In this episode, Cal talks about her journey from playing classical piano from sheet music, to arranging verbatim pop operas – and she performs for an audience at the bookshop.
Author Archives: Martin Cook
Martin's substantive career was in civil engineering, specialising in the field of traffic and transportation. Currently, he is attached to Dublin City FM, and works as a freelance broadcast journalist. He is continuously striving to ignore alien orders.
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Music at Marrowbone Books: Elizabeth Laprelle
In this month’s podcast, Laprelle talks about ballads and banjos, combining storytelling with music, and the influence of her hometown barber – and she sings a bit, in the bookshop.
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Music at Marrowbone Books: Rachel Ní Chuinn
Thinking about sound as a physical medium has led Ní Chuinn down all kinds of paths. From music exploring the afterglow static of the Big Bang, to works inspired by the acoustics of neolithic caves.
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Music at Marrowbone Books: The Kennedy Sisters
Listen to trad duo The Kennedy Sisters on this month’s music podcast: on Donegal’s music traditions, and plucking songs from the air.
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Music at Marrowbone Books: Shrug Life
Listen to Danny Carroll talk about song-writing, social anxiety, and politics, and perform some of his music, in this month’s Music at Marrowbone Books podcast.
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Music at Marrowbone Books: Varo
Consuelo Breschi and Lucie Azconaga talk about their journeys from Florence and Bordeaux to Ireland’s trad music scene. They perform some tunes alongside Frank Tate.
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Music at Marrowbone Books: Anna Mieke
In this podcast episode, Wicklow-born folk artist Anna Mieke plays some songs at the bookshop, and talks about how her many travels have shaped her music.
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Music at Marrowbone Books: No Monster Club
Singer and songwriter Bobby Aherne talks about the origins of his art-pop act, No Monster Club – and why you might spot him walking down the street and humming into his phone.
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Music at Marrowbone Books: Cathal Caulfield
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.
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Music at Marrowbone Books: Branwen
In this podcast, Branwen Kavanagh talks to Martin Cook about mixing art forms, launching a new project, and how she came to be playing a petrol can – and she plays some songs.