Cathal Caulfield, the traditional fiddle player and singer, grew up around trad music. He talks to Martin Cook about why he has stuck with it into adulthood.
Listen to Cathal Caulfield, the traditional fiddle player and singer, talk about trad music as a living tradition, and the role he plays in furthering that – whether as singer in residence with the Howth Singing Circle, or in his work digging up old comic songs. He sings a song or two, also, in this podcast from his live performance in the second-hand bookshop in the Liberties, Marrowbone Books.
The eponymous debut album from the band Throwing Shapes is due for release on 7 September.
When Murky Anyango started to record what would eventually become her debut album, she wanted it to be a solo endeavour in every respect.
Embracing “Grimy aesthetics, edgy soundscapes, songs that are short for a scrolling economy, a general sense of living on the internet”.
“The biggest thing that happens here and the most fantastic thing to see is people feel they own it,” says organiser Kamil Che.
