Artist Lounge: Roisin Murphy
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Why, Roisin Murphy, why? You could have married a nice young Irishman with a steady job, settled down in a lovely crannog in the swamps of Wicklow, and raised the regulation number of Roman Catholic children (fourteen). If you wanted to sing, you could have done so in the church choir every Sunday, with your husband's permission of course, before going straight home to put the dinner on for your in-laws. Or just become a nun. _If only_ But, no. Instead of doing it... MORE
Ok so the next 6 weeks they are posting live performances from Roisin's European tour on her youtube channel.
Here's a taste with "Cry Baby"
Roisin Murphy releases her new solo single "You Know Me Better" on March 31st. In the meantime, you can watch the video, direct from RoisinMurphyTV:
"You Know Me Better" is off Murphy's solo album Overpowered
http://www.youtube.com/roisinmurphytv
To those of you luck bastards that are able to attend !! We are offering fans the chance to buy tickets before they go on sale to the general public on Friday. Simply visit vfestival.com.au/sideshows for more details and when prompted for a password to buy tickets, enter OVERPOWERED (making sure it's ALL capitals!). Pre-sale starts on Wednesday February 27 at noon and ends Thursday February 28 at 5pm. Tickets then go on sale to the general public on Friday February 29 at... MORE
I love when I find a fave artist who works with or covers another one of my fave's !
Here's an example ! Mz. Murphy gives Mz. Ditto a try
http://www.thefirstpost.co.uk/index.php?storyID=9099
I loved "Moloko" stuff like "bring it back" ..that defined a summer 98 (i think)... then there was "The time is now" ..what a bass line!!!?
This new and GREAT..
Roisin is beautiful ,completely crazy
and this is her best yet...
Roisin's Sophmore release "Overpowered" Just Dropped In The U.K. And Heres What Some Are Saying ~ Observer Music Monthly - "sumptuous...all killer-no-filler, electro-disco gem. the best grown-up dance-pop album since Madonna's Ray Of Light. Yep - that good." 5/5 Mojo - "simply gorgeous...a modern synth pop classic" 4/5 Uncut - "Premier Cru disco.a delight" 4/5 The Times - "A great record. all your pop pressure points are being massaged" 4/5 Daily Telegraph - "conta... MORE
Recovering after on-stage accident... Róisín Murphy suffered a nasty injury on stage on Saturday night (27th October) at Moscow's Ikra Club. Whilst performing the track 'Primitive' from her hugely acclaimed new album 'Overpowered' she hit her head on a chair and severely damaged her eye socket. She left the stage immediately and was raced straight to a Russian hospital for emergency treatment and was then flown back to the UK early on Sunday morning. Last night she had... MORE

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