bill whelan: irish music has got some bell that rings when you... moya: there's an x factor there, somewhere. bill whelan: there is, unquestionably. and it's something to do with where it's coming from. it's coming from pretty deep down in some well. we can actually connect to each other in a way that's really meaningful without actually being able to understand it specifically. but if you open your ears to it and your heart, well then it's there for you. sinead o'connor: it was really uncool to be into traditional music. where i came from it was really uncool. in fact, you wouldn't dare sing in an irish accent, do you know what i mean? that was just completely uncool, you know? so you would avoid the triads obviously as much as you possibly could, do you know what i mean? moya: do you think even as a rock singer that kind of with, you know, traditional music and that being part, surrounding you, that has a lot to do with who you are musically as well? sinead: oh yeah, absolutely. absolutely. i just think it's in your blood and it's in your dna and