With their unique blend of contemporary and traditional Irish musics, 
143/Lava/Atlantic recording artists, the Corrs, have established themselves 
as true originals. On their new "TALK ON CORNERS," Dundalk, Ireland's favorite 
sibling quartet-Jim (keyboards/guitars/vocal), Andrea (lead vocals, tin whistle), 
Caroline (drums, bodhran, vocals) and Sharon (violin, vocals)-create a sound 
steeped in the folk music of their homeland, but invested with a vibrant 
and electric modern pop sensibility. The album sees a remarkable growth and 
significant change from the Corrs' 1995 debut, "FORGIVEN, NOT FORGOTTEN," 
incorporating a more melancholy and adventurous tint to their musical palette.

"From all the performances we did on tour around the world," Andrea says, "we had 
developed in such a way that we wanted to be a little edgier."

"We learned an awful lot from being on stage," Jim adds, "so we made it slightly 
more guitar-oriented. It's a harder, rockier sound, but it still maintains the 
sound of the Corrs."

As with their debut, "TALK ON CORNERS" was helmed in part by Grammy-winning 
producer David Foster. "We feel he understands our music and the way we want our 
music to sound," Caroline says of the Corrs' musical mentor. "He's fantastic 
with vocals and harmonies. He always comes up with some other idea that you might 
not have thought of."

Foster was but one of a handful of producers to work with the Corrs on the new record. 
In their quest to add a fresh new attitude, the quartet opted to collaborate with a 
number of well-known studio hitmakers. The list includes Glen Ballard (Alanis Morissette), 
Billy Steinberg (Madonna), Rick Nowells (Belinda Carlisle), and Jim Corr himself.

"We just decided to try new things," Andrea says, "to match up with other people. It 
was all great fun."

Andrea has taken on a bigger role in the Corrs, writing or co-writing almost all of the 
lyrics. "Only When I Sleep," the dramatic first single from "TALK ON CORNERS," was 
co-written by Andrea with producer Oliver Lieber, the son of legendary songsmith Jerry 
Lieber. If the son of a legend weren't enough, Andrea teamed with songwriting heroine 
Carole Bayer Sager on "I Never Loved You Anyway" and "Don't Say You Love Me." 

"Each song is different," she says of the record's lyrical themes. "There's love, life, 
tragedy, hope, dreams, fantasy. It's whatever the music inspires."

Other highlights of the album include the dynamic "Queen of Hollywood" 
(whose lyric supplies "TALK ON CORNERS" with its title), "Paddy McCarthy," a 
new instrumental that harkens back to the Corrs' folk roots, as well as a 
duet with the Chieftains on a Celtic version of Jimi Hendrix' "Little Wing," 
replete with harp, fiddles, flutes, and uillean pipes. "They called us and asked 
us to do a song with them for their album," Caroline says of teaming with 
Paddy Maloney's renowned traditional Irish troupe. "It was (producer/manager) 
John Hughes' idea to ask them to do "Little Wing," and it turned out fantastic. 
They're great musicians. We just sat down together and just played."

"TALK ON CORNERS" should continue the Corrs' incredible streak of successes 
begun with their debut. "FORGIVEN, NOT FORGOTTEN" made a huge splash on an 
international scale, racking up worldwide sales of nearly 2 million: certified gold in 
France, Canada, Norway, and Japan, double platinum in Spain, double-platinum in Denmark 
and New Zealand, and an unprecedented eight-times platinum in Australia and Ireland 
(where it is one of the all-time best-selling debuts by a native recording group in the 
country's history).

The siblings have taken their show on the road, receiving standing ovations as 
support to such artists as Celine Dion and Michael Bolton, as well as on their own. 
Among the high points were performances at Denmark's Odense Festival, the Rugby Peace 
International event in Dublin, an extensive tour of Australia earlier this year, 
and an appearance before a crowd of 50,000 at the big Fleadh festival in London's 
Finsbury Park with Sting and Van Morrison. Their Fleadh set was another triumph, 
prompting The Times of London to say "The Corrs took only forty minutes on the main 
stage to demonstrate why they are a good bet for stardom."

"It's our first priority," Sharon says of the Corrs live experience. "It's where you 
really reach your audience, where you really communicate with them. And as musicians, 
we just love playing."

The Corrs have made innumerable TV appearances around the globe, including: Ireland's 
Kelly Live; the U.K.'s Richard & Judy and Des O'Connor Show, Cilla Black's Surprise 
Surprise; Sweden's Black & White; Spain's Sorpresa, Sorpresa; the Netherlands' 5Uur Show; 
and The Jose Carerras Gala in Germany; not to mention their performances on such American 
programs as Late Night with Conan O'Brien, Today, and CBS This Morning, along with a 
special guest slot on the popular nighttime soap opera, Beverly Hills 90210.

An aspiring actress in her spare time (of which there is very little), Andrea has now 
appeared in two films by director Alan Parker: The Commitments and last year's cinematic 
version of Evita. While Jim, Sharon, and Caroline got to receive a well-deserved vacation, 
Andrea flew to Budapest to portray Juan Peron's mistress.

"It was brilliant," Andrea says of working with the film's star, Madonna. "She was fantastic.
 I was nervous, but I just did my bit."

With "TALK ON CORNERS," the Corrs are set to continue on their path towards bringing their 
unique brand of Celtic pop-rock to the rest of the known universe. Plans are already 
underway for tours around the globe: covering Europe in November and December; Australia, 
New Zealand and Japan in January and February then tackling the United States in the spring 
of 1998. 

As Andrea says, explaining the Corrs' popularity around the planet, "I think the reason for 
that is it's very melodic. Also, there's something about the traditional Irish music element
that, all around the world, seems to capture everybody's heart."