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Dublin, Ireland
Dublin-born Imelda May is a female vocalist. Specializing in rockabilly with a look to match, she has an extensive repertoire of cool covers and self-penned songs.
Jools Holland is excitable by nature, but when he spots a new artist who has what he considers “it,” his enthusiasm goes off the scale. To go by his reaction to Imelda May, she has “it” in spades. “I’ve got to have you on the show,” he told her after seeing her play live – and so, a couple of months ago, she duly found herself on “Later With Jools Holland,” wowing an audience who included Jeff Beck, Elbow and Roots Manuva. Beck, in fact, made a point of telling Holland that he was only there to see Imelda.
National TV exposure, a clutch of musician fans – not bad for an Irish newbie. But with respect to Jools and crew, it works both ways: Imelda got that “Later” boost, but “Later” can claim the kudos of discovering a talent who doesn’t sound like anyone else.
Having fallen in love with rockabilly and the blues as a nine-year-old in Dublin – the only kid in her class who wasn’t into a-Ha and Wet Wet Wet – she’s turned them into a cool, swinging fusion that’s both classic and oddly modern. That’s not just PR fluff: though her musical heart lies in early rock’n’roll (she’s partial to the clothes, too - her wardrobe is stuffed with leopard-print cardigans and tight bad-girl jeans), she puts a 21st century spin on things.
Jools Holland is excitable by nature, but when he spots a new artist who has what he considers “it,” his enthusiasm goes off the scale. To go by his reaction to Imelda May, she has “it” in spades. “I’ve got to have you on the show,” he told her after seeing her play live – and so, a couple of months ago, she duly found herself on “Later With Jools Holland,” wowing an audience who included Jeff Beck, Elbow and Roots Manuva. Beck, in fact, made a point of telling Holland that he was only there to see Imelda.
National TV exposure, a clutch of musician fans – not bad for an Irish newbie. But with respect to Jools and crew, it works both ways: Imelda got that “Later” boost, but “Later” can claim the kudos of discovering a talent who doesn’t sound like anyone else.
Having fallen in love with rockabilly and the blues as a nine-year-old in Dublin – the only kid in her class who wasn’t into a-Ha and Wet Wet Wet – she’s turned them into a cool, swinging fusion that’s both classic and oddly modern. That’s not just PR fluff: though her musical heart lies in early rock’n’roll (she’s partial to the clothes, too - her wardrobe is stuffed with leopard-print cardigans and tight bad-girl jeans), she puts a 21st century spin on things.
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Love Tattoo
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Johnny Got A Boom Boom
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Big Bad Handsome Man
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Feel Me
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Love Tattoo
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Knock 123
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Meet You At The Moon
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Smotherin' Me
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Falling In Love With You Again
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Watcha Gonna Do
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It's Your Voodoo Working
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Smokers' Song
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Shoutbox
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outrowashere wrote:
sweeeeeeeetness!
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Festival-Actual wrote:
Disfruta de este artista en festival Actual 2010, http://www.actual2010.com
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Saveall wrote:
I know people that sold their soul to the devil and they don't sound nothing like Robert Johnson...or Imelda!
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melgort wrote:
I'd sell my soul to devil just to see her live
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b0tz wrote:
amazing!
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RickyAlforno wrote:
i love ist! great - many thanks.
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joshblack2 wrote:
A review of Imelda's show at Shepherds Bush last night; http://joshblack2.wordpress.com/2009/10/10/imelda-may-shepherd’s-bush-empire/
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Baeblemusic1 wrote:
Check out this excellent video http://www.baeblemusic.com/concertvideo/TheGuestApartment/ImeldaMay.html.
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anarcharnate wrote:
She's playing round the corner from me tonight- having just heard her, it's going to be awesome!
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promise_mm wrote:
I heard her first time today and this is that ....love on first :)
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mortytoad wrote:
I'd give an arm or a leg to see her live. Then I could die.
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ellie163 wrote:
I love Imelda!! I've seen her live a few times now and she's awesome. Her band are excellent. Fabulous musicians. Darrel is certainly a handsome man and a god! Brilliant stuff.
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avangardness wrote:
I sooooo want to see her live, the woman is just amazing...
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becky_bordeaux wrote:
just saw her live, she was incredible
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PegasusKukl wrote:
Wooo... amazing!
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Olga909 wrote:
Great , sotrong voice ! Love 'End of the world' and "big bad handome man". Where can I find lyrics ?
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Saveall wrote:
First U.S. appearance tentatively set for August at the Mercury Lounge in NYC!
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Bravepower wrote:
Just got Love Tattoo today. It's fantastic! My new favourite.
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Saveall wrote:
CD drops Aug 4?? Great news....a tour has to be soon to follow!!!
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Rod_S wrote:
Great!
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Events
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Jan
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Eurosonic
Binnenstad, Groningen, The Netherlands, Netherlands
80 shouts
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Jan
14
Celtic Connections 2010
Glasgow (various venues), Glasgow, United Kingdom
4 shouts
| 57 attendees
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Jan
14
PlatoSonic 2010
Plato, Groningen, Netherlands
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| 13 attendees
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skaanka, pauljgaffney, Edcorp and 1 other person added Imelda May to their libraries. 2 hours ago
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Geert88 added Imelda May to the lineup of PlatoSonic 2010 at Plato. yesterday afternoon
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xxcoffeecups, gabrieljm, MelanieBC and 16 other people added Imelda May to their libraries. yesterday afternoon
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calexico7 added Imelda May to the lineup of Imelda May at 100 Club. Tuesday evening
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ficoaqui tagged Imelda May with 00s, rock, neo-rockabilly and 3 other tags. Tuesday afternoon
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