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HELEN Shanahan is singer/songwriter from Perth, WA. Helen’s songs ride the joys and sorrows of love and life and draw the listener into an articulate and heartfelt world of story, melody and guitar, through her eyes. Helen graduated from the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA) majoring in voice. In 2013 she won the songwriting award in the ‘Telstra Road to Discovery’. Helen was signed to Mushroom Music Publishing in 2015, on the back of releasing her EP ‘Finding Gold’ produced by Pip Norman. Her debut album ‘Every Little Sting’ was released in 2017 and was produced by Brad Jones. In 2018 Helen won the WAM ‘Song of the Year’ award for her song ‘I Only Hide’. In 2019 Helen moved to the UK where she released the single ‘Unborn’ - focusing on the sensitive issue of climate change and the effect on future generations. 2021 saw Helen sing backing vocals for Tim Minchin and support Missy Higgins. Her sophomore album Canvas has just been released worldwide.