Interview: Imelda May

Not all songstresses describe fame as feeling like the Frankenstein in your personal horror film, but Imelda uses her own form of dirty words to bring her hip-swinging, hand-jiving rockabilly sound to your ears. I was lucky enough to intercept hoards of fans to grab a chat with the talented lady herself after her gig at the 02 academy, Bournemouth.

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Few performers are as modest to admit to sifting through Primark’s bargain knicker bucket or helping cure  dementia…

Imelda May, having almost grown up onstage, fell in love with the sound of blues and rockabily as a nine year-old in Dublin and has been touring with her band for almost ten years. She manages to fuse the raw passion and energy of the rockabilly sound to create a modern twist on a genre which is far from dead.

I caught up with her before her gig at Bournemouth’s O2 Academy in Bournemouth this December.

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