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Music at Marrowbone Books: Anna Mieke
In this podcast episode, Wicklow-born folk artist Anna Mieke plays some songs at the bookshop, and talks about how her many travels have shaped her music.
In this podcast episode, Wicklow-born multi-instrumentalist and folk artist Anna Mieke plays some songs at the second-hand bookshop in The Coombe.
And the musician and songwriter also chats about the piano that always tempted her in her hallway, the different personalities of the instruments she plays, her many travels, and her love of Cork.
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