Auden wrote of Yeats, “Mad Ireland hurt you into poetry.” Cruel Ireland hurt O’Connor into song.
Tag: Pop and Rock Music
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O’Connor Was a Lonely Voice for Change, Until Ireland Changed With Her
Sinead O’Connor shocked her strongly Catholic country when she tore up the pope’s picture. But the Church’s sexual abuse scandals made Ireland more secular, and more understanding of her criticisms.
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Randy Meisner, Founding Member of the Eagles, Dies at 77
Meisner, the group’s original bass player, helped form the band in 1971.
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Randy Meisner, Founding Member of the Eagles, Dies at 77
Meisner, the group’s original bassist, helped form the band in 1971.
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Sinead O’Connor Mourned in Irish Mountain Village Where She Once Lived
For three years, the singer, who died this week, found simplicity and happiness in a mountain sanctuary where she was just another neighbor.