Margaret Healy
Encyclopedia
Margaret Healy is an Irish
singer-songwriter
. She specializes in acoustic ballads but also shows the influence of hip-hop and electro
in her music.
Healy started touring the Dublin singer-songwriter circuit in 1999 and released her first album, margaret healy...and you are?, in 2001. The album was a collaboration with South Bank Awards winner and Mercury nominee Nitin Sawhney
in his London Dance studio and Pat Barrett (Ten Speed Racer) and Ken Burke (Fusebox) in Dublin. Reviews were generally positive and marked Healy as an up-and-coming talent. She has toured widely in Ireland to support the album, and the video for the track Call It a Moment has received some airplay. The track Something Real was included on several media projects:
Healy returned to Spirit Dance, London
in June 2005 to record the first few tracks for her second as yet untitled album. She is currently recording the rest of the album with Karl Odlum in Dublin and Dean Barrett in London. The album is due for release in September 2006.
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
singer-songwriter
Songwriter
A songwriter is an individual who writes both the lyrics and music to a song. Someone who solely writes lyrics may be called a lyricist, and someone who only writes music may be called a composer...
. She specializes in acoustic ballads but also shows the influence of hip-hop and electro
Electro (music)
Electro is a genre of electronic dance music directly influenced by the use of TR-808 drum machines, Moog keytar synthesizers and funk sampling...
in her music.
Healy started touring the Dublin singer-songwriter circuit in 1999 and released her first album, margaret healy...and you are?, in 2001. The album was a collaboration with South Bank Awards winner and Mercury nominee Nitin Sawhney
Nitin Sawhney
Nitin Sawhney is an Indian-British musician, producer and composer. His critically acclaimed work combines Asian and other worldwide influences with elements of jazz and electronica and often explores themes such as multiculturalism, politics and spirituality...
in his London Dance studio and Pat Barrett (Ten Speed Racer) and Ken Burke (Fusebox) in Dublin. Reviews were generally positive and marked Healy as an up-and-coming talent. She has toured widely in Ireland to support the album, and the video for the track Call It a Moment has received some airplay. The track Something Real was included on several media projects:
- Sirens, a compilation CD of female independent labelIndependent record labelAn independent record label is a record label operating without the funding of or outside the organizations of the major record labels. A great number of bands and musical acts begin on independent labels.-Overview:...
artists including Patti SmithPatti SmithPatricia Lee "Patti" Smith is an American singer-songwriter, poet and visual artist, who became a highly influential component of the New York City punk rock movement with her 1975 debut album Horses....
, PJ HarveyPJ HarveyPolly Jean Harvey is an English musician, singer-songwriter, composer and occasional artist. Primarily known as a vocalist and guitarist, she is also proficient with a wide range of instruments including piano, organ, bass, saxophone, and most recently, the autoharp.Harvey began her career in...
, Sinéad O'ConnorSinéad O'ConnorSinéad Marie Bernadette O'Connor is an Irish singer-songwriter. She rose to fame in the late 1980s with her debut album The Lion and the Cobra and achieved worldwide success in 1990 with a cover of the song "Nothing Compares 2 U"....
, and Ani Di Franco - The Ruby Sessions, a compilation CD of Irish artists
- The Big Bow Wow, RTÉRTERTÉ is the abbreviation for Raidió Teilifís Éireann, the public broadcasting service of the Republic of Ireland.RTE may also refer to:* Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, 25th Prime Minister of Turkey...
TV series aired in January 2004
Healy returned to Spirit Dance, London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
in June 2005 to record the first few tracks for her second as yet untitled album. She is currently recording the rest of the album with Karl Odlum in Dublin and Dean Barrett in London. The album is due for release in September 2006.