Siobhán Marie O’Brien
(pronounced Shiv-awn)
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). Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.