An Irish singer who lives in Colombia is keeping her neighbours' spirits up during the stay-at-home order brought on by Covid-19.
Rebecca Winckworth has been singing to people from her balcony every evening during the lockdown in Medellin. "Every night we come out at 8pm and applaud the healthcare workers and I have been singing a few songs. "I did it one night and then they came out another night saying 'que cante, que cante' or ‘sing, please sing’.
Rebecca, who is a member of the renowned choral group Anúna, lives in Medellin for half of the year. "Music seems to be a major escape and salvation for a lot of people at the moment and it certainly brings me so much joy. "I’m going to have to learn to sing more songs in Spanish, or else I’ll