_{French band Shannon have been around since 1998 and their new album “Circus of Lost Souls” is released by Mad Association Records on 1st March 2013. Shannon deliver melodic rock with a harder edge that appeals to my love of “classic” rock. Favourite tracks on the album would be “Ride to Live”, “Forever Now” and “Let’s Make Rock”. The final track is a surprisingly successful rocked up cover version of Bronski Beat’s “Smalltown Boy” – I recognised the song but had to google the title to figure out what it was!!}

_{You can find out more about Shannon at www.shannon-rock.com or on Facebook at www.facebook.com/ShannoNRockBand}

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