MARY COUGHLIN - Repeat Rewind (Vinyl)

Mary Coughlan, one of Ireland's most revered and enduring performers, will celebrate her 40th year in music with the release of anew album, Repeat Rewind, on Friday 25th October 2024. Mary Coughlan says: "After 40 years in this business and having reached apoint in my life where I do a lot of this, looking back and replaying scenes from my life... and wondering.I walk around Galwaysometimes and remember absolutely everything about growing up there. All of those events made me who I am. I'm easy with thatthese days. The good and the bad times. All the learning. After 40 years in this crazy business I'm still here and still working. I stilllove going to a studio and making music, I love playing music live. I hope you enjoy this album" Mary Coughlan's career in music hasbeen one hell-of-a-ride. Often described as the greatest female vocalist that Ireland has ever produced, Coughlan proudly standsalongside some of the world's most iconic jazz singers. She is unique in blending whisky-blurred, smoke-seared, husky notes with thelaconic wit of Billie Holiday and Peggy Lee. She draws the line of deep, down and dirty blues singers back to Bessie Smith with thesardonic, bitter-sweet defiance and despair of Edith Piaf. Yet Mary Coughlan delivers it all in a delicious and unapologetic Irish drawl:sceptical, rueful, mournful and melting and ardent for love. Mary Coughlan is one of our greatest singers because over 40 years shehas made the most grown-up, uncompromising, wholly personal yet utterly universal music on either side of the Atlantic about whatgoes on between men and women. It's hard to believe that four decades have passed since Coughlan went into the studio to recordher debut album, Tired and Emotional. On new album Repeat Rewind, as the title might suggest, we see Mary at perhaps her mostopen, honest and introspective ('Repeat Rewind', 'I Can Let Go Now', 'Really Gone') - but not at the expense of her trademarkhumour and astute observations of everything from domesticity ('Marital Bliss') and relationships ('Freefalling feat. Ultan Conlon') towomen's traditional place in Irish society ('More Like Brigid'). A cover of The Beach Boys' 'God Only Knows' and a brand new seasonaloffering, 'Tinseltown' will delight listeners and concert-goers alike, as Mary Coughlan celebrates four decades in music with thisaccomplished and heartfelt new album.

Vinyl release of Mary Coughlin - Repeat Rewind (Vinyl). Released through STRANGE BREW and available on LP.