Eileen Walsh

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231 appearances 1 recordings 1 series first heard Apr 2026 last heard 19 Apr

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And she was the one who started me on Saturday morning workshops down in the Crawford Art Gallery.

You know, so without her blazing a trail, I would never have known what way to go.

I think I was a mix of both.

Being the youngest, you're kind of desperate to let everybody know I'm here.

Hello, don't ignore me.

And then you're, you know, anxious to be allowed to stay up late and to hang out with your brother's friends and all that kind of stuff.

But then also I was very dark and deep and writing poetry, thanks to Mary, my eldest sister, who's an English teacher.

So I was very well read, but constantly, you know, creating dark paintings called things like Twisting My Sobriety after the song.

I had no idea what it meant.

I just knew it sounded great.

Yes, there was.

I felt like I had a lot of layers.

I just wasn't fully aware what they were yet.

It's impossible to ask we gave to just five songs for your life.

I know, I know.

And I couldn't spend too long thinking about it because I kept wanting to change it.

So I just had to give up and put in the five that were good for me now.

Anyway, Sean Colvin, I discovered in the 90s, MTV, Ray Cokes had her on live.

And she's somebody who's really stayed with me.

And I saw her at the Union Chapel in London and she just blew me away.

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