Shona Mooney is originally from the Scottish Borders, born in 1984 near Linlithgow in Scotland. In 1999 and 2000 she reached the BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Award semi-final.
After reading a new course in folk and traditional music in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, she worked with other fiddlers from the Borders in a project called Borders Young Fiddles – promoting the traditional music of their area and combining it with their own compositions. Their CD was released in 2004.
Discography:
Heartsease (Foot Stompin’ Records, 2006)