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Belfast Telegraph

‘In the 90s, I had two radio station jobs in different counties and no car — so I had to hitch-hike from one to the other'

My Money: Dervish lead singer Cathy Jordan Singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Cathy Jordan, who's from Roscommon, is the lead singer with traditional group Dervish. Over the last 30 years, she and the band have performed in hundreds of cities across nearly 40 countries. She collaborated with Lisa O'Neill and The Mary Wallopers' Andrew Hendry on songs for her recent release, The Crankie Island Song Project, which acts as a musical archive of each of the island's 32 counties. Dervish will be performing at Belfast Tradfest, which runs from July 27 to August 3. For more details, see There was never a lot of money knocking around when I was young. My parents worked hard and we had a farm, so everyone had to do their bit and you wouldn't ever get paid for that. Later I discovered if I did odd jobs for my older brother, I'd get pocket money. And so began my car cleaning and shoe-polishing days. As a teen I discovered I could get paid for singing and that was AMAZING!