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On this week's PODAROONEY, Joe talks to Brian Byrne. Brian Byrne is a composer, conductor, songwriter, arranger and pianist living in Los Angeles. He is a Golden Globe nominated composer who has won two World Soundtrack Awards and a…

Let me start the review with this, Freja Frances is a superstar in the making. 'Catching Fire' is a very melancholic opener — it's different. It's immediately clear how soft, but distinctive, Freja's voice is. Musically it consists of a…

Seneko’s Soul Numbers is EP #4 in three years for the Americana/soul artist. Each release has lent him ample opportunity to develop his voice. Now, it all culminates in an EP that has Seneko sounding more refined and confident than ever.…

The Comebacks (Part 1) This is the first half of a show recorded live at the Dublin Podcast Festival 2017 with guests Deirdre O’Kane and Naimee Coleman. In this episode Naimee Coleman picks up where she left off in our last chat where…

There’s a lyric on the manic, discoish lead single of Past Pupil Stay Sane that goes: “Man in the pub said play Neil Young / Or a Leonard Cohen song / Play us something we can all sing along / we’re tired of listening to your shitty oul…

"Like today I was feeding the receipt machine out and trying to scribble down some lyrics that popped into my head..." There’s this cliché about musicians, working in coffee shops, scrawling down lyrics and ideas any chance they get at…

In this episode Gearoid (with a little help.. ok a lot of help from Dave Moore)  tracks down Irish singer songwriter to find out what became of the Dundrum songstress after her second album.…

Sufjan Stevens The Helix, Dublin When an artist puts out a great record, the tracks can sometimes falter when they make the dodgy transition to a live setting.  Certain musicians can be found guilty of failing to understand that a live…

Mac DeMarco Another One 'Mac Demarco is the musical equivalent of going downhill on a bike in the sunshine.' Twitter user @BigDirtyFry says in 15 words what listeners, reviewers, and musicians alike have been trying to do for a while…

There's a spiky gothic charm about Naoise Roo. The Dublin native stalks similar shadows to those of Nick Cave, Neko Case et al, though she rises above soundalike status thanks to a voice that simultaneously manages to allay and excite.…