This week we chat with Niamh Regan who's debut album Hemet was nominated for the Choice Music Prize Album of the year and the RTE Folk Awards album of the year. Niamh talks about embarking on her first big tour, her hopes for her musical future and much more.
Also included on the podcast are tracks from HamsandwicH, Sinead O'Brien, Pixie Cut Rhythm Orchestra, Maria Sommerville, Pastiche and a few from Niamh Regan.
Here's the playlist from the episode. https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4WQvD9aJY7uYTKdd865ops?si=5f7a437f789245ea
Series Two of The Kate Brennan Harding music podcast is here. Kate returns this series armed with a mountain of gorgeous Irish music and guests.
In this episode, Kate is joined by Cork musician Jack O'Rourke to talk about the release of his new album 'Wild Place'.
There is a celebration of Irish music released over the last few months. Plus Jack O'Rourke has created a special playlist as a side treat from the show. You can access that here.
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0H4jjuQQVnQFKf4IiWOooB?si=408ba79b9cbc4e7b
Artists featured are Jack O'Rourke, Houseplants, Dark Tropics, CMAT, Niamh Regan, Ciara O'Neill, and a band that are incredibly exciting New Dad.
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We are travelling to Belfast next week to record the podcast live from Outburst Arts Festival with special guests in front of a LIVE AUDIENCE!!
Kate is joined this week by festival producers Maria Schweppe and Naoise Nunn to chat about the vast project that is Brightening Air, which starts on June 11th.
Some of the work for Brightening Air being produced this year include:
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This week Tom Coll drummer with Grammy nominated Fontaines DC, Mayo man, trad music lover has the chats with Kate. The band have been recording their third album but we can't say too much about that! Tom has a deep love of trad music and couldn't find any on vinyl so he has created a compilation album featuring artists he loves both new and old. He tells Kate all about what inspired him to produce this record and when we can expect to be able to purchase it.
Kate also features a feast of music from The Altered Hours, The Crayon Set, Laura Mvula, Durand Jones & The Indications, Fontaines DC, Molly Burman, The Mary Wallopers, Dervish, Ye Vagabonds and some band from Manchester called Oasis.
This week a patreon has been launched to help support the creation of this podcast. There is no obligation to sign up but if you do have a fiver or a tenner to spare per month, this would be amazing!
As usual the playlists are available in full on Spotify under Kate Brennan Harding.
This week alongside a plethora of tunes, Kate virtually meets exciting new artist Fears who's debut album will be out on the 7th May 2021. They chat about life, creating, loss and giving yourself the chance to become mentally well.
Tunes included feature a 16 year old Dubliner called Ollie White who's debut album was written, recorded and released between Pancake Tuesday and Friday 23rd April. It is a remarkable sound created using an old iPhone and headphones placed inside his guitar. I feel he is an exciting prospect.
I've amazing music from Roisin Murphy, wasP feat Deaf Joe, How I Became A Wave, Dani Larkin, Garbage, HousePlants, Loah, Everyone You Know, Rvstless, Lavengro, Twin Diver Cat Dowling and Lost in your Mind.
There's a small mix of tunes at the end to inspire dancing and our newer freedoms from pandemic restrictions.
Please follow and subscribe to the podcast. Also you can follow me on twitter @KateBHdj and the full playlist for each episode is on Spotify under Kate Brennan Harding.
In this episode, Kate meets (virtually) rising alt-pop sensation Orla Gartland. Orla has been making music since she was 13 and is about to release her debut album later this year. Orla joins Kate from London and they chat about the importance of female visibility in music, writing pop tracks for K Pop boy band BTS, and finding her creative identity.
There is music from David Keenan, Tolu MaKay, Villagers, Biig Piig, Peter Doran, The X Collective, Smoothboi Ezra, Fears, Walk then Dance, Juice Newton, The Altered Hours, and Kojaque.
Kate's track of the week is David Keenan with Peter O'Toole's Drinking Stories.
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This week Kate is joined by concert promoter, broadcaster, and all-around lovely fella Leagues O'Toole, we chat about music town a showcase festival which is happening between April 15th and April 25th. We chat about a return to live gigs as his company Foggy Notions has scheduled some amazing stuff including John Grant at the National Concert Hall.
If you would like to see what is available for Music Town here is the link https://www.musictown.ie/
Kate also takes a quick look at Lias Saoudi and the bands he makes magic with - Fat White Family and The Moonlandingz.
There's tunes from Orla Gartland, Elkae, AE MAK, Ships, We Are Aerials, Edel Meade, Tracy Bruen, Cronin, Paddy Chambers, Destiino, Yuksek and Kate's new music crush The Lounge Society.
As usual the full playlist is available on Spotify for you to enjoy!
This week Kate Brennan Harding returns with a bumper selection of music from new collectives, Irish artists, and international bands.
Declan O'Rourke has just released his seventh studio album called Arrivals, it has been produced by none other than Paul Weller and brings us on a meditation of home, travel, belonging and so much more. Declan joins Kate for a big chat about creativity, getting peace, finding a sense of belonging, and how recording with Paul Weller was inspiring on every level.
There's wall to wall amazing music and you can find the full playlist here;
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5jP5Y2CQhNzARWlVZVmHPl?si=pjXuWnF1Tim9xz_QGngzrA
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In this episode, Kate gets to sit down with Film maker Myles O'Reilly to chat about his latest music project Indistinct Chatter, whose album 'My Mother's Star' was released this week.
Myles is a fascinating person and the chat meanders around loss, love, creativity, music, radio and what kind of gigs we can expect from Arbutus Yarns when festivals return.
