AP - Oct 4, 2007
Sinead O Connor said before being diagnosed with bipolar disorder, she struggled with thoughts of suicide and overwhelming fear. She d often wake up crying for no reason, the 40-year-old Irish singer...
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Irish singer-songwriter Sinead O'Connor is returning to recording and touring with her ninth album, Theology, self-described as a personal response to the state of the world post-September 11, 2001...
More »Reuters - Mar 10, 2006
After more than a decade and 10 albums on major labels, country star Tracy Byrd decided it was time to go the independent route. Since splitting with RCA Label Group last year, Byrd says, Another major...
More »Reuters - Dec 11, 2005
Although the spectacle of a waifish, doe-eyed, shaven-headed white woman singing roots reggae might be incongruous, Sinead O Connor overcame any reservations in her concert Friday night at New York s...
More »AP - Aug 23, 2005
Spin magazine has built a veritable rock star Frankenstein, composed of Michael Stipe s skull, Elvis Presley s pelvis and Madonna s bellybutton. Spin charts the 25 most incredible rock star body parts...
More »AP - Aug 10, 2005
Sinead O Connor, who has recorded her first reggae album, Throw Down Your Arms, said she has found solace in Jamaican music and the Rastafarian faith. To me, I have not made a reggae record, I ve made...
More »AP - Aug 9, 2005
KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) Irish pop singer Sinead O Connor says she has found solace in Jamaican music and the Rastafarian faith after recording her first reggae album on the Caribbean island....
More »AP - Apr 27, 2005
In its fifth year of preaching the virtue of live performance and grassroots success, Dean Budnick and the rest of the Jammy Awards committee continue to preserve the most valuable elements of the jam...
More »Reuters - Apr 25, 2005
Patti Smith), former Phish bassist Mike Gordon, Huey Lewis and Mavis Staples have joined the performance lineup for the fifth annual Jammy Awards, honoring the best in improvisational music. Other late...
More »AP - Apr 9, 2005
Even though he s now a rich musician, Moby is still affected by the poverty of his youth. In an interview with The Associated Press, Moby says he and his mother grew up on welfare in a tony section...
More »E! Online - Mar 31, 2005
She s been a Pope-defiler, a priest, a sometime lesbian and a pop star. So, should it really surprise anyone that Sinead O Connor is trying her hand at the Rastafarian thing? The Irish songbird is...
More »AP - Mar 30, 2005
Irish pop singer Sinead O Connor is in Jamaica recording a reggae album with some of Jamaica s leading musicians, her producer said Wednesday. The Dublin-born O Connor has been in the capital Kingston...
More »Reuters - Dec 18, 2004
The third chart entry proves to be the charm for Mario, who rises to a new career peak on the Billboard Hot 100 with Let Me Love You (3rd Street/J). The single moves 3-2, eclipsing the No. 4 peak of his...
More »AP - Sep 24, 2004
One-time pop sensation Sinead O Connor was back in the news Friday by taking out a full-page ad pleading for people to stop making fun of her. O Connor, who shot to international fame in 1990...
More »E! Online - Jun 22, 2004
Let s just call it Lollapa-loser. Not even a stellar lineup--Morrissey, the Flaming Lips, Sonic Youth, the String Cheese Incident, Wilco and a reunited Pixies--couldn t save this summer s Lollapalooza...
More »AP - Mar 5, 2004
In late 1974, a studio in south Minneapolis took center stage in Bob Dylan s musical life the re-recording of half of the songs on his comeback album, Blood on the Tracks. It was, as those who...
More »AP - Feb 3, 2004
Bono had to hold the note even though it wasn t him singing. When the U2 frontman agreed to write a song for director Jim Sheridan s film In America, the key was crafting lyrics and a melody...
More »AP - Jan 23, 2004
On January 23rd, 1958, Brunswick Records released Maybe Baby backed with Tell Me How by The Crickets. In 1970, singer Judy Collins was denied permission to sing her testimony at the Chicago Seven trial...
More »E! Online - Nov 20, 2003
The quiet Beatle s voice hasn t been forgotten. Two years after his death, George Harrison will become the third Beatle enshrined in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a solo artist, when the 19th...
More »Reuters - Nov 1, 2003
Sinead O Connor has released what she says will be the final album of her career on Hummingbird Records. O Connor, who is expecting her third child, says she is retiring to concentrate on her theological...
More »USRN - May 30, 2001
(5/30/01, 6 p.m. ET) -- Sinead O Connor appears to be backing out of the debut of the Wotapalava Festival, cited as the first openly gay pop music festival to tour the United States. Organizers announced...
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