“Mandinka” was it. Written when O’Connor was still a teenager struggling to make her way as an aspiring expat in London, “Mandinka” is a propulsive anthem that straddles pop and the ...

Sinéad O’Connor was more than just a singer. But, as the country mourns an artist who came to be regarded as an embodiment of Irishness on the world stage, it is important not to lose sight of ...

Sinéad O’Connor’s spirit is distilled inside the shrieking new wave of “Mandinka.” Everything to cherish about the Irish singer and songwriter happens inside this song: snarling defiance ...

Foo Fighters and Alanis Morissette paid tribute to Sinead O’Connor Saturday at Japan’s Fuji Rock Festival with a performance of the late singer’s “Mandinka.” With both artists on the ...

And then I saw her perform “Mandinka” on Top of the Pops ... is we had this incredible artist, we had Sinead O’Connor alive and well. Yes, she was struggling, but she was still a phenomenal ...

The finest songs with which to remember one of the most unique artists and careers in pop or rock history. The music world lost one of the most singular voices — both in the vocal and artistic ...

O'Connor released "The Lion and the Cobra," which sold hundreds of thousands of copies and featured the hit "Mandinka," driven by a hard rock guitar riff and O'Connor's piercing vocals.

Together, they honored the late Sinead O’Connor with a live cover of “Mandinka,” which was an early single of O’Connor’s from her debut album, The Lion and the Cobra. “Tonight we’re ...

Her catalog is full of raw passion and raw nerve. By Jon Pareles Sinead O’Connor did not hold back. Not her voice, not her ideas, not her troubles, not her rage, not her sorrows, not her faith.

“I don’t know no shame,” Sinéad O’Connor sang in “Mandinka,” her first hit song, from her 1987 debut album The Lion and the Cobra, “I feel no pain.” If the first claim was true ...

Irish singer Sinead O’Connor performs at Paradiso ... which sold hundreds of thousands of copies and featured the hit “Mandinka,” driven by a hard-rock guitar riff and O’Connor’s ...