'Sean Nós Nua' is a collection of traditional songs recorded and produced by Sinead O'Connor with seminal Irish musician Donal Lunny and Adrian Sherwood (Massive Attack, NIN, Dub Syndicate, The Cure). "The way we have recorded them is to 'sexy' them up with rhythms and sounds so that they can become part of what is new style", says O'Connor. "Hence the record is called 'Sean Nós Nua' - old style but new". Other musical guests include Sharon Shannon (accordian),former Waterboy Steve Wickham (fiddle) and Christy Moore. Highlights include 'Óró, Sé Do Bheatha 'Bhaile', an Irish language song celebrating Grace O'Malley, the sixteenth century pirate who battled the Spanish and French fleet, Dublin street ballad 'Molly Malone', and 'Peggy Gordon', a traditional song of unrequited love.

"Normally traditional Irish music has been presented in a sexless way and in such an old fashioned way that - with the exception of Moving Hearts -no-one has really made the songs appeal to young artists, as what is traditional in Ireland is thought of as being uncool. Myself, Adrian Sherwood and Donal Lunny are hoping to make Irish traditional music appealing to singers, bands and songwriters who are bored with the state of Irish music as it is now" - Sinead O'Connor