Sinead O'Connor

Sinéad O'Connor's first album comes on like a banshee wail across the bogs. Blending the
uncompromising force of folk music, the sonic adventurousness of the Eighties and lyrics
that draw on classical history, ghost tales and the Bible, The Lion and the Cobra is easily
one of the most distinctive debut albums of the last year. This achievement is all the more
remarkable in that O'Connor – who is twenty years old – produced the album h... More >