Susan O’ Neill
FOR WHAT IT’S WORTH
Susan O’ Neill & Valerie June
Out 22/01/26
I am a musician, filmmaker and creative working through my company SonProductions, where I produce live gigs and create music and film projects.
My work centres around making music and films for real people, in real rooms — exploring the strange and beautiful business of being human. The songs tend to land somewhere between tenderness and a gentle nudge forward: warmth, honesty, humour and a little bit of fire.
Alongside music, I directed the feature-length film The Space Between, filmed in Bunratty Castle and aired on TG4. The film brings artists from across Ireland into a shared space, exploring the delicate web of creative life. A new film is currently in development.
For many years I have worked with Music Health Ireland, and before that with Waterford Healing Arts Trust, bringing live music into hospitals and nursing homes. Singing in these spaces deepened my understanding of music as something shared — passed hand to hand rather than owned.
On stage I build songs in real time using a loop pedal, guitar, trumpet and voice, layering sounds instinctively and following the energy of the room. Each performance unfolds differently, shaped by presence and a touch of risk, with stories woven between the songs.
My collaboration album with Mick Flannery, In the Game, became Ireland’s biggest-selling independent album of 2021. My second solo album, Now in a Minute, followed as Ireland’s No.1 independent album.
I send a small mailer every couple of months with news, music and upcoming projects. If you'd like to receive it, there’s a button here somewhere.
Thanks for listening.
In love and kindness
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Lilt - International Women’s day 8th March 2026