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[ Sep/Oct/Nov/Dec 1999 ]

Latest Sinéad song, A Lullaby For Cain, can be found on The Talented Mr. Ripley soundtrack. The song was composed by the Oscar winning composer Gabriel Yared while lyrics were penned by the director, Anthony Minghella.

Sinéad is currently living in London again, probably back from Atlanta where she did some recordings for her new album. Last month she was reported to suffer from a sea-food poisoning, on which you can read an article in the articles section.

New James album Millionaires is out, including a song called Vervaceous which features some delicate vocals by Sinéad! There are also two other tracks; Surprise and Afro Lover, which many fans claim that they include some Sinéad vocals, too. This hasn't been confirmed by the band so far, though. The single Just Like Fred Astaire (Part One) also includes a b-side called I Defeat, which is a duet between Sinéad and the James frontman Tim Booth.

Some further news on the long-awaited new Sinéad album: The first recordings for the album had started in 1998, with Dave Steward as the producer and co-writer. Then it was reported that she was also working with the ambient genius Brian Eno, who is known for his outstanding works with U2, James and many other bands. There are some other names rumoured to be producing the album, though: Cameron McVey (producer for Massive Attack), Andrian Sherwood (producer for Bim Sherman, Primal Sream and Depeche Mode) and Kevin Briggs (producer/songwriter for TLC, Destiny's Child and Mariah Carey). Additionally, according to a reggae newsgroup, Bim Sherman is one of the co-writers for the album. In one of her recent appearances on TV, Sinéad described her new album to be "sexier" than her early work! According to a British paper, who printed an article on Sinéad back in summer, the name of the album is I Thought You Were Lost.

Several articles back in summer had reported that Sinéad was pregnant with her third child from the Irish journalist Neil Michael. A recent piece reported that she had a miscarriage.

It is still very uncertain what will happen to the song Them Belly Full (But We Hungry), which Sinéad recorded live over the Internet for War Child organisation. The song is not featured on the charity album in aid of War Child, No Boundaries - A Benefit For Kosovar Refugees.