

2 spot and charted ahead of Kanye West's Donda and Olivia Rodrigo's 'Sour'. After a closely fought battle for the top spot with Drake, the pair knocked Metallica out of the No. 2 on the official album chart in Ireland. Recorded during the lockdowns of 2020 remotely with producer Tony Buchen, it reached No. What a pleasure to work with Mick.” In The Game Ī collaboration album with artist Mick Flannery, and following the success of their song Baby Talk, the pair released this full album of duets. SON said that: “When I first read the lyrics, I felt that Mick managed to capture a theme and an essence that I have not yet fully explored within my own writing. The song was produced by Tony Buchen and Christina Best. In 2020, SON teamed up with singer-songwriter Mick Flannery for a duet track Baby Talk. In 2019, SON toured Australia, Europe, Cana and North America. Under her own guise Susan has supported Mundy, Paddy Casey, Mick Flannery, Wyvern Lingo and Sharon Shannon on her 2018 Irish tour. He signed his email off with, “Your fan, Bono.” Īlthough she plays the guitar, harmonica, trumpet her true love lies in the soulful type singing that she is steadily building a reputation with.

The U2 singer Bono told her that her version of his song “took me aback in its simplicity and power. SON opted for that album’s edgy penultimate track ‘Exit’. When the 30th anniversary of The Joshua Tree came about in March 2017, she was invited to cover one of U2’s songs. It was one of Hot Press magazine’s ‘Albums of the Year’ and garnered her a number of heavyweight fans – most notably U2’s Bono and Irish trad superstar Sharon Shannon (who invited SON to support her sold out tour of Australia and New Zealand). SON’s 2018 debut album found myself lost saw her being favourably compared with the likes of Janis Joplin, Amy Winehouse, Adele and Florence Welch. After leaving school, she went to Waterford to do a BA in Music at WIT and began performing with popular local acts King Kong Company and Propeller Palms.Ĭareer Found Myself Lost She was the youngest member of the Ennis Brass Band and the Really Truly Joyful Gospel Choir. She is known for In The Game, an album she made with Mick Flannery. Susan O'Neill, also known professionally as SON, is an Irish singer-songwriter and filmmaker, from Ennis, County Clare.
