Friday 18th June 2021
10am
Free
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Online via Zoom
Join Brigid O'Neill in this Women's Work special event. Dive into the world of lyrics, play around with words, rhyme and have fun with it. This is a relaxed workshop where you leave self censorship at the door and just give it a go. Designed for emerging songwriters, songwriters experiencing writing block or anyone looking to have fun with lyrics.
Described by Ralph McLean of BBC Radio Ulster as “A great songwriter with a voice that can break your heart at 30 paces” Brigid O’Neill is a genre-spanning songsmith whose evergreen music appeals to multiple generations. An immensely gifted story teller, her latest album ‘Touchstone’ sees her effortlessly weave elements of folk, country and jazz into relatable tales of happiness, heartbreak and the human condition.
Following the critical success of Touchstone she is set to release her highly anticipated follow-up this year, releasing the first single’Leaving’ last year, a deeply emotive song with a story tackling the impact of domestic violence with immense sensitivity and empathy and has just released the second single Prayers with accompanying music video premiered on Hot Press Magazine.
Brigid has performed everywhere from the world-famous Bluebird Cafe in Nashville to the iconic Grand Opera House in Belfast, writing with Grammy award writers and playing with like-minded artists such as Iain Archer, Paul Brady, Eddi Reader, Duke Special and Frances Black along the way. She is a recipient of numerous Arts Council and Music industry awards, including Help Musicians UK, and PRS Foundation andwas long-listed for the Glastonbury Festival 2020 Emerging Talent Competition - “Brigid O’Neill is supremely confident both musically and lyrically”
O’Neill has an impressive list of cross media music projects in her cv, including collaborations with Belfast Film Festival, and most recently creating and curating the Heritage In Song Project for the Ulster Architectural Heritage Society, writing and performing specially commissioned songs about wonderful-but sadly often at risk-buildings in her native Northern Ireland.