Traditional and Updated Irish Music from Matt & Shannon Heaton

With flute, guitar, singing, and stories, Matt & Shannon Heaton bring listeners on an Irish music journey. It’s a tour of traditional ballads and dance tunes - and some of the history, humor, and personalities behind them! Boston-based Matt & Shannon Heaton are ambassadors of Irish music. Their flute and guitar instrumentals and tight harmony singing draw deeply from the tune and song traditions of Ireland, and also incorporate new influences from America and beyond. The two met in Chicago before relocating to Medford, Massachusetts in 2001. They've spent many winters in Ireland, performed all over Shannon’s childhood home of Thailand, and have appeared on stages throughout North America, Europe, and Japan. Shannon was named Massachusetts Artist Fellow in 2016. Matt has received multiple awards for his music for kids and families. And the Boston Globe wrote of the Heatons, "Their playing is masterful and inventive, their arrangements city-smart and spacious. But they never forget that Irish music is, at its heart, a neighborly form, meant for sharing.”