Buffalo Soldiers, Meet Sinead

Always one to hold close to tradition;Sinead O'Connor will release a collection of traditional Irish songs entitled Sean Nos Nua on October 8th on Vanguard Records. She is recording the album -- her first since 2000's Faith and Courage -- in County Wicklow in her native Ireland. O'Connor, Donal Lunny and Adrian Sherwood (Nine Inch Nails, Dub Syndicate and the Cure) are producing, and they plan to finish recording in late July. O'Connor will be "sexying up" the "Old Done New" (what "sean nos nua" means) tracks by having a group of Jamaican musicians join her in the studio to add overdubs to some of the tracks. Centuries ago, Irish prisoners were exiled to Jamaica, and the music they brought with them is said to have influenced the island's native music -- incorporating Jamaican rhythms is O'Connor's way of bringing that influence full-circle. To read more about the wacky woman & her rasta friends, click here.