On song: Singer Karen Underwood rediscovers the joy of living in music

Ageing has graced the singer with a positive attitude, along with music and performing, which provided salvation during a difficult time, writes Margaret Jennings

Cork-based singer Karen Underwood has long given up worrying about what other people think. “That’s the privilege of being in a 56-year-old body with a few rolls, as opposed to a skinny one that’s absolute perfection, but not being able to walk the walk, or talk the talk,” she says, in reference to the younger, insecure version of herself.