You can find more if Myles work here; https://arbutusyarns.net/
Also on featured on the show, For Those I Love, Soda Blonde, Saint Sister, Louisahhh, Sprints, Chasing Abbey and a comedy appearance by The Wild Geeze.
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Playlist for the show is here
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/49pscmWJTCyxdea85b7l9n?si=3uH5KJQUQMitT1-UIYQWPw
Kate Brennan Harding can't quite believe she is typing this, but yes, Roisin Murphy is her guest on the podcast this week.
Roisin Murphy is an artist whose soul comes from the essence of parties and the raves, the kind of parties that birth fashion and muses, the out-there experimental, the queer space, the daft space, and most importantly the space that she has always brought, the sound space.
Roisin and Kate talk about meditation, missing her parents, creating with a vast array of producers, her new live show, and much much more.
Kate also takes us on a journey with some amazing new Irish and international tracks and chats.
You can find the playlist for the show here
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5M3TP3U2EyrctdM0QqDso3?si=DGacf1_DSnehxOZjiNJHsQ
Please follow the podcast on Spotify and give it a share on social media channels.
If you would like to contact the show katebrennanharding@gmail.com is the best place to send music.
This week Kate talks with Arrivalists Patrick M Barrett about his writing, life in lockdown caring for his elderly parents, a love of Dublin, beating cancer, and talking long walks. It is like a big warm hug of a chat so settle in with a cuppa. Links to Patricks' music are below.
Kate also chats with Galia Arad who is a fascinating singer-songwriter, she has just released her brand new single 'Lions Den' and Kate talks with her about how an idea on the subway in New York caused her to be noticed by Shane McGowan and subsequently tour the world with Jools Holland.
Music featured this week comes from Conchur White, Galia Arad, Babylamb, Why-axis, Jane Weaver, Brittany Howard, Ailbhe Reddy, Fears, Biig Piig and Emotional Oranges, Japanese Breakfast, Elliott Mo, and the iconic Grace Jones.
The playlist is on Spotify and please also support musicians you like by purchasing their tunes.
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7A5hfZkwnTbD6h5sOv6Ppl?si=he8l1hj7T_iu_w4jM5QRRQ
https://thehedgeschools.bandcamp.com/
In this week's episode, Kate takes a meander through the music and magic that is part of this years St Patricks Festival. The festival has so much to offer people especially as we are marking one year since the Covid pandemic changed the very fabric of our World.
Kate chats with Artistic Director Karen Walshe about creating the immense cultural programme which includes music from Pillow Queens, New Jackson, Colm Mac Con Iomaire, Beauty Sleep, Enola Gay, Kynsy, Soule, Gemma Bradley and a tonne more.
You will also hear a chat between journalist and wonderous human Manchan Magan about his work included in the festival; Sea Tamagotchi. An illustrated handmade book of 40 sea words has been published by Redfoxpress, and over 250 of the most evocative words he gathered are on http://www.manchan.com/sea-tamagotchi
Now for St. Patrick’s Day Manchán has created 19 short films featuring the voices of the fishermen, intercut with film footage of the Irish coastline.
Each word offers rich insights into coastal practices, navigation systems, seasonal calendars, psychological aspects of sea life, migratory routes and fishing techniques.
The words make clear how ancient languages that have been spoken for thousands of years provide keys to unlocking the secrets of nature, because they arose from cultures that had learnt over millennia to live sustainably in their environments.
The Playlist for the show is here:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2yLLKzWLA7OUZRZ4tKbkbT?si=wP7PA79uSG-Oh5yMmnXzaw
Please support artists by buying their music and merch if you can!
Episode 3 of The Kate Brennan Harding Music podcast features an interview with Fuz Reilly from Galway band Slyrydes, the band are due to release their debut album later this year and will be releasing a new single "Boy in the debs suit" on March 8th.
Kate also has a chat with CEO of First Music Contact Angela Dorgan about Keychange and the positive impact this European-wide initiative is having. Keychange is a pioneering movement that began as a European initiative to create positive sustainable changes in the music industry, supporting talented and underrepresented artists and asking organisations to take a pledge for gender equality.
Featuring loads of new music from Ireland and beyond. The playlist for the podcast is available on Spotify.
spotify:playlist:4vcPeA8uUkpWM0qHUBQRGU
In this episode, Kate interviews Body & Soul Festival Director Avril Stanley and Creative Director Mary Hickson about 'Eiru's Threshold", a multi-disciplinary project filmed and created during lockdown. This inspirational project is premiering on Sat 13th February on http://bodyandsoul.ie/.
Kate features music from Django Django, Patricia Lalor, Warmduscher, Conchur White, Holly MacVe, Pixie Cut Rhythm Orchestra, Dry Cleaning, Darkside, Denise Chaila, Ria Rua, Black Coffee and the song of the month is from For Those I Love.
Kate also has an in-depth focus interview on new rising star Dani Larkin ahead of her debut album release later this year.
Kate Brennan Harding has started a music podcast. Mainly focusing on the Irish music scene but with more than a hint of international flavour.
In episode one she is joined by electronic artist Elaine Mai who speaks about her brand new single 'No Forever' feat May Kay. They talk about lockdown release dates and what Elaine hopes to release her debut album by the end of the year. Plus Elaine's work with Key Change.
Turning Pirates Una Molloy also joins Kate to talk about the live venue collective and how funding is being spent on the live music industry.
Artists Mentioned
Elaine Mai, The Crayon Set, Everyone You Know, Lost In Your Mind, Cronin, Fontaines DC, Elliott Mo, Dry Cleaning, A Smyth, Gareth Quinn Redmond, Gaze is Ghost, Orla Gartland.
