Interview
Nell Mescal on sibling rivalry, music’s osmosis effect, and figuring out what being an artist means
Creative self-expression came early and easily to the singer-songwriter, who became serious about music while recuperating from traumatic spinal surgery and teasing out her emotions
“I think I’ve changed immensely in the past five years,” says Nell Mescal, who doesn’t even have time to offload her backpack before she sits down for a chat. The Maynooth, Co Kildare, songwriter and singer has been resident in London for a few years but is in Dublin to record what she vaguely terms “something” (she isn’t telling) that will see the light of day before the end of this year.
“My songwriting has ...