Shane Hennessy

The Official YouTube channel of Irish virtuoso guitarist and composer Shane Hennessy.

Coming from a background in Irish traditional music, Shane has been captivating audiences globally for the past few years, with sell-out solo tours in Europe, Russia, and the United States under his belt, as well as regular appearances at major international music festivals including the prestigious MerleFest. His most recent album ‘Rain Dance’ has been hailed as “a triumphant reaffirmation of his virtuosity and compositional excellence” by Irish Music Magazine. He has appeared as a guest of Tommy Emmanuel, and has worked with Grammy- winner Bill Whelan (composer of Riverdance).

Shane has released four albums of original music - Zephyrus (2015), and Marrakech (2017), and most recently Rain Dance (2020) and Idircheol (2020)