{"id":9711,"date":"2023-11-22T18:29:36","date_gmt":"2023-11-22T18:29:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.webhostlabs.net\/synergy\/?p=9711"},"modified":"2023-11-22T18:29:41","modified_gmt":"2023-11-22T18:29:41","slug":"imelda-may-biography","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.webhostlabs.net\/synergy\/2023\/11\/22\/imelda-may-biography\/","title":{"rendered":"Imelda May Biography"},"content":{"rendered":"

Imelda May’s sophomore album that oozes musical brilliance<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Guardian described her as having \u201ca whipcracker of a voice\u201d.\u00a0 At nine years of age, she fell in love with rockabilly and the blues.\u00a0 She is a pure Dub and dropped out of Art College to sing for a living.\u00a0 Her professional career started at age 14 when she sang in a Findus Fish Fingers ad.\u00a0 She was barred from her own shows for being underage and swallowed a spark when she was singing in a burlesque show (more about that later). She plays the bodhr\u00e1n, guitar and tambourine.\u00a0 She won the Best Female Artist of the Year award at the 2009 Meteor Awards.\u00a0 Jools Holland described her as having \u2018it\u2019 in spades.<\/em><\/p>\n

I\u2019m talking about the Irish singing sensation \u2013\u00a0Imelda May<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

She was born Imelda Mary Clabby on 10th<\/sup>\u00a0June 1974 in the Liberties in Dublin, the youngest of five children.\u00a0 She was brought up in a two bedroom house along with her older sisters and brothers. She soaked up the music of her siblings, which included folk, chart pop and Elvis.\u00a0 She said \u201cMy brother was a mad Elvis fan, and I found a tape in his room with Elvis, Eddie Cochran and Gene Vincent. I thought the music was fantastic.\u201d<\/p>\n

When she was four she discovered that she was able to harmonise with her sister\u2019s folk band and when she discovered rock\u2019n\u2019roll, it was natural that she would sing along. \u00a0When she was nine, she discovered rockabilly and blues.\u00a0 She was hooked!\u00a0 She sang along with the records and as she said \u201cI heard Billie Holiday, and that blew my mind.\u201d\u00a0 She dropped out of college after only one year and through a friend got a gig singing on a Findus advertisement. She was paid \u00a340. That was big money for a 14 year old girl from the Liberties.\u00a0 Her tastes were developing, along with her fashion sense (a unique and quirky 1950\u2019s style), sexy look and pure raw energy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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