Долорес рассказала, что ее мальчики умеют играть на гитаре, Молли играет на пианино (в 6 лет - прям как Долорес почти), а Дакота уже немного танцует ирландские танцы. :)
Former Cranberries frontwoman Dolores O'Riordan performs at the Fillmore at the TLA on July 13 with her four-member band. During her years with the Cranberries, O'Riordan, 35, helped the band sell more than 40 million records between 1993 and 1999. The group, which released four albums during that time, had it's biggest hit single with 1994's "Zombie." This month, O'Riordan embarks on her first U.S tour in more than 5 years to plug her just released solo debut album, "Are You Listening?" The records earned raves as a striking return, "With angular chords and O'Riordan's distinctively powerful vocals." Written and recorded over 4 years, the album is largly inspired by personal experience. Her name, speaking by phone from greece, said she "Didn't feel any pressure at all" in making the CD. "The more success you have, the more pressure you aquire." She says. "The Cranberries couldn't couldn't do another 'Linger' or 'Dreams,' because you can't really do the same thing twice. But after I stepped away from all that, and just focused on being a fulltime mom, music became a hobby to me again, and the pressure disappeared. "Music then was truely just for theraputic purposes." The resulting effect, O'Riordan says, was "more experimental than her work with the Cranberries, while still retaining her melodic flare. For her solo tour, O'Riordan will be backed by a four member band, and plans to do a mix of old and new material. "The Cranberries stuff is great and I still like to sing those songs," she said. "They bring back memories and it's light-hearted now to sing them."
Coffee break with Dolores O'Riordan Written by GayWired.com(Blue Streak Consulting) Saturday, 23 June 2007
Who can ever forget Dolores O’Riordan’s glorious vocal gymnastics? As the leader of mega-successful alt-pop band the Cranberries, O’Riordan took listeners on countless musical joy rides, her crystalline instrument rising slowly from a whisper to a gorgeous and cathartic emotional cry. Well she's back with a solo album and with something to say about everything from gay marriage to her love of Freddie Mercury. Still in awesome vocal form, O’Riordan has just released her first-ever solo album Are You Listening? on Sanctuary Records. Co-produced by Youth and Dan Broadbeck, the eagerly anticipated album is a 12-track tour de force and marks her first release in four years.
Written and recorded between her homes in Canada and Dublin, the album finds O’Riordan at her melodic best, each song a veritable hit in its own right. Punctuated with chords both muscular and agile, the songs alternate between hypnotic acoustic reveries and fiercely electric proclamations of love and strength.
Ultimately, the CD was a process inspired by personal experiences, both light and dark. ”My mother-in-law died of cancer shortly after I left the Cranberries, which was devastating. It was like watching a beast attack from the inside out, so the song ‘Black Widow’ is a metaphor inspired by that. At the other end of the spectrum is ‘Apple Of My Eye,’ which was written about my husband, and ‘Ordinary Day’ reflects the birth of my third baby, Dakota.”
Here, on the eve of her first U.S. tour as a solo artist, O’Riordan talks about the joys of being a mother, her love of Freddie Mercury, and the distant possibility of a Cranberries reunion.
This is your first release in four years. What’s the most important thing you learned emotionally during that time?
Dolores O’Riordan: I’ve learned that it’s very important to be yourself and very important to accept others for who they are?
What have you learned artistically?
DO: I’ve learned that you should never feel any inhibitions when it comes to trying new things. It’s important to experiment, to take it that extra mile.
What’s the difference for you between working as part of the Cranberries and being a solo artist?
DO: As a solo artist, the only one you are responsible to is yourself. I feel a freedom that I didn’t feel within a group. When you’re part of a band, you have to try to fit in. And when you’re up there on your own, it’s growing up time. There’s no relying on others.
There’s a wistful quality to some of your new songs. Do you mind getting older?
DO: No, I really like it, particularly since I’ve had children. You know, gravity kicks in, and you’ve got broken veins on your leg. But when you’ve had kids, they are the fruits of your journey. Children help you grow old gracefully. For me, getting famous as a teenager, it was hard to trust people. When you have a child, it helps you to open up, to be more trusting, to believe in unconditional love.
What are some of the things you lose when you get older?
DO: You become more careful, less daring. When you’re young, you jump into things. You don’t see danger. I don’t do that anymore.
The song ”Ordinary Day” definitely has a Zen quality, like you’ve accepted the way life is.
DO: That song is about a really difficult moment in my life. There was a lot darkness and death—funerals and things. The song is about feeling blessed to have a useful life, being able to bring new life back into the family. It all kind of gave me a sense of the journey of life. You really need to relax and enjoy it. It goes so quickly.
You live in part-time in Canada, where gay marriage is legal. Do you have any thoughts on that?
DO: I don’t think there’s anything wrong with that. People should be able to be able to do whatever they want with their lives. A person’s sexual preference is their own business. I love the gay community. I mean, some of the greatest geniuses—people like Freddie Mercury, for example--have been gay. It annoys me that anyone would be judgmental of someone because of their sexual preference.
Did you ever get to meet Freddie Mercury?
DO: No, I never met him, but he was such an amazing performer, a very spiritual person.
Are you and the rest of the Cranberries in touch with each other?
DO: God yes, were all friends. We call each other up to catch up.
Do you think you might ever get back together?
DO: Maybe there’ll be a reunion in 15 years time. Right now, we’re all experimenting on our own, which is what we’re meant to be doing.
Well, it was nice talking to you, Dolores.
DO: You too. Have an absolutely wonderful 2007. And good summer, love. Take care.
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