Post by Joe on Oct 29, 2006 17:09:52 GMT -5
Pauline Scanlon was born in Dingle, County Kerry, Ireland. Pauline was singing as soon as she could speak.
One of Pauline’s earliest fans was Tony Small, a singer, writer, broadcaster and musicologist. Tony organised Pauline’s first live performance at the age of 13, introducing her to a broad variety of musical styles and encouraging her to write her own material. .
Pauline left Kerry during her teenage years, travelling through Europe and Australia, where each stopover brought a new song to learn, a new language to master, a new musical style to consume. During her time on the road, Pauline performed with local folk singers and in Australia, she sang with aboriginal musicians, including the internationally celebrated didgeridoo virtuoso Alan Dargin
On her return to Ireland, Pauline settled in Galway and recorded her first CD "Red Colour Sun" with help frm Donogh Hennessy, guitarist of Lunasa, and Sharon Shannon.
Sessions started at Sharon’s studio in Galway and continued in London under the guidance of producer and drummer John Reynolds (Sinead O’Connor, The Indigo Girls, Hothouse Flowers, Cara Dillon, Nasurat Fatah Ali Khan, Bjiork, Damien Dempsey), who allowed Pauline to incorporate the wide and varied styles and genres she has been exposed to throughout her teenage years. "Red Colour Sun" moves effortlessly from the traditional Molly Ban to the contemporary Churchyard and on to Scanlon’s own interpretation of Don McLean’s 'And I Love You So'.
Over the course of 2004, Pauline performed her own solo shows to widespread critical acclaim. She performed at 2004’s Source Festival in Kilkenny alongside James Taylor and Bob Geldof. 2004 also saw Pauline special guest with The Violent Femmes and Paddy Casey.
In 2004 Pauline also contributed a track to “The Diamond Mountain Sessions Presents…” A compilation album featuring Natalie Merchant, Declan O’ Rourke, Steve Earle, Sinead O’ Connor and Irish favourites Mundy and Damien Dempsey.
She was nominated in 2005 for a meteor award in the Folk/Trad category alongside Planxty, Mary McPartlin, George Murphy, Kila and Declan O' Rourke.
Visit Pauline Scanlon's website...http://www.paulinescanlon.com/
