The Singing Bird (live) [feat. Sinéad O’Connor]

Iarla Ó Lionáird

A live performance from Shepherd’s Bush Empire on 18 October 1998 as part of a special concert celebrating I Could Read the Sky.

I Could Read The Sky was a film by director Nichola Bruce, produced by Janine Marmot and based on the book of the same name by Timothy O’Grady and Steve Pyke. Iarla Ó Lionáird released a companion album featuring music in the film and inspired by the project on Real World Records in 2000.

Film by Nichola Bruce. Editors: Jack Pyke Bruce, Sam Sharples. From the Nichola Bruce Archive. Filmed in 1998 at Shepherds Bush Empire, London.

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