Proof at last that it’s not always a bad idea to annoy your parents. When a five-year Lou McMahon taped over her parents beloved Queen tapes it seemed that only bad things would follow. Andrew Hamilton chats to the Sixmilebridge songstress and discovers the silver lining to her crimes against Freddy Mercury.
An idea, especially a good idea, can emerge almost effortlessly. Call it inspiration or revelation, but more often than not the seed of something great can flash into existence in an instance, driven – it would seem – by it’s own invisible engine. Almost as if it way lying there all along, killing time, just waiting to be uncovered.
But discovery is just the beginning. A good start, they say, is half the battle – but if all you have is a good start then the battle itself is already lost. Sixmilebridge singer songwriter Lou McMahon started working on her Delicate Dancer EP way back in 2006. Now, almost four years later, this collection of six songs is finally ready to be heard by the world.
“I think it takes a very short amount of time to come up with an idea, but it can take forever to develop that idea. It took all of these years to develop the ideas of these songs to what they are now. I come to the point where I just had to finish the recording, because it was taking so long…
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