In this episode you’ll hear about how a bully gave The Orange his nickname, and how he embraced it at university, when he was warrior-tall, with a ginger crown and a love of mushrooms. And you’ll learn how the music ended for him.
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.
In this episode you’ll hear about faeries, the Virgin Mary’s appearance in Inchydoney, “wrecking”, how Dan McCarthy had tresses and a goatee that made him look like a pirate or a musketeer, and how he died.
In this episode you’ll learn what happened to Chill Out Timmy, hear about the trials and tribulations of a Curehead love affair, and encounter the curse of Edmund Spenser.
Five teenagers gathered at a party in a bedsit in Dunmanway, West Cork during mushroom season in 1993. Only one is left on this Earth. The first instalment of a six-episode podcast memoir by the survivor.
Junior Brother recorded one of his early low-fi records in his kitchen in Kerry. A couple of years and many gigs later, he talks to Martin Cook about his evolution as an experimental folk singer.
In this month’s podcast, Martin Cook talks to the Canadian trio about life on the road, the instruments they have made, and why they used to dress in sepia.
In this month’s music podcast, Alan Woods shares his deep knowledge of traditional music, with songs from his County Leitrim, and the tales behind them.
Sasha Hsuczek’s influences range from her first-love – Irish traditional music – to the old songbooks of Sacred Harp, to the country music of Kitty Wells.
Ahead of a recent live session, the quizzical singer Myles Manley talks to Martin Cook about his persona, the inspiration for his music videos, and more.
From the publication of hate speech, to the use of social media to draw readers into an addictive diet of endless news consumption, are news organisations hurting their readers?
