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Before the Irish band’s singer tragically died in 2018, she told us how this classic 90s rock song was created...
The 11 new tracks on ‘In The End’ were written before the Irish band’s frontwoman Dolores O’Riordan tragically passed away...
Statement released by her publicist confirms The Cranberries frontwoman died suddenly, aged 46, while in London for a recording session...
The Irish rock band’s frontwoman speaks candidly about coping with bi-polar disorder and how they wrote their first hit ‘Linger’...
Today’s exclusive’s a Christmas song with a twist, as Janet Devlin tackles a subject matter divorced from mistletoe and wine...
An opera-inflected vocalist and loop pedal virtuoso from Washington DC, delivers her fourth full-length studio LP of epic folk rock...
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How I wrote 'Zombie' by The Cranberries' Dolores O'Riordan
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I have been writing songs now for over 40 years and I am not about to stop.
Notebook writing even day
I wrote 'Start a party' for Freedom day and the nightclub scene. It all started with Gary Barlow's course, I am now on the TSA
I have plenty of ideas and try to get one end product at one time! Focus, making, listen to it until I am satisfied with
Continue to build an incredible music catalogue
I have been writing songs privately for the last 5 years, but never recorded any. I almost gave up on recording, and was going to
It's my passion, to be honest.