She was utterly mesmerising and yet she had an almost gentle presence. Her voice was extraordinary - it soared and stopped you in your tracks. We were far away, not close to the stage, but I could see she wore a dog collar and a crucifix. There was a startling minimalism about her performance.
People often talk about an artist’s stage show, in terms of bells and whistles, fireworks and props. “Here was this almost mythical creature in bare feet,” she tells the Herald. Canvas editor Sarah Daniell was at Womad in 2015, and vividly remembers feeling “a sense of awe” when O’Connor took to the stage.
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