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Jul 27, 2023

On July 26th, 2023, Irish singer-songwriter Sinéad O’Connor passed away at the age of 56. More

Jul 26, 2023

Sinéad O’Connor, a critically acclaimed Irish musician and outspoken social activist, has passed away today at the age of 56. More

Apr 19, 2018

Prince, who passed away in 2016, wrote “Nothing Compares 2 U” for his side band The Family, but it became a hit for Sinéad O’Connor in 1990. Now the Prince estate has shared his original version of the song, recorded in 1984. More

Listen: EMA – “Black Boys on Mopeds (Sinéad O’Connor Cover)”

The Musician’s Take on the Ferguson Police Brutality

Mar 11, 2015

In 1999 Sinéad O’Connor released “Black Boys on Mopeds,” a haunting song about police brutality. In light of the Ferguson unrest, EMA recently recorded a droning version of the track. More

Listen: Sinéad O’Connor - “Take Me To Church”

I'm Not Bossy, I'm The Boss Out August 12

Jun 18, 2014

Sinéad O’Connor’s tenth album, I’m Not Bossy, I’m The Boss, is set to be released August 12th, and today O’Connor teased the first new track, “Take Me To Church.” More

Listen: Iceage Cover Sinead O’Connor

Due Out November 19 Via Matador

Oct 03, 2013

So we won’t say we would have called it (that would be a lie) but Iceage covering Sinead O’Connor certainly isn’t unwelcome. More




Reviews

Aug 12, 2014

Within the first minute of album opener, “How About I Be Me?” Sinéad O’Connor presents us with the thesis of I’m Not Bossy, I’m The Boss. “I want to be a real, full woman,” she tells us, delineating the architecture of her feminism over the rest of that track and the rest of the album, a thoughtful and poignant statement on a woman negotiating the paradox of her power and fragility. More