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ABOUT MARRAKECH
Marrakech is the sophomore release of Irish virtuoso guitarist and composer Shane Hennessy. The core musical concept of this album revolves around 'visual music' - music that transports its listener to a specific time or place. This album retains the melodic nature of Zephyrus (his 2015 début) while building on more complex harmonic structures and forms, as well as incorporating world and ethnic influences, almost playing against the natural strengths of the acoustic guitar at times.
Among the wide variety of styles, listeners can look forward to a mix of energetic tunes like the Nile Rodgers-inspired ‘Dance Tonight’ and the Chet Atkins-esque ‘Effervescent’. The concluding track ‘I’m Off Today’ shows off Hennessy’s efforts of capturing the modern Snarky Puppy-fusion sound in his style, and elements of global ethnic music traditions are heavily peppered throughout tracks such as ‘Marrakech’ (Arabian), ‘Quentão’ (Brazilian), and ‘Cortadito’ (Cuban). More reflective and introspective tracks on the album include the reggae styled 'Higher Love', the melodic ballad ‘Sailing To Shore’, the gentle meditative ‘Koramantra’, and the Irish-infused ‘Through The Woods’. A feature in common to almost every track on the album is that they were written and arranged as songs prior to being arranged for guitar, hence the strong melodic presence in the tunes.


ALBUM PATRONS
People who deserve a huge thank you!
This album was made possible by the generosity of 175 donors, who pledged to support my album during a FundIt.ie campaign in February and March 2017.
People who pledged €40 or above were named as Album Patrons; their names are listed below as well as on the inside cover of the CD. I cannot thank you all enough for your support!
Phil Aelony
Shayle Allen
Onur Alpay
Onofrio America
Mary Amond O’Brien
Oisín Bates
Bernd Boeckmann
Taylor Boudreau
Tierna Brazil
Mike Clark
Tadhg Connolly
John Conroy
Robert Coyle
Derek Coyle
John Crowe
Mauro De Paoli
Bríd De Róiste
Niklas Decker
Sean Dennison
Kevin Doyle
Dave Fennessy
Noel Ford
Madeleine Forrest
Ger Furlong
David Gannon
Brockton Gates
Mattia Ghion
Eileen Gogan
Hans Gruenthaler
Tom Hanson
Sean Harding
Brendan Hayes
Paul Hennessee
Bernard Hennessy
Mary Hennessy
Mike Hennessy
Ollie & Denise Hennessy
Paul Hennessy
Walter & Mary Hennessy
Andrew Hetherington
Paul Hogan
Frank Horahan
Aoife Kavanagh
Gerard King
Ger Lacey
Walter Lacey
Michaela Larson
Liam Lawton
Kevin Levine
Jacqueline Maloney
David Marron
Ita Marron
Owen Marron
Pat Marron
Aonghus McAnally
Sean McGilly
Sean McGrath
Bill McGrath
Bríd McGrath
Padraig McGrath
Pat McGrath
Dan McInerney
Caitlín Mhic Cárthaigh
Jay Minor
Ian Mitchell
Bryan Murphy
Kevin Murphy
Helen Nolan Carty
Donie O’Brien
Gary O’Neill
Sanjay Patel
David Prendergast
Marcos Exequiel Ramirez
Ciaran Redmond
Michael James Regan
Ronan Rooney
Bernd Rossmann
Kevin Rowe
Derek Ryan
Alan Salter
Akira Satoyoshi
Horst Schneider
Guido Schulz
John Sheehan
Jimmie Sheehan
Bernard Shelly
Marty Sutton
James Amos Vranna Jr
Padraig Whelan
Rob Winstanley
Mark Wogan
David Woods