Irish Women in Jazz

Aleka Potinga is a classically trained cellist, jazz trained vocalist, lecturer at Dublin's DCU and director of The Dublin Jazz Co-op. Originally from Romania, Aleka has been living in Dublin for almost 15 years. She lives in the city with her husband, jazz guitarist Chris Guilfoyle. She is an active performer and composer and was our featured artist for the live Podcast and gig series at the...

The Irish Women in Jazz Podcast LIVE Presents Jazzabelles.  Recorded on April 5th 2023 at Arthur's Jazz & Blues Club in Dublin. Hosted by Jennifer McMahon featuring guests from the evening's act, Jazzabelles.  JAZZABELLES are an all-women Jazz collective including vocals (Pauline Quinn), Violin (Enid Conaghan), Saxophone (Hannah Levy), Trumpet (Aoife Cullen), Piano (Zane Lidaka), Bas...

On July 18th 2025, American vibraphone player Sasha Berliner played a solo set at Dublin's 'The Cooler', hosted by the Improvised Music Company. Irish Women in Jazz's Jennifer McMahon was invited along to have a chat with Sasha ahead of her debut Irish tour. Stick on the kettle and join us.... Sasha Berliner https://www.sashaberlinermusic.com Instagram: @sashaberliner Improvise...

Est. in January 2022, Irish Women in Jazz was created to empower, support and elevate female and female identifying jazz musicians in Ireland. It aims to be a place to connect and commune with fellow musicians, take part in educational and professional opportunities and advance a more balanced representation across the scene in terms of gender. This podcast is an 8 episode series accompanying the...

Join our host, Jennifer McMahon as she chats with vocalist, educator and newly graduated music therapist, Fiadh Rua Gregg.  Fiadh shares her journey so far, lets us into the Shy Mascot world and even gave us a sneak peak at the bands new single, Prince Lotor Flow- out May 1st. If you're heading to Bray Jazz Festival this year, you can catch the band on May 2nd.  Follow Fiadh for more deliciou...

Ever wondered what it might be like to play the harp? Maybe more specifically, the jazz harp? Join our host Jennifer McMahon as she chats with Irish harpist, Sorcha Mc Cague back in late 2025.  Originally from Monaghan, Sorcha studied classical and Irish harp at both the Royal Irish Academy of Music and TU Dublin. Since 2018 though, she turned her focus to performing and popularising the inclusion...

Tune in to the Irish Women in Jazz podcast from Dublin, where host Jennifer McMahon chats to vocalist, educator and community music practitioner, Pia Dunne about her life in music so far, facilitating the Peer 2 Peer workshop on 'Circle Songs' and what it means to share music with others.  Read more about Pia here: https://pia-dunne.com/ This podcast is kindly supported by The Arts Counc...

Join us in Dublin in December where host, Jennifer McMahon chats with emerging artist Emily Jane about how 2025 saw her debut EP release, radio features and navigating a career as an independent musician having recently graduated from the DCU jazz and contemporary music programme.  'To Promenade' is available to listen to and purchase from Bandcamp: https://emilyjane1999.bandcamp.com/alb...