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Sinéad O'Connor: a guide to the lesser-known songs that reveal the key to her brilliance

The death of Sinéad O'Connor (1966-2023), the Irish, singer-songwriter, performer, activist, actor and memoirist, was announced on July 26. She is probably most well-known for her cover of the Prince song, Nothing Compares 2 U. The hit transformed her career but there is so much more to her work that,…

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Forget Instagram influencers, Sinéad O’Connor showed mental illness as it truly is

Everything the mainstream debate shrinks from, O’Connor put front and centre, says Guardian columnist Hannah Jane Parkinson

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‘She blazed a trail’: thousands gather for funeral of Sinéad O’Connor in Ireland

Crowds pack seafront in Bray, County Wicklow, to bid farewell to singer and celebrate her life

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Red Hot Chili Peppers prove to be ageless, compelling crowd with psychedelic performance

The final song of the night was crowd favorite “Give It Away,” illustrating the organic combination of rock, rap and funk that helped earn this band induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.

Chicago Sun-Times

Tribute to late Sinead O’Connor installed close to her Irish home

A tribute to late musician Sinéad O’Connor has been unveiled on Bray Head in County Wicklow, Ireland, close to the late singer’s home.

Evening Standard

Monday briefing: The long legal fight for the ‘right to roam’ England’s countryside

In today’s newsletter: Will a court case over wild camping on Dartmoor spark bigger campaigns to open up more private green space?

The Guardian - UK

Sinéad O’Connor tribute appears in Ireland as funeral plans announced

Installation appears on hillside overlooking seaside town of Bray, where singer is to be buried

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The week in audio: Good Morning Scotland; The Ralph McLean Show; Drowned: The Flooding of a Village and more – review

It’s been a good week for local radio, from Martin Geissler’s skewering of the PM on BBC Radio Scotland to a Sinéad O’Connor tribute to beat them all

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Distant moons, hidden portraits, and one miniature dachshund – take the Thursday quiz

Fifteen questions on general knowledge and topical trivia, plus a few jokes, every Thursday. How will you fare?

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My neighbour, Sinéad O’Connor

Letters: She always had the time to acknowledge a friendly greeting with a smiling hello, Joe McCarthy remembers

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Nothing compares to you, Sinéad

Irish singer-songwriter Sinead O’Connor (1966-2023), with her buzz cut, spare music and strident voice against authority, was received differently by all those who knew and loved her

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"I and everybody else were old farts in her opinion" - Roger Waters on the night Sinéad O'Connor sang her spellbinding version of Pink Floyd's Mother

To mark the fall of the Berlin Wall, Roger Waters invited a stellar cast to Berlin for a restaging of Pink Floyd's The Wall - including The Scorpions, Joni Mitchell and Sinéad O'Connor

Louder

Womad review – more music festivals need this vitality, daring and breadth

Quirky, brilliant and politically forthright acts from over 40 countries, among them Femi Kuti, Susana Baca, Souad Massi and 47Soul, grace the festival’s 41st edition

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‘She looked like a punk angel’: readers share their tributes and memories of Sinéad O’Connor

Whether as a one-take wonder in the studio, an unforgettable voice in concert or a smiling stranger in the street, readers share stories of how the Irish star touched their lives

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The big picture: a luminous Sinéad O’Connor in one of her early shoots

The musician, who died last week, captured by photographer Andrew Catlin in a series of intimate and unselfconscious images

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The Observer view on the brilliance of Sinéad O’Connor’s greatest song

The ageless emotional power of Nothing Compares 2 U is rooted in a childhood pain particular to the singer

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Nothing Compares review – the profound, striking tale of Sinéad O’Connor, born rebel

This fiery 2022 documentary about the fearless singer’s rise and fall in the US is a brilliant and timely reminder of her defiant, courageous spirit

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‘She found peace here’: local people tell of Sinéad O’Connor’s last years in Ireland

Members of communities among whom late singer made her home share stories of friendship and acceptance

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The bittersweet story behind the Outlander season seven theme tune revealed

What you need to know about the season seven Outlander theme tune 'The Skye Boat Song' - and the talented singer behind it

Evening Standard

London street artist Pegasus pays special tribute to Sinead O’Connor

Artist creates special mural in memory of singer who died on Wednesday

The Independent UK

Sinead O’Connor was finishing new album and reviewing tour dates before her death, say her managers

Grammy-winning Irish singer died on 26 July, aged 56

Evening Standard

Sinéad O’Connor’s best songs, from My Special Child to I Am Stretched On Your Grave

The 1990 hit, written by Prince, is really just the beginning of O’Connor’s extraordinary music catalogue

The Guardian - UK

We talked to the early hours and found ourselves falling in love: my year with Sinéad O’Connor

I bumped into her in a London pub and it felt like we were old friends. We spent more time watching Father Ted than talking about her music

The Guardian - UK

‘Oh my God, this is like recording Nina Simone’: David Holmes on producing Sinéad O’Connor’s final album

Over the last five years, O’Connor and Holmes made an unreleased album about healing. He recalls his time working with ‘the purest voice we will ever hear’

Louder

Watch Fall Out Boy pay tribute to Sinead O'Connor with a live cover of Nothing Compares 2 U

Fall Out Boy pay their respects to the late Sinead O'Connor with a heartfelt cover of Nothing Compares 2 U at Georgia show

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