Determined to jump straight into the Irish music scene, the young Dutch musician was unperturbed by the prospect of living on one of the noisiest stretches of road in the city. So I went on YouTube and started to learn.”After graduating from school, Willow stayed in her home town of Breda in the southern Netherlands and went to art school for a year. She then moved to a music school where she studied song-writing. However, it was only after she began listening to songs by Irish singer-songwriter Damien Rice that Willow discovered her love of Irish music. And then there’s the fact that you can run into any famous musician in Ireland and they’ll be kind, they’ll listen to your music and they’ll care.

Source: The Irish Times January 31, 2018 06:00 UTC