Who is she?
Róisín O’Reilly — Róisín O — is the new kid on the Irish singer-songwriting circuit. She’s just finished a stint supporting Mary Black in the Olympia theatre and has opened for The Coronas. Not bad for a virtually unknown 22-year-old from Dublin’s Harold’s Cross — until you learn Black is her mother and the Coronas’ frontman is her older brother, Danny. And, oh, her auntie is Frances Black, the singer.
A little nepotism goes a long way in the music trade, and it has helped fast-track Róisín O to a better slot at next month’s Indiependence festival in Cork, alongside Editors, Ash and Therapy. Yet her new EP, The Thrill, proves she was worthy of a helping hand: the five-track shows off distinctive vocals that curl around her Irish lilt and hit all the right notes.
When’s the music available?
The Thrill is on iTunes and at myspace.com/roisino.