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Camilla Griehsel

Camilla, a Swedish born singer now living in the West Cork village of Schull, has had a widely varied musical career, which ranges from opera to jazz. She has performed as a solo artiste and as a vocalist with bands and she was married to Colin Vearncombe aka Black with whom she had three sons. Along with being a vocalist with legendary Irish band Interference she is a founding member of the alternate Interference band Dogtail Soup, a collective she formed with her late husband Colin and Fergus O'Farrell. She performs frequently with the Barefoot Baroque and the Vespertine Quintet. She sings in Swedish, English, Spanish and several other languages in her own show entitled 'Mamasongue'. In Mamasongue, Camilla has been joined onstage by some world-class musicians, including pianist and West Cork based collaborator Maurice Seezer, Congolese guitarist Niwel Tsumbu, Donegal percussionist Éamonn Cagney, South African bassist Concord Nkabinde, pianist and arranger Cormac McCarthy, and Diego Joaquin Ramirez and Graham Hopkins on drums. Camilla has become one of the most versatile and acclaimed leading female vocalists in Ireland.