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 Sirens is the title of an 18-song anthology that brings together some of the most original and independent female artists currently operating against the consensus of mainstream music: Patti Smith, Sinead O’ Connor, Stina Nordenstam, PJ Harvey, Margaret Healy, Lucinda Williams, Beth Orton, Lisa Germano, Tanya Donelly, Gemma Hayes, Kristin Hersh, Nina Hynes, Ani Di Franco, Maria Doyle Kennedy, Katell Keineg, Maria McKee, Amy Rigby and Neneh Cherry . . . it’s an impressive array of voices all too rarely heard on city radio or television. The artists were decided on by process of instinct rather than aesthetic - when the dowsing rod twitched in the direction of artists who took Maria’s fancy, she sought them out. "I guess the first thing is that it’s music that I really love and that I have found inspiring always, particularly Patti, she’s always been like a beacon, that you could make whatever kind of music you wanted on your own terms. And a lot of people, like Lisa Germano for example, I stumbled on by accident. I guess it is all a little left of centre. All the women on this have really walked their own roads."
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