Hometown: Chicago, Southside Irish, so WATCH IT!, US

Nora O'Connor was born and raised as a first-generation Irish-American on the scrappy south side of Chicago. Mugs down "dere" tend to shoot first, ask questions later -- and always get the mother effing job DONE. The doe-eyed Miss Nora is no exception. In addition to being the most versatile and sought-after singer in town -- she is also a legendary bartender, a midwife's assistant (doula) and an ordained reverend. Whether you need to be serenaded, soused, birthed, or hitched, O'Connor has the goods, and how.

Nora first came to our attention as guitarist/vocalist for the late, great glam-country outfit The Blacks. Since then, she has recorded and performed with about a gazillion people, among them Andrew Bird, the New Pornographers, Jeff Tweedy, Archer Prewiit, The Aluminum Group, Janet Bean, Chris Mills, Neko Case, and soul legends Otis Clay and Mavis Staples. Yow!!! All these talents must know something about the dulcet tones of Ms. O'Connor, and you should too.

"When faced with the task of describing somebody whose artistry is so subtle as to be virtually invisible, the temptation is to throw up one's hands and plead to the mercy of the court. As simply as we know how to say it, Nora O'Connor is damn good. Can't you take our word for it?" Steve Pick, Riverfront Times

"Some voices need to be heard, front and center, and O'Connor's is one of them." Michael Swanger, Des Moines Cityview

Compilation Tracks

"Home On The Range" on The Old Town School of Folk Music Songbook, Volumes Two and Three

"Sticks and Stones" on Hard-Headed Woman: A Celebration of Wanda Jackson

" Looks Like I'm Up Shit Creek Again" on Down to the Promised Land

"Poor Old Heartsick Me" w/ Ground Speed on Poor Little Knitter on the Road

"Cheese, Peas, Pickles and Bananas" w/ Steve Frisbie on The Bottle Let Me Down

"Two Way Action" on For a Decade of Sin: 11 Years of Bloodshot Records

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