Sinead O'Connor said before being diagnosed with bipolar disorder, she struggled with thoughts of suicide and overwhelming fear.
She'd often wake up crying for no reason,...
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Irish singer-songwriter Sinead
O'Connor is returning to recording and touring with her ninth
album, "Theology," self-described as a personal response to the
state of the...
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After more than a decade and 10
albums on major labels, country star Tracy Byrd decided it was
time to go the independent route.
Since splitting with RCA Label Group last...
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Although the spectacle of a
waifish, doe-eyed, shaven-headed white woman singing roots
reggae might be incongruous, Sinead O'Connor overcame any
reservations in her concert...
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Spin magazine has built a veritable rock star Frankenstein, composed of Michael Stipe's skull, Elvis Presley's pelvis and Madonna's bellybutton.
Spin charts the 25 "most...
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Sinead O'Connor, who has recorded her first reggae album, "Throw Down Your Arms," said she has found solace in Jamaican music and the Rastafarian faith.
"To me, I have not...
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KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Irish pop singer Sinead O'Connor says she has found solace in Jamaican music and the Rastafarian faith after recording her first reggae album...
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In its fifth year of preaching the virtue of live performance and grassroots success, Dean Budnick and the rest of the Jammy Awards committee continue to preserve the most...
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Patti Smith), former Phish bassist
Mike Gordon, Huey Lewis and Mavis Staples have joined the
performance lineup for the fifth annual Jammy Awards, honoring
the best in...
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Even though he's now a rich musician, Moby is still affected by the poverty of his youth.
In an interview with The Associated Press, Moby says he and his mother grew up on...
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She's been a Pope-defiler, a priest, a sometime lesbian and a pop
star. So, should it really surprise anyone that Sinead O'Connor is
trying her hand at the Rastafarian...
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Irish pop singer Sinead O'Connor is in Jamaica recording a reggae album with some of Jamaica's leading musicians, her producer said Wednesday.
The Dublin-born O'Connor has...
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The third chart entry proves to
be the charm for Mario, who rises to a new career peak on the
Billboard Hot 100 with "Let Me Love You" (3rd Street/J). The
single moves 3-2,...
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One-time pop sensation Sinead O'Connor was back in the news Friday — by taking out a full-page ad pleading for people to stop making fun of her.
O'Connor, who shot...
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Let's just call it Lollapa-loser.
Not even a
stellar lineup--Morrissey, the Flaming Lips, Sonic Youth, the String
Cheese Incident, Wilco and a reunited Pixies--couldn't...
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In late 1974, a studio in south Minneapolis took center stage in Bob Dylan 's musical life — the re-recording of half of the songs on his "comeback" album, "Blood on...
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Bono had to hold the note — even though it wasn't him singing.
When the U2 frontman agreed to write a song for director Jim Sheridan's film "In America," the key was...
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On January 23rd, 1958, Brunswick Records released "Maybe Baby" backed with "Tell Me How" by The Crickets.
In 1970, singer Judy Collins was denied permission to sing her...
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The quiet Beatle's voice hasn't been forgotten.
Two years after his death,
George
Harrison will become the third Beatle enshrined in the Rock and Roll
Hall of Fame as a...
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Sinead O'Connor has released what she
says will be the final album of her career on Hummingbird
Records.
O'Connor, who is expecting her third child, says she is
retiring...
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Sinead O'Connor appears to be backing out of the debut of the Wotapalava Festival, cited as the first openly gay pop music festival to tour the United States. Organizers...
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In an interview with the lesbian-oriented magazine Curve Sinead O'Connor came out of the proverbial closet as a lesbian, revealing, "I'm a lesbian . . . although I haven't...
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Sinead O'Connor has been on the East Coast promoting her new album, Faith And Courage, which is set to arrive in stores June 23. She recently played a radio festival in...
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Sinead O'Connor, whose tangles with Catholicism have made for controversial headlines in the past, now apparently plans to preach what she practices as the first female to...
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Emmylou Harris, Willie Nelson, Lucinda Williams, Steve Earle, and Buddy & Julie Miller will be among the country-rock stars performing at a Washington, D.C. concert to...
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After months of speculation, Atlantic Records has finally formally announced the signing of Sinead O'Connor. But what's even more fascinating than O'Connor's signing to...
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Thanks to some girl power from Mother Nature, Portland, Ore.'s perennial rain clouds parted just a few hours before the opening of the 1998 Lilith Fair tour Friday at Civic...
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(2/4/98) -Arista Records will release a double-album culled from last year's Lilith Fair on 4/28th, about two months before the start of the all-female festival's 1998 tour...
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Sinead O'Connor, whose career nose-dived after her infamous Pope-photo-shredding stunt on Saturday Night Live in 1990, is once again stirring up the wrath of the Catholic...
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Late-night host David Letterman has compiled 14 live recordings of musical performances from his Late Show With David Letterman for a new album to be released on Reprise...
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Yesterday LAUNCH Online reported that Michael Jackson cancelled his August 31st Belgium concert because he was so grief-stricken over the death of Princess Diana. Jackson...
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