Imelda’s Come Alive

Earlier this year, I interviewed Ann Scott for Cluas.com. You can see the original interview here - http://www.cluas.com/music/features/anne-scott-interview-6704.htm or just click on the June archive to access it on this blog. Scott’s 2006 album ‘We’re Smiling’ is one of my favourite Irish albums of recent years: a beguiling and consistently inventive collection of songs from an unassuming, yet prodigiously, talented songwriter. Irish music video collective Heroes For Zeros recently made a video for one of the album’s stand-out tracks, ‘Imelda’ and it’s turned out rather well. It proves that, with a little imagination, clever editing and an interesting and evocative location, you can go a long way with a low budget. It helps too if you have very good song to work with.