“AI is cool. It is fantastic. It is brilliant. It has great advances in medicine and in music. We want to be able to use AI ourselves, but it needs to be fair”
With a career spanning nearly four decades, Eleanor McEvoy remains one of Ireland’s most passionate musical voices. But behind the melodies lies a fierce advocate for creators’ rights, a seasoned entrepreneur, and the chair of IMRO, fighting for fairness in the age of AI and streaming.
In this episode of Arts Matters, McEvoy recounts her early breakthrough — a chance encounter with a Geffen Records executive in Dublin — and the evolution of a career that has since produced 15 albums.
Her deep belief in the transformative power of music is matched by a pragmatic understanding of the industry’s inner workings.
Arts Matters is sponsored by the HLB Ireland.
