the Offering

Joy Shannon and Mark Sheppard have combined their musical talents to form a new and exciting project - Their first album, 'The Fisherman's Daughter' has already been released and fast on it's heels is the follow-up.'Orphan Kisses'. An eclectic mix of songs soon to be unleashed on the world at large!
Joy Shannon is a singer and songwriter who fronts
the band Joy Shannon and the Beauty Marks based
out of the US. Joy composes on Celtic harp, cello, and accordion with her
backing band the Beauty Marks: Axel Clarke on drums,
Sean Wallace on guitar and Andy Zacharias on bass.
Joy Shannon's music consists of rich layers of vocals and acoustic
sounds and has been called"mesmorizing" and "haunting".
Joy has been writing and performing music since 2000 with various
bands including the gothic avant-garde act the Deathblossoms.
As Joy Shannon and the Beauty Marks, she released an
album called "As in the Wilderness" in 2008, and this year she has released another album called "The Opium Wars or Love in Lieu of Laudanum".
Established in 1998 the Offering has undergone numerous line up changes and employed the vocal talents of Julie Watkins, Heather Brooks, Maria Coppola and Kara Sultan. Now it strives to move into new musical territories with many worldwide collaborations and projects - Joy Shannon, Malgorzata Wacht, Sandhya Sanjana, Alisa B, Alphousseyni Kouyate, Gary Flanagan, Lauren Curtis and Five Arms Red to name but a few.
the Offering have been remixed in Istanbul, Verona, Ibiza, New Brunswick and Finland and have had airplay worldwide.the future is wide open.