HAPPY BIRTHDAY ENYA AND ANDREA CORR!

1975, Born on this day, Andrea Corr, singer, tin whistle player and pianist with The Corrs. In 1998 their single ‘What Can I Do’ reached No. 3 in the UK charts and their ‘Talk On Corners’ was the best selling UK album of 1998, spending 142 weeks on the UK chart. Andrea released her debut [...]

Born on this day, 16th May…

Hazel O’Connor (born 16 May 1955, Coventry, England) is a singer, songwriter and actress. She is the daughter of a soldier from Galway who settled in England after World War II. She became famous in the early 1980s with hit singles ‘Eighth Day’, ‘D-Days’ and ‘Will You’, as well as starring in the film ‘Breaking [...]

Born on this day in 1808 – Michael William Balfe

Born on this day in 1808 – Michael William Balfe, was an Irish composer, born in Dublin, best-remembered for his opera The Bohemian Girl. After a short career as a violinist, Balfe pursued an operatic singing career, while he began to compose. In a career spanning more than 40 years, he composed 38 operas, almost [...]