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Matt and Shannon Heaton

Celebrate St. Patrick's Day with this charming husband-and-wife duo from Boston. Matt & Shannon Heaton's original Celtic music is built on strong traditional bones, fleshed out with a passion for the modern world around them.
They learned their chops in Irish music sessions in Chicago and on regular trips to Ireland, where they studied with some of Clare's finest. But once you scratch the traditional music pedigree you find a unique personality and vibe.
Shannon contributes a keen love of language and folk melody accrued through a childhood spent traveling to Navajo Reservations and living in Nigeria and Thailand.
Matt is a life long music student who has played classical guitar in Italy, rock in Chicago, and tango in Denver. Together they founded the critically acclaimed Irish band Siucra and have performed with traditional luminaries Aoife Clancy, Robbie O'Connell, and Scottish gem Emily Smith. They have released three CDs and one songbook.