O’Brien, K. S. (?) ‘Singing Home: Women and Place in Traditional Irish Song’, Song and a Sense of Place; London: Traditional Song Forum (forthcoming) 

O’Brien, K. S. (2026) ‘Vignettes of Irish Lives’ [Album Review] Journal of Music, available: https://journalofmusic.com/reviews/vignettes-irish-lives [article here]

O’Brien, K. S. (2025) ‘The Challenges of a Changing World’ [Album Review] Journal of Music, available: https://journalofmusic.com/reviews/challenges-changing-world-0 [article here]

O’Brien, K. S. (2025) ‘The Sound of Starting Over’ [Album Review] Journal of Music, available: https://journalofmusic.com/reviews/sound-starting-over-0 [article here]

O’Brien, K. S. (2025) ‘Songs Sung and Handed On’ [Album Review] Journal of Music, available: https://journalofmusic.com/reviews/songs-sung-and-handed [article here]

O’Brien, K. (2025) ‘Review: What Ireland Can Teach the World About Music’ Ethnomusicology Ireland, Galway: ICTMD Ireland, available: https://www.ictmd.ie/what-ireland-can-teach-the-world-about-music [article here]

O’Brien, K. (2023). May she live to run again: history, meaning and change in Irish traditional hunting songs,. University of Limerick. Thesis. https://doi.org/10.34961/researchrepository-ul.24994619; https://researchrepository.ul.ie/entities/publication/d03b2647-b53f-49b4-85aa-e0038768bce6 [PDF here]

O’Brien, K. (2023) ‘Here are 10 things to know if you’re starting a band’, RTÉ Brainstorm, available: https://www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2023/0906/1403673-starting-a-band-music-tips/ [article here]

O’Brien, K. (2022) “Review: The New Demesne: Field recordings of Irish traditional song, music and stories made by Alan Lomax in Ireland in 1951” in Folk Music Journal Vol. 12, no. 3 [article here]

Thompson, C. and O’Brien, K. (2022) ‘From hearth to hard drive: well-being benefits of online Irish traditional singing sessions during COVID-19’, Health Promotion International, available: https://doi.org/10.1093/heapro/daab198 [article here]

O’Brien, K. (2020) ‘Now They Fell the Wildwood: depictions of the natural environment in Irish hunting songs’, Irish Humanities Alliance, available: https://web.archive.org/web/20201124064048/https://irishhumanities.com/blog/now-they-fell-the-wildwood/ [article here]

O’Brien, K. (2020) ‘ITMA Pop‑up Archive at IWAMD, University of Limerick’ ITMA Blog, available: https://www.itma.ie/blog/itma-pop‑up-archive-at-iwamd-university-of-limerick/ [article here]

O’Brien, K. (2019) ‘Will Many Acts Follow Coldplay’s Lead When it Comes to Touring?’ RTÉ Brainstorm available: https://www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2019/1210/1098148-will-many-acts-follow-coldplays-lead-when-it-comes-to-touring/ [article here]

O’Brien, K. (2019) ‘Why 90% of Your Streaming Cash Goes to Acts You May Not Like’ RTÉ Brainstorm, available: https://www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2019/1014/1083274-why-90-of-your-streaming-cash-goes-to-acts-you-may-not-like/ [article here]

O’Brien, K. (2019) ‘Who are Live Nation, the company now behind the Electric Picnic?’ RTÉ Brainstorm, available: https://www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2019/0828/1071428-who-are-live-nation-the-company-now-behind-the-electric-picnic/ [article here]

O’Brien, K. (2019) ‘Where Did All the Lizzo Tickets Go?’ RTÉ Brainstorm, available: https://www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2019/0715/1062122-where-did-all-the-lizzo-tickets-go/ [article here]

O’Brien, K. (2019) ‘Why is Tailor Swift Fuming About Her Old Record Label?’ RTÉ Brainstorm, available: https://www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2019/0705/1060387-why-is-taylor-swift-fuming-about-her-old-record-label/ [article here]

O’Brien, K. (2019) ‘Ireland’s Favourite Folksong: why folksongs endure’, RTÉ Brainstorm, available: https://www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2019/0514/1049434-irelands-favourite-folk-song-why-folk-songs-endure/ [article here]

O’Brien, K. (2017) Synopsis of Sound Heritage Symposium 2016, Sound Heritage Ireland, available: https://soundheritageireland.wordpress.com/symposium/report/ [article here]

O’Brien, K. (2013) ‘Nerdfighters Help the HPA Win $50,000’, WAND: Wizard Activist News Dispatch, New York: Harry Potter Alliance [article here]

O’Brien, K. (2010) ‘The Dream Merchant ‘(short story) Obscura, Lakewood, CO: Red Rocks Community College [article here]

O’Brien, K. (2010) Cup of Stolen Wine (short story) Obscura, Lakewood, CO: Red Rocks Community College [article here]

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