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Limerick-based musician inspired by folklore for album about modern women
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A LIMERICK based musician delves into feminist themes on her second album which is set to wow ears on International Women’s Day.
An artist in residence at John’s Square here in Limerick, Edel Meade has been on the scene as a jazz musician for several years, but now she draws on Irish history and folklore to talk about women in her album Brigids and Patricias.
“I really wanted to explore what it means to be an Irish woman in 2021” she told the Leader.
This idea is very palpable in Edel’s new music. Her first song released from the album, A Song for Bridget Cleary, tells the story of a Clonmel woman who was killed by her husband in 1895 because he thought she was a changeling.