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Sinead O'Connor will compose and perform original music for "Remembrance," a play by Irish writer Graham Reid about the emotional toll of violence in Northern Ireland. The drama, running from Sept. 25-Nov. 2 at the Odyssey Theatre in Los Angeles, will feature a pre-recorded version of O'Connor's work; the material will draw upon sean-nos, an ancient Irish music that features a cappella singing in Gaelic and English . . . A tribute to Marc Bolan will be held Oct. 3-4 at New York nightspot the Fez. Among the artists taking part in the event, which marks the 20th anniversary of Bolan's death, will be Joey Ramone, Lloyd Cole, Patti Rothberg, Richard Lloyd, and Richard Barone. - Sinead O Connor
That tradition was Rastafarian culture and roots music, which Sinead had fallen in love with during her first three years in London. Having experienced the worst effects of Catholic repression in her home country Sinead wanted to ‘rescue God from religion’ in her own life. Rastafarianism with it’s emphasis on the struggle for self esteem and its teaching that God is a living presence on earth appealed strongly to her as an Irish catholic female survivor of child abuse. The educational prayerfulness, the controlled anger and the funky bombast of much Jamaican music were something Sinead was already striving for in her own work. Roots music (as distinct from the more commercial reggae which came out of Jamaica in the 1970s and 80s) was deeply religious but with without the po-faced saccharine overtones of many contemporary hymns. - Sinead O Connor -- Albums
[S]o, over the next decade Sinead would begin to weave roots influences into her work. Like the great Caribbean singers she would thenceforth sing in her own accent and dialect and incorporate more explicit spiritual overtones into her lyrics. Her next album, Universal Mother (1994) featured Fire on Babylon, a song that, like the Saturday Night Live version of War, had as its themes child abuse and the Rastafarian version of an earthly hell. In her live shows during the mid nineties Sinead began to sing a gorgeously pared down version of Marley’s Redemption Song and together with Bomb the Base and Benjamin Zephaniah wrote and recorded Empire, a track heavily influenced by the Studio One greats of the 1960s, which would feature on her Greatest Hits album, So Far, The Best of Sinead O’Connor (1997). - Sinead O Connor -- Music
After releasing seven albums, beginning with 1987’s The Lion And The Cobra, 36 year-old Irish artist Sinead O’Connor announced that this summer she will step down from her throne as a minor celebrity. As of July she will say goodbye to music and begin a new, undisclosed career. - Blockheads -- Band
Blockheads were formed in 1992 and released their first demo, Haaashaastaak, in 1993. In 1995, they released their first studio album, Last Tribes, and a further album, Watch Out, followed in 1998, after the band had experienced some line-up difficulties. - Massive Attack -- Albums
For all of Massive Attack's innovations -- from essentially creating what would come to be known as the trip-hop sound to adding cinematic shading to an electronica dance beat -- the group has followed a fairly rigid formula. Feature a prominent (and often secondary) female vocalist, toss in a few songs by Jamaican singer (and band mainstay) Horace Andy, and a little fluid rapping (courtesy of Tricky on the first two releases), and mix it all together against a dense, often subtly menacing sound collage of samples, live instrumentation and intricately programmed beats. Much like the steady drop-off of band members over the years, the rotating talent pool of guest vocal chanteuses has irreparably thinned. The band's clockwork infusion of arresting sirens (Shara Nelson on Blue Lines; Nicolette and Everything But the Girl's Tracy Thorn on Protection; Cocteau Twins singer Elizabeth Fraser and then-newcomer Sara Jay on Mezzanine) contributed immensely to the kitchen-sink alchemy that made previous albums so exciting (not to mention groundbreaking). O'Connor, while possessed of a strong, distinctive voice, simply fails to blend into the Massive Attack sound as well as those prior songbirds. - Happy Mondays -- Music
The Happy Mondays acted and sang in Malcolm McLaren's musical Christmas story charting the history of London's Oxford Street. Playing a gang of Victorian thugs, they sing their cover of The Bee Gees 'Staying Alive'. Produced by Andy Harries (Cold Feet & The Queen), other actors included Kirsty McColl, the daughter of Salford-legend Ewan McColl, The Pogues, Tom Jones, Rebel MC, John Altman and Sinead O'Connor. (25 Dec 1991) - The Cranberries -- Band
Now, with their fifth album, Wake Up And Smell The Coffee, The Cranberries reveal a quiet exuberance that only be found in a group that is at peace with itself. At the same time, this fresh and optimistic approach is counterbalance by the band's return to their core sound, as they team once again with producer Stefphen Street, instrumental in the success of their first two albums. and smiling. - Andrew Dice Clay -- Album
Andrew Dice Clay is proud to be America's most controversial comic. When he released his album, "Dice," the parental advisory label dispensed with the usual list and cut to the chase: "Warning: This album is offensive." - Tom Jones -- South Wales
Sir Thomas Jones Woodward, OBE (born 7 June 1940), known by his stage name Tom Jones, is a Welsh pop music singer particularly noted for his powerful voice. He was born in Treforest, Pontypridd, near Cardiff in South Wales, United Kingdom.
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