21/11/2008
Overpowered - fan remix
Roisin fan Phantomweight has made his own remix of the now classic Overpowered. Go to myspace.com/phantomweight to check it out.
19/11/2008
Uncensored interview(s)
This is one part of a series of interview clips from uncensoredinterview.com.
Click here to check out the rest.
18/11/2008
Blond & Black
Betty sent me this picture of Roisin sporting a simple & classic black frock at a recent event.
17/11/2008
She can't help herself
Aron sent me these two pictures of Roisin performing I Can't Help Myself in Berlin.
Moloko interview 2003
A nice little Moloko interview with Roisin and Mark Brydon backstage at Umbria Jazz, July 2003.
15/11/2008
Two great live shots
I came across these two pictures today. They were taken earlier this year in Sydney.
A day in the life of...
Have you ever wondered what Roisin's life on tour looks like? Well, here's a little view behind-the-scenes (source).
As you can see it's not all glitter and glamour. I just hope for Roisin and her entourage that the road from Berlin to Prague wasn't too bumpy.
German crowd surfing - part 2
Like the last time Miss Murphy was in Berlin, she took to a bit of crowd surfing on Thursday.
Thanks to Aron for the video!
14/11/2008
Berlin setlist
Blogger reader Mavin sent me this scan of last night's setlist. Here's what he has to say about the Berlin show:
The concert was amazing. The house was packed and Roisin sang for me as I was nearly front row. Imagine, I stood there looking into her eyes. She was singing looking straight at me and smiling. She was like 10cm away from me. I should have kissed her, damn. Just joking. She was really great!
Check out www.myspace.com/mavindamix for Mavin's own mash up of Slave to Love vs Womanizer by Britney Spears.
13/11/2008
Pull up to the jumper
Simon Henwood's paintings of Roisin Murphy have been used for some fashion designs by Lone Costume.
See more at www.simonhenwood.com.
Polska ♥ Roisin
Poland loves Roisin and all her Polish fans showed it in the Arena Ursynów in Warsaw last night. Post your feedback on the show if you were there!
Picture courtesy of frotography.pl.
11/11/2008
Another lobster picture...
Another picture of Roisin wearing a lobster as a hat, courtesy of DEX New York.
Photo: Karl Giant
Hair: Scott Wasserman
Some word from Tennessee
The List has written a report of Jack Daniel's JD Set in Lynchburg, Tennessee, of which Roisin was part:
Roisin Murphy noted the lack of preparation time, saying of the 90 minutes to rehearse seven songs that "it's going to be seat of your pants business but we're all old pros now. Usually my thing is more rehearsed and plotted out and has to have all these different edges to it so that takes a bit longer than just to go and rock it out."
But she didn't skimp on the prep this time with a set list of woozy lounge numbers spanning Moloko tracks to *3The Wire*2 theme song, 'Where is the What'. Her own 'Through Time' and 'Scarlet Ribbons' joined Bryan Ferry’s 'Slave to Love', Tom Waits’ 'Down in the Hole' and ‘Baby I'm Scared of You’ by Womack & Womack.
Talking about the attraction of the project, she cites the draws to be "the musicians that are involved and the experience that that brings for me and the confidence that maybe I'll get from doing something like this." And, no doubt, the chance to sing 'Peaches' with Hugh Cornwell.
Picture courtesy of livvylovesmusic.
10/11/2008
Paper Magazine interview
Blog reader Kiniec kindly sent me these scans from Paper Magazine. In the interview Roisin expresses her wish to work with US producers on her next album.
08/11/2008
Dazed & Confused
A rare picture of Roisin looking rather dazed and confused, taken at the end of last year.
Thank you Betty!
07/11/2008
Zoo interview
Here it is, the Miss Murphy interview from the previous edition of Zoo Magazine. Enjoy!
06/11/2008
Irish Voice interview
An interview with Roisin from The Irish Voice online:
She's a famous pop singer and a internationally respected style icon – the Gucci fashion house put at the heart of their Fashion Rocks show this year – but at heart Roisin Murphy’s still a Wicklow girl who went to London and became a star.
Last week she was in New York to promote her latest album Overpowered by playing one of the most anticipated one-night-only shows on New York’s calendar this year.
Critics have described her as Madonna with talent, or Amy Winehouse with her act together, and they have called her latest album so good it’s unnerving.
What’s amazing to Irish fans who have followed her career for over 11 years is how relatively unknown she still is in the U.S., outside a large cadre of big city hipsters and Williamsburg trendsetters.
Last week’s packed concert at Mansion in Chelsea did a great deal to raise her profile here. Although she loves to write and record her albums, Murphy’s true passion is performing live and seeing the music come to life in stage shows that literally dazzle.
Alongside her irresistible beats and her impressive – and sometimes completely insane – stage outfits is the electronic dance music that has made her career.
“I’m looking forward to the New York show because it will be different to the more structured European sets we’ve been playing,” Murphy tells the Irish Voice. “There’ll be more concentration on all the hits here. It’ll be one big party from start to finish.”
For her New York gig Murphy wore a jacket with a deer attached to it that hung around her like a dead weight, perfectly capturing the meaning of the album’s title song “Overpowered” in a very unexpected way.
Ireland hasn’t produced another pop star like her – ever – and she’s been a trailblazer since her days as one half of the electronica dance outfit Moloko.
“Overpowered is a celebratory record,” she says during her interview at New York’s fashion-forward Grace Hotel. “No one else has used that term to describe it yet but that’s exactly what the record is.
