Sinead O'Connor

On her 1987 debut, 'The Lion and the Cobra,' the twenty-year-old Irish-born Sinéad
O'Connor came off as one of the most prodigious – not to mention eye-catching – new
artists to hit pop music in years. Part punk, part mystic, she wrote songs about desire, God,
history, loss, revolt, damnation and independence, all with equal passion; produced and
arranged the songs in a style that spanned folk music, orchestral pop, hip-hop a... More >