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Alma Kelleher

Irish composer, sound designer, and musician working across film, theatre, and dance; also performs electro-folk music as Lux Alma.

May 18, 2026

4:32
As a kid in the 1970s, it sometimes felt like the 20th century was happening elsewhere.
4:39
The man with the guitar, Jimmy Hendrix.
4:42
[cheering]

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31:34
And me, Liam O'Brien.
31:36
The music is composed and performed by me, Alma Kelleher, with Ste Carolan on guitars.
25:43
And this is that other girl, Anne.
25:46
I am the youngest of four.
25:49
I grew up in, in Chicore in Dublin.
25:52
I was born in the late '60s, so it was really the '70s that was predominant w- in my growing up.
25:59
Siobhan lived on the front main road, and I lived behind her.
26:04
But our houses were k- opposite each other, so our bedroom windows were parallel with one another [laughs], which was fun.
26:13
So growing up was, it was a much more freeing experience in some ways than it is today.
28:40
They had no idea what they were walking into.

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