What’s in your bag, Imelda May?

  • PHOTOS GENE GLOVER

The Irish musician with the vibrant, velvet voice is regarded as the femme fatale of rockabilly. Her latest album Life. Love. Flesh. Blood is an explosive mix of rock ’n’ roll, jazz and blues. May, 42, tours the U.K. and Ireland in May. Lufthansa Magazin peeked into her bag at Tegel airport in Berlin.

Artist Imelda May at Tegel Airport in Berlin
© Gene Glover

1 Notebook
I love shopping at airports. I bought this notebook at Heathrow in London, and it’s full of poems and ideas for new songs.

 

2 Cosmetics bag
Being a Stones fan, I naturally need a pair of lips on my cosmetics bag. I found this one on a trip to Paris – and at the airport, too.

 

3 Book
Rock musician Patti Smith is a genius, a poet. I started reading Just Kids, her autobiography, yesterday, and I can’t wait to get back to it.

 

Listen to Imelda May’s new album: Life. Love. Flesh. Blood

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Imelda May’s Playlist

 

If I’m Unworthy – Blake Mills

Where Dreams Go To Die – John Grant

Creeps – Mini Mansions

Find out more about Imelda May: imeldamay.co.uk