Born in Fort Eustis, Virginia, Steve Shehan spent his childhood in the Florida Keys. Later he moved to Europe, living in Sweden, where he started playing professionally as a recording and performing artist. He also worked as a music therapist before moving to France.
Before focusing on percussion and composition he studied drums, bass, piano and guitar. Steve has since played with great artists such as Paul Simon, Bob Dylan, Cheb Mami, Sting, Simon Shaheen, Leonard Bernstein, John McLaughlin, Brian Eno, the Gipsy Kings, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Vangelis, Richard Horowitz, Michael Brecker, David Rhodes, and Akiro Inoue, with Peter Gabriel’s band, Paul Mc Cartney, as well as well-known European and Europe-based artists such as Ricardo Cocciante, Yves Montand, Zazie Liane, Foly, Veronique Sanson, Stephane Eicher, Wasis Diop, Khaled, Lokua Kanza, Nittin Sawhney, Geoffrey Oryema, Magma, Rokia Traore, etc.
Steve Shehan composed and produced personally various soundtrack albums of films: Bye Bye / Karim Dridi Le maitre des Elephants / Patrick Grandperret, notably participated in Kirikou & L’amant.
His album “Elevations” was realized in association with the singer musician and Iranian painter Reza Derakshani taken out in June 26 was selected by FIP in 26. The duet already occurred on stage repeatedly notably in one “live at FIP” in November 26 and in February 2007 at the Sunset in Paris. He is one of three members of the Hadouk Trio which performs regularly has a big success with “Utopies” and won the 2007 French music award: best artist of the year. The trio released “Baldamore,” a CD/DVD recorded live at the “Cabaret Sauvage” in Paris.
He is also profoundly interested in collaborative research on prehistoric instruments with the Musee de l’Homme in Paris.
Discography:
April Orchestra Vol. 68 Presente Impressions De Voyages (CBS Disques 1986)
Arrows (Made To Measure, 1990)
Assouf, with Baly Othmani (Al Sur, 1994)
Indigo Dreams (Kvox, 1995)
Assarouf, with Baly Othmani (Triloka Records, 1997)
Safar – Journey (Al Sur Media 7, 1997)
Awham, with Youssef El Idrissi (Aia Music, 1998)
Alif – Love Supreme, with Omar Faruk Tekbilek (Narada World, 2002)
Elevations, with Reza Derakshani (Safar Productions 2006)
Assikel, with Baly Othmani (Safar Productions 2008)
Awalin, with Nabil Othmani (Safar Productions Naïve, 2009)
Far&Near (Sound Microsurgery Department, 2011)
Hang With You (Naïve, 2013)
Author: Angel Romero
Angel Romero y Ruiz has dedicated his life to musical exploration. His efforts included the creation of two online portals, worldmusiccentral.org and musicasdelmundo.com. In addition, Angel is the co-founder of the Transglobal World Music Chart, a panel of world music DJs and writers that celebrates global sounds. Furthermore, he delved into the record business, producing world music studio albums and compilations. His works have appeared on Alula Records, Ellipsis Arts, Indígena Records and Music of the World.
