alison_o'donnell_(musician) | genre | jazz <tsp> jazz | derivative | funk <tsp> jazz | musicfusiongenre | afrobeat <tsp> alison_o'donnell_(musician) | instrument | bodhrán <tsp> jazz | stylisticorigin | folk_music <sep> alison o'donnell (born 5 october 1952) is an irish musician, solo and band singer-songwriter born alison bools in dublin to an english mother and irish father, raised in dalkey and educated at holy child killiney 
funk music is derived from jazz which has its stylistic origins in folk music. the musical genre afrobeat is a fusion of other genres such as jazz as played by alison o donnell on the bodhran.alison o'donnell is an irish musician and solo and band singer-songwriter