{"id":18298,"date":"2025-11-23T18:59:45","date_gmt":"2025-11-23T18:59:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cassandravoices.com\/?p=18298"},"modified":"2025-11-23T18:59:45","modified_gmt":"2025-11-23T18:59:45","slug":"musician-of-the-month-ciara-odonnell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/casswp.eutonom.eu\/index.php\/2025\/11\/23\/musician-of-the-month-ciara-odonnell\/","title":{"rendered":"Musician of the Month: Ciara O\u2019Donnell"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ciara O\u2019Donnell is an artist performing under the name of Domhan<\/a><\/span>. She creates music inspired by her love of the Irish Celtic spirit, shamanism and Eastern spirituality. She is also a member of Irish band Bog Bodies<\/a><\/span> a heavy folk rock outfit unearthing ancient Irish tribal tones and rich melody through an archaeological lens. Ciara is from the West of Ireland and is inspired by world influences and reverent, magical modes of music.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Image: Josephine Doyle \/ S\u00edora\u00ed Photogrpahy<\/a><\/span>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

My most profound early musical influences began aged of five when I was an Irish dancer and learning Irish music. At that point I was a huge fan of the Eurovision Song Contest, fascinated by how each country portrayed their culture through music and performance, using varying tones, scales, instrumentation, costume and language.<\/p>\n

I was blown away during the 1994 Eurovision when the act \u2018Riverdance\u2019 appeared during the interval. My whole body went into shivers hearing the etheric quality of the singers\u2019 entrance.<\/p>\n