On January 15th, 2018 Dolores O'Riordan, lead singer of The Cranberries died. As yet, the cause of her death hasn't been revealed. The Cranberries were an Irish band that became world famous in the 1990s with hits like "Linger", "Dreams, and "Zombie". Click here to read the Rolling Stone Magazine article.
Ireland, with a population of just 4.76 million people, is proud of it's musical contribution to the world. U2 was the first Irish group to achieve massive global success and The Cranberries were the second. Suprisingly, the band came from Limrick (population 195,000) not from Dublin, Ireland's capital.
Click here to read an article on "the improbable rise of Ireland's biggest musical export since U2".There is something special about music in the way that it can reach across the globe and touch people from cultures and countries very different from the singer. It is a special gift that O'Riordan gave to the world, but despite her death her music will live beyond her.
This is the video for the song "Zombie" from 1994, a song which is probably familiar to you all. It is a political song about a young child killed in a terror attack.
Click here to see an intimate performance by The Cranberries from March of 2012 as part of the NPR Tiny Desk Concert series.
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