Cork singer Stephanie Rainey pours her heart into her music

The tragic death of her nephew inspired Stephanie Rainey to write a song in his honour, writes Ed Power

Cork singer Stephanie Rainey pours her heart into her music

THE words to ‘Please Don’t Go’ came unbidden to Stephanie Rainey as she stood shivering at a friend’s hospital bedside. The songwriter was taken back to the death, a decade earlier, of her infant nephew, claimed by meningitis the day after his first birthday. She went home, cried a little, and poured her feelings into her music.

Six months later, ‘Please Don’t Go’ had charted in the US and Rainey was being sweet-talked by record labels. As you can imagine, she is still pinching herself.

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