Charlie Shea plays string bass and concert ukulele simultaneously while singing contemporary pieces, Celtic tunes, love songs, and Yuletide chants! I genuinely care for every experience in which I take part and dedicate myself to crafting the best atmosphere for the moment!
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Languages: American Sign Language, English, French
Charlie's gentle presence and unique talents can be expected to elevate your event with an air of elegance and professionalism. She will perform an agreed-upon setlist, perfectly designed to fit any time slot. Her act traditionally includes vocal pieces accompanied by the dual-wielding, as well as songs featuring solos on in each instrument. Percussion added as needed.
Charlie Shea has performed in the Kansas City area professionally since 2013, during her compositional world premiere with the Kansas City Symphony. In 2017 she joined the cast of the Kansas City Renaissance festival as a Celtic singer, and it would be there that she would develop her talents in dual-wielding instruments. Now, Charlie travels locally in Kansas City, MO, and Denver, CO to perform her unique act: playing string bass and ukulele simultaneously, while singing. Though her genre preferences lie mainly along Celtic themes, Charlie also finds passion in performing soft indie, swing, goldies, and lounge. She also loves yuletide tunes, 'tis the season!
The only existing technical requirements is "large enough stages to fit the contrabass setup." Charlie prefers using house audio equipment for appropriate acoustics, but owns the necessary requirements to provide amplification if needed.
*I can adapt most songs for the "Baessulele" setup with enough notice. Please include a video/audio link with all requests.
*Foreign language requests - English, ASL French, Japanese, Mandarin, and Spanish but I can sing in any language. Please include a video/audio link with all requests.
INDIE FOLK ORIGINALS - "Don't Need to Worry", "SAIL", "Goodnight, the River Says", "Just Us", "Meadow Song (Witches' Tune)", "Divine Apollo", "45 Days", "Little Fae", and many more :)
CELTIC/IRISH FOLK TRADITIONALS - "Little Beggarman", "Red is the Rose", "Rocky Road to Dublin", "Finnegan's Wake", "Star of the County Down", "I'll Tell Me Ma", "Wild Mountain Thyme", "Mairi's Wedding", etc.
FOLK/SWING COVERS - "Saturday Clothes" (Gordon Lightfoot), "Moondance" (Van Morrison), "I Wan'na Be Like You" (Louis Prima), "La Vie en Rose" (Edith Piaf), "Guess I'm a Fool" (Hugh Laurie)
POP COVERS - "Feel Good, Inc./Clint Eastwood" (Gorillaz - 'medley'), "Island in the Sun" (Weezer), "House of Gold/Car Radio" (Twenty-One Pilots - 'vessel medley'), "Hurt" (Nine Inch Nails/Johnny Cash), "Heartbreak Hotel/Burnin' Love" (Elvis - 'medley'), "Stairway to Heaven" (Led Zeppelin), "Lateralus" (Tool), "Space Oddity" (Bowie), "Ugly Faces/Cardboard Castles" (Watsky - 'Cardboard Castles medley')
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