“Writing it was a remarkably freeing and creative period for me. I was at a point where I was writing six new songs over a few days. Working with different producers and the new perspectives they brought to it was so rewarding.”
What’s fascinating about Murphy’s music is its breadth of reference. One minute she’s Bowie circa Ziggy Stardust singing big anthem showstoppers like “Movie Star,” one of the greatest pop songs of the last decade, while the next minute she’s a vamping Grace Jones singing an art house tune.
Disco meets electronica meets rock and roll performed with a distinctive soul singer’s voice. It’s no wonder her audience is as diverse as her own sound.
Says Murphy, “I was very nervous of that song “Movie Star” when I first recorded because I was afraid it was a little too much hold your scarves in the air and sing girls and boys, you know? So I took it to Sheffield to the production house there and dirtied it up.”
Trying to make sense of how a trailblazing pop star like Murphy got started in Wicklow is a puzzle, but she sees no mystery herself.
“I am exactly like all my Irish aunties. We have never worked for anyone else, even in the worst of times. We had our independence. We’re Celtic tigresses,” she says with a laugh.
“All the women in my family love dressing up and showing off and I’m no different myself. I don’t feel any different to any of them and they don’t feel any different to me.”
Murphy says that the whacked out costumes she often wears are essential to her performance and her stage persona, because they say something about the song she’s singing, and they free her up to take risks.
“If I went on stage in jeans and a t-shirt that would be dishonest. Even when I was a little girl in Wicklow I had an exhibitionist streak, like the time I went into town and got my hair shaved into a marine cut. When she came my dad started crying, but I loved it. It was so liberating.”
She's a famous pop singer and a internationally respected style icon – the Gucci fashion house put at the heart of their Fashion Rocks show this year – but at heart Roisin Murphy’s still a Wicklow girl who went to London and became a star.Last week she was in New York to promote her latest album Overpowered by playing one of the most anticipated one-night-only shows on New York’s calendar this year.
Critics have described her as Madonna with talent, or Amy Winehouse with her act together, and they have called her latest album so good it’s unnerving.
What’s amazing to Irish fans who have followed her career for over 11 years is how relatively unknown she still is in the U.S., outside a large cadre of big city hipsters and Williamsburg trendsetters.
Last week’s packed concert at Mansion in Chelsea did a great deal to raise her profile here. Although she loves to write and record her albums, Murphy’s true passion is performing live and seeing the music come to life in stage shows that literally dazzle.
Alongside her irresistible beats and her impressive – and sometimes completely insane – stage outfits is the electronic dance music that has made her career.
“I’m looking forward to the New York show because it will be different to the more structured European sets we’ve been playing,” Murphy tells the Irish Voice. “There’ll be more concentration on all the hits here. It’ll be one big party from start to finish.”
For her New York gig Murphy wore a jacket with a deer attached to it that hung around her like a dead weight, perfectly capturing the meaning of the album’s title song “Overpowered” in a very unexpected way.
Ireland hasn’t produced another pop star like her – ever – and she’s been a trailblazer since her days as one half of the electronica dance outfit Moloko.
“Overpowered is a celebratory record,” she says during her interview at New York’s fashion-forward Grace Hotel. “No one else has used that term to describe it yet but that’s exactly what the record is.
“Writing it was a remarkably freeing and creative period for me. I was at a point where I was writing six new songs over a few days. Working with different producers and the new perspectives they brought to it was so rewarding.”
What’s fascinating about Murphy’s music is its breadth of reference. One minute she’s Bowie circa Ziggy Stardust singing big anthem showstoppers like “Movie Star,” one of the greatest pop songs of the last decade, while the next minute she’s a vamping Grace Jones singing an art house tune.
Disco meets electronica meets rock and roll performed with a distinctive soul singer’s voice. It’s no wonder her audience is as diverse as her own sound.
Says Murphy, “I was very nervous of that song “Movie Star” when I first recorded because I was afraid it was a little too much hold your scarves in the air and sing girls and boys, you know? So I took it to Sheffield to the production house there and dirtied it up.”
Trying to make sense of how a trailblazing pop star like Murphy got started in Wicklow is a puzzle, but she sees no mystery herself.
“I am exactly like all my Irish aunties. We have never worked for anyone else, even in the worst of times. We had our independence. We’re Celtic tigresses,” she says with a laugh.
“All the women in my family love dressing up and showing off and I’m no different myself. I don’t feel any different to any of them and they don’t feel any different to me.”
Murphy says that the whacked out costumes she often wears are essential to her performance and her stage persona, because they say something about the song she’s singing, and they free her up to take risks.
“If I went on stage in jeans and a t-shirt that would be dishonest. Even when I was a little girl in Wicklow I had an exhibitionist streak, like the time I went into town and got my hair shaved into a marine cut. When she came my dad started crying, but I loved it. It was so liberating.”
05/11/2008
Roisin & Simon
The lovely A. from 10.17 sent me these pictures of Roisin and Simon Henwood at a party earlier this year.
04/11/2008
Extra tickets for the Sofia show
Due to high demand some extra tickets will be made available for Roisin's show in Sofia on Thursday.
Click here for more information.
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Esquire magazine shoot
While in the US, Roisin was photographed for men's magazine Esquire. Here are two pictures from the shoot. I will post some more later.
Thanks to Betty!
03/11/2008
Through Time in Porto
A video and picture of Roisin performing the amazing Ruby Blue song Through Time in the Casa da Musica in Porto a few night ago.
Photo courtesy of 'no i'm not, i'm very married.
04/11 update: Benjamin Gibert from benjivolt.blogspot.com sent me a picture of the set list:
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