An End-of-Year Catch-up With Ray Blackwell of DeBarra’s Folk Club
December 31st, 2020 | by Brian Coney
Back in 2015, we had a wonderfully insightful chat with Ray Blackwell, the manager of beloved Clonakilty venue DeBarra’s Folk …
Interviews
Facilitating Connection: An Interview With Fears
December 15th, 2020 | by Stevie Lennox
We can almost count on one hands the acts who’ve truly pushed against boundaries and thrived in the most challenging year for creatives …
Q+A: Nathan O’Regan of Songbook
December 1st, 2020 | by Brian Coney
We catch up with Belfast-based musician and promoter Nathan O’Regan about the origins, success and upcoming – downright unmissable – …
EP Premiere + Q+A: Badhands – Oceans
November 26th, 2020 | by Zara Hedderman
The popularity of the sea, particularly in recent years, has become somewhat of an astonishing phenomenon. Images shared by friends …
LP Premiere + Q+A: Kilian O’Kelly – Luzhny’s Layer
November 6th, 2020 | by Zara Hedderman
It’s been a busy couple of years for Dublin-based guitarist, Kilian O’Kelly. In between joining Girl Band for a few …
Motherhood in the Music Industry: An Interview with New Pagans
September 21st, 2020 | by Danny Kilmartin
Belfast’s New Pagans make evocative music, using the tried-and-tested soft-loud dynamic to marry massive riffs with socially-conscious, challenging lyrics with …
For The Love of Music: An Interview with Andrew Weatherall
February 17th, 2020 | by Chris Jones
There simply was no one quite like Andrew Weatherall. One of the most respected selectors, prolific producers and legendary gentlemen …
Delicate fury: An interview with Maija Sofia
November 25th, 2019 | by Andrea Cleary
The simple, private act of bathing links generations of women, from pre-Raphaelite models of the 1850s to Chelsea Hotel socialites …
Sampling Dog Howls: An interview with ELLLL
October 8th, 2019 | by Susanna Li
Cork-born producer and DJ ELLLL creates gravitating music without the gravitas. Armed with samples of Youtube videos and voice recordings …
A Sense of Wonder in the Particular: An Interview with Perlee
October 4th, 2019 | by Maija Makela
Perlee are an Irish-bred dream-pop duo based in Berlin. Made up of Saramai Leech and Cormac O’Keefe, their first release …
