Shanna “Songbird” O’Brien has been singing since a young girl.  She was a featured soloist in her church choir.   Family and friends would insist that she sing at functions and gatherings.  Her wonderfully rich tone has always been “music to the ears.”

Shanna’s influences are traditional folk music as well as Elvis, Bob Dylan, The Beatles,  Annie Lennox, Ella Fitzgerald, Joni Mitchell, and many more.

The ’80′s found her living in the Bay Area playing her original songs at the Sleeping Lady Café in Fairfax, The Resh House in Mill Valley and many of Marin’s music festivals.

Eventually she recorded sessions with the “master synthesist,”Patrick Gleeson as well as Michael Cotten and Prairie Prince from The Tubes, Greg Douglass, former guitarist with the Steve Miller Band and Cory Lerios of Pablo Cruise.  Greg Douglass agreed to be featured on her first album of originals entitled “Timeless” produced by Terry Cano, released in 2005.

In the ’80′s she opened for Journey at the Old Waldorf in San Francisco and went on to have her own show at the MGM Grand in Reno as well as at the Mandarin Hotel in Singapore.

During the 90′s, Shanna’s path took a turn away from music and into film distribution as well as caring for a loved one who became ill.  She worked for Medallion TV Enterprises in West Hollywood for 10 years and was appointed president of the company.

Shanna went on to work for John Wayne’s film company, Batjac Productions, in Burbank.

Shanna is happy to announce that she recently left the corporate world and is now devoting herself fulltime to her music, currently performing in the LA area and working on her second album of originals produced by world renowned percussionist Steve Reid at Sonic Jungle Studios in North Hollywood.

Shanna is an example of someone who kept her dreams alive throughout all the twists and turns that life takes along the way.