ASPEN – Before the early 1960s, the singer was venerated. The singer didn’t need to write the material he was singing, didn’t need to accompany himself on an instrument to be considered an artist. It ...

Irish-born singer Maura O'Connell has always had a steady stream of musical compatriates assisting her on record. And her latest album, an a capella collection provocatively titled 'Naked with ...

It just popped out, as if from thin air. After pausing momentarily to describe the repertoire that will guide her farewell tour this fall, Maura O'Connell hit on just the right tag. She knew it, too.

Maura O’Connell is in the midst of her “farewell tour,” but she’s not ready to bid goodbye to performing just yet. O’Connell will play the Iron Horse Music Hall in Northampton on Friday ...

After her current tour, Irish-born singer Maura O’Connell is calling it quits as a solo artist. She plays the Temple of Music and Arts on Sunday and her final gig is in Grass Valley, Calif ...

`In Ireland, people are aware that a singer is a singer, and not only one type of singer,” declares Maura O’Connell, and certainly her own artistry defies type.O’Connell has sung her share ...

Every time you hear Maura O'Connell is a revelation. That rich, supple alto soars across the bed of the music, hugging the melody tightly yet phrasing the words in rhythmically elastic ways.

The Sheldon presents Maura O'Connell, Friday, March 4, 2011 at 8 p.m. in the perfect acoustics of the Sheldon Concert Hall. Irish singer Maura O'Connell, now based in Nashville, combines ...

Singer Maura O’Connell: ‘I cried a lot when John Prine died. I first met him in 1982 when I went to make my first record’ The musician talks hair colour, cooking Julia Child recipes and ...

MAURA O'CONNELL "Walls & Windows" Sugar Hill Singer-songwriters tend to have a vested interest in the material they record, something their accountants are only too happy to point out.

The tag line on Grammy-winning chanteuse Maura O'Connell's Web site reads: "Just a singer." Talk about understatement. Her loamy Irish alto voice is the sort of magical instrument that can take ...