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Siobhán O'Brien finds her own
voice with a new CD ...
(LONG NEWSPAPER VERSION HERE)
By Linda Laban
Globe Correspondent / March 14, 2008
When Siobhán O'Brien heard that the Frames frontman
Glen Hansard had won the Oscar last month for best song
for "Falling Slowly," his duet with Markéta Irglová from
the film "Once," she was so happy for him that she cried.
Her father told her he had heard the company that makes
the guitar Hansard favors had seen him playing his
battered old instrument at the awards show and offered
him a new one.
more stories like this"I was going, 'Don't take the guitar,
don't take the guitar,' " O'Brien recalls from her home in
Limerick. She got her wish. Her father said Hansard had
declined.
"That's Glen. I knew he wouldn't take the guitar," says
the Irish singer-songwriter. O'Brien seems to need her
heroes unsullied and intact; she isn't into the "glitz and
the glamour" of success: "I just love doing this," she says of
making music.
O'Brien met Hansard 15 years ago when they bonded over
a mutual love of Bob Dylan. Around the time, Dylan had
invited O'Brien, a plucky girl with a strong, delicately
tremulous voice, to sing his song "The Fox" on stage in
Dublin with him. That song is just one of many covers -
from Harry Chapin's "Shooting Star" to Brian Wilson's "In
My Room"
"Songs I Grew Up To."
voice with a new CD ...
(LONG NEWSPAPER VERSION HERE)
By Linda Laban
Globe Correspondent / March 14, 2008
When Siobhán O'Brien heard that the Frames frontman
Glen Hansard had won the Oscar last month for best song
for "Falling Slowly," his duet with Markéta Irglová from
the film "Once," she was so happy for him that she cried.
Her father told her he had heard the company that makes
the guitar Hansard favors had seen him playing his
battered old instrument at the awards show and offered
him a new one.
more stories like this"I was going, 'Don't take the guitar,
don't take the guitar,' " O'Brien recalls from her home in
Limerick. She got her wish. Her father said Hansard had
declined.
"That's Glen. I knew he wouldn't take the guitar," says
the Irish singer-songwriter. O'Brien seems to need her
heroes unsullied and intact; she isn't into the "glitz and
the glamour" of success: "I just love doing this," she says of
making music.
O'Brien met Hansard 15 years ago when they bonded over
a mutual love of Bob Dylan. Around the time, Dylan had
invited O'Brien, a plucky girl with a strong, delicately
tremulous voice, to sing his song "The Fox" on stage in
Dublin with him. That song is just one of many covers -
from Harry Chapin's "Shooting Star" to Brian Wilson's "In
My Room"
"Songs I Grew Up To."
| Siobhán O'Brien performing with The Chieftains Symphony Hall , Boston Mass, USA Photos by Metta Myers ©2008 all rights reserved |
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Ambitious Musician Whose Fans
Include Folk Greats ~
Siobhán O'Brien is on the road to stardom but as
Andrea Byrne discovers, it's been long, hard journey
By Andrea Byrne - Sunday Independent .ie
July 13, 2008
(Long newspaper version here)
Bob Dylan has invited her on stage,
Leonard Cohen sent her a book as a
gesture of support...
There's no doubting Siobhan's natural talent.
Her voice is powerful with a haunting vibrato-like
tone. Combining this with the folk/rock melody of her
acoustic guitar, she produces quite the sound.
~~~~~~~~~~~ You are listening to.... "The Lakes of Ponchartrain" Performance by Siobhán O'Brien ~Vocals & Guitar Paddy Moloney (The Chieftains) ~Tin whistle ~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
