Leslie Dowdall: I looked out the window of The Lobby and there's my car being towed

In Tua Nua co-founder Leslie Dowdall shares her cultural influences and preferences

Leslie Dowdall will play Cork's Everyman in October.

Leslie Dowdall grew up in Monkstown, Co Dublin and Rathvilly, Co Carlow. In 1982, she co-founded In Tua Nua, one of Ireland’s iconic bands of the 1980s. After the group disbanded, she released two solo albums, including No Guilt, No Guile, which featured the hit single Wonderful Thing. In Natural Women, she will perform the hits of Linda Ronstadt and Carole King with Flo McSweeney, Thursday, October 8 at Cork’s Everyman. See: everymancork.com.

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