despair and He Said I said, were in the top 4 Unplugged
songs of the year 1998 /1999 (Ireland).

Showcased at SXSW Austin Texas 1999.

Beautiful Bodies 'Pick of the Fortnight' Hot Press (Ireland's National
Music Mag)Feb, '07
Beautiful Bodies No. 1 for 15 weeks in Irish Indie Chart 2007.
Beautiful Bodies Track Of the Day GARAGEBAND.COM Feb 2007.

My Man got 'honourable Mention' from Unisong this year Oct. 2007.
My Man and Beautiful Bodies Airplay on Sirius Satellite Radio New York.
All My Trials included on British Compilation album by Matchbox Recordings, May 2008.

TV APPEARANCES
Nationwide - March '95
The Late Late Show - Feb '96
POP4 TG4 - March, '06
RTE TV - Seoige & O'Shea - 14 April, '08