Siobhán O'Brien

Born: Limerick, Ireland.

Siobhán is a singer and songwriter who performs with acoustic guitar and the harmonica. She has been entertaining audiences with her individual unique voice and her personal style of songwriting.

No newcomer to the entertainment field Siobhan made her first audio recording at the tender age of six, with an old sea shanty.

Siobhan has roots from four generations in the music industry.Her great grandparents were Travelling Opera Singers,The Bowyer/Westwood Opera Company, they came from Blackpool in England. Their only son Stanley played violin in their orchestra pit. They settled in Ireland when Albert Bowyer (Great Grandfather) died in Omagh Co. Tyrone while touring.

Most notably, O'Brien is the niece of Ireland's Sixties music legend ,Brendan Bowyer (The Royal Show Band note*The Beatles played support at The Cavern, Liverpool Pavilion in England. Billed as "Ireland's Pride", Brendan Bowyer (the Royal Show Band) from Waterford and "Merseyside's Pride” (The Beatles)

Siobhán O’Brien has explored many traditions of American song,from folk, blues and country to gospel, rock and roll to English,Scottish and Irish folk music. Siobhan performs with the guitar and harmonica,

backed by an ever changing line-up of great musicians. She is a performer and recording artist and generally known for her haunting vocals and songwriting. One of the tracks from the CD "Songs I Grew Up To", All My Trials,was picked up for inclusion on a CD, by British Company Matchbox Recordings.

Siobhán O'Brien's Recordings & Performances 2008 - 2009

Clive Barnes Lp - Ghost Country

Siobhán Backing vocals on five tracks

Recorded in Ireland 2009

2008

Guest Vocalist with

THE CHIEFTAINS

Boston Symphony Hall

Massachusetts, USA

Performed on

RTE 1 TV SHOW

SEOIGE & O'SHEA

Dublin, Ireland

Guest Appearance with

SHARON SHANNON & BAND

Charity Fundraiser

Purcells

Ruane, Co. Clare Ireland

Guest Vocalist Supporting

DAMEIN DEMPSEY

Kavanagh's

Laois, Co. Clare Ireland

IRISH TOUR CD LAUNCH

SONGS I GREW UP TO

Album Features ~

Paddy Moloney (The Chieftains)

Pete Cummins (Fleadh Cowboys/Chieftains )

Brendan Bowyer (Royal Showband)

Paul Kelly (Sharon Shannon)

Magazine April 07 ' Issue.

David Crosby, formerly of the renowned super

group Crosby,Stills,Nash & Young,reckons that

since Joni Mitchell retired, Shawn Colvin is the

best female songwriter in the world. But then he

probably hasn’t heard of Gemma Hayes, Shaz

Oye, or Siobhán O’Brien.

Host of Folk Festival

Radio show WDCB-FM Chicago July 08'

"Siobhan has a marvelous voice and style,and seamlessly incorporates her

musical influences into excellent arrangements that transcend genres"

IRISH TIMES NEWSPAPER

Friday, July 18, 2008

TRADITIONAL

The latest release reviewed

SIOBHÁN O'BRIEN ~ Songs I Grew Up To

Siobhán Long -Writer, Irish Times

Limerick singer Siobhán O'Brien treads a vocal pathway forged with such brio by Susan McKeown. This collection shimmers through the low-key yet sympathetic arrangements of songs borrowed from

her childhood, her beloved Radio Luxembourg and her family get-togethers. Her uncle, Brendan Bowyer,

lends unbelievably delicate vocals to O'Brien's reading of Scarlet Ribbons, a song rooted in the past

that somehow transgresses the chasms of the decades with the fleetest of footfalls. Paddy Moloney

of The Chieftains adds suitably haunting pipes and whistles to The Long Black Veil, a song to which he's

no stranger himself. A sweet, ultimately satisfying snapshot of a singer still building her identity through

a repertoire that stretches from the grindingly familiar (Lakes Of Pontchartrain) to the unapologetically fresh faced (In My Room).