“I was about 10 when I first began to sing. My mother had been away for three weeks, and I learned 'Don't Cry for Me Argentina.' When she came back, I sang it in front of her, my auntie Linda, my father, my uncle Jim, and my grandmother.”

Irish singer, songwriter, and record producer

Róisín Murphy is an Irish singer, songwriter, and record producer who came to notice in the 1990s as one half of the pop duo Moloko, with English musician Mark Brydon. She was later known for her solo work after the group ended. After Moloko broke up, Murphy began a solo career and released her debut album, Ruby Blue, in 2005. She wrote and produced it with the experimental musician Matthew Herbert, and it drew critical praise. Her second solo album, Overpowered, followed in 2007.