Steve Shehan

{{Infobox musical artist | name = Steve Shehan | image = | caption = | image_size = | alias = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1957|1|18}} | birth_place = [[Fort Eustis]], [[Virginia]], U.S. | death_date = | instrument = [[Percussion instrument|Percussion]] ([[Djembe]], [[Conga]], [[Goblet drum]], [[Udu]], [[Mbira]], [[Hang (instrument)|Hang]]) | genre = [[Jazz]], [[world music]] | occupation = | years_active = 1976- present<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hadouktrio.com/index.php/en/les-hadouk-2/122-steve-shehan-en |title=Steve Shehan |access-date=2017-03-11 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130903064700/http://www.hadouktrio.com/index.php/en/les-hadouk-2/122-steve-shehan-en |archive-date=2013-09-03 }}</ref> | label = | current_member_of = Hadouk | website = {{URL|www.steveshehan.com}} }}

'''Steve Shehan''' (born 18 January 1957 in [[Fort Eustis]], [[Virginia]]) is a French-American<ref>{{cite web|last=Hird |first=Alison |url=http://en.rfi.fr/culture/20160908-steve-shehan-gives-hang-its-place-instrumentarium |title=Hanging out with Steve Shehan - RFI |publisher=En.rfi.fr |date= 8 September 2016|accessdate=2017-06-28}}</ref> percussionist and music composer.

==Life== Steve Shehan was born in the [[United States]] of an American ([[Cherokee]]) father and a French mother.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.steveshehan.com/category/bio/ |title=bio Archives |publisher=Steve Shehan |date= |accessdate=2017-06-28}}</ref>

His percussion work has been in demand from some of the biggest names on the Anglo-Saxon and French rock world. He has taken part in numerous albums and collaborated in the studio and on stage with artists and groups like [[Bob Dylan]], [[Paul Simon]], [[Paul McCartney]], [[Peter Gabriel]], [[Zazie]], [[Carla Bruni]], [[Lokua Kanza]], [[Magma (band)|Magma]], [[Stephan Eicher]], [[Liane Foly]], [[Gipsy Kings]], [[Cheb Mami]], [[Arthur H]], [[Salif Keita]], [[Youssou N'Dour]], [[Véronique Sanson]], [[Orchestre national de Lille]] with conductor [[Jean-Claude Casadesus|Jean-Claude Casadessus]], [[Louis Chedid]], [[Didier Lockwood]], [[Jon Hassell]], [[Rokia Traoré]], [[Nitin Sawhney]], [[John McLaughlin (musician)|John McLaughlin]] and others.

==Discography== Steve Shehan has collaborated with many artists through the world, such as [[Othmane Bali]]. He is a member of the group "Hadouk Trio" together with [[Didier Malherbe]] and [[Loy Ehrlich]].

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