Art in the blood: Ellen Quinn Banville and Finola Cahill
If you think you recognise the surname, you’re right: singer Ellen Quinn Banville does indeed have a world-famous novelist father and an arts producer mother. She’s one half of Paris-based musical duo Pembroke, with Finola Cahill, and their debut album At Sea is making waves as a word-of-mouth success
‘I’m surrounded by birds. So if you hear weird noises, that’s what it is: birds.”
On a mobile phone from Paris, Ellen Quinn Banville can’t help but laugh at the bucolic nature of her surroundings. She’s conducting this interview from a sun-dappled park in Paris, close to Notre Dame Cathedral. It’s a warm spring day over there - and while she’s sympathetic to the woes of Irish people hit by the recent snowstorm, ...
