Hold Onto The Colours Podcast

Today's guest is a returning one. The New York Times bestselling author, Peter Ames Carlin. Peter has a fantastic new book out called Sonic Boom: From Hendrix to Fleetwood Mac to Madonna to Prince. The book is about the history of Warner Bros Records. I highly recommend it. Peter has a great way of making you feel like you are there which is a gift to have. For more info, visit https://www.peteram...

I had a great conversation with Dr Nicholas Evans, who was very kind with his time and extensive knowledge.. Dr Nicholas J Evans is lecturer in diaspora history at the Department of History. He is also an academic in the Queen's Anniversary Prize-winning Wilberforce Institute for the study of Slavery and Emancipation at the University of Hull. He uses the fruits of his academic research on volunta...

Today's episode is with artistic genius David Henty. David's artistic talent came into notice when he was doing forgeries of different artworks from the likes of Di Vinci, Caravaggio, Lowry and many more. We had a great conversation about art, music, inspiration and being in the flow. I loved the conversation. Recently David was featured on the Vice documentary about art forgery, I've included the...

Today's episode is with James and Mark of PresentDayProduction. The guys have a YouTube channel which is a really informative channel on all things music production. I really enjoyed the chat. Do check their page out on  https://www.youtube.com/c/PresentDayProduction https://www.presentdayproduction.com/  https://www.instagram.com/presentdayproductionuk/

Today's episode is with radio presenter Dan Hegarty. Dan host's The Alternative on RTE 2FM and 2XM. He has a vast knowledge of music and was a pleasure to have a chat with him. We also veered into talk about Bret Hart and MMA. Check out Dan's show weeknight on 2FM 10pm to Midnight Sunday to Thursday 2XM: 11am to 1pm Monday to Friday 2fm page:  http://2fm.rte.ie/2fm-shows/dan-he...

Today's episode is with Bargain Hunt's own, Charles Hanson. Charles is such a lovely man and a great auctioneer. It was a trill to talk with him about all things antiques, his charity work, television work and much more. We had a great conversation. Thank you Charles. If you want to find more out about Charles, visit  www.hansonauctioneers.co.uk or follow on Instagram at https://instagram.com...

Today's episode is with Peter Montgomery. Peter is a talented mastering engineer and really lovely guy. We talk all things music. If you want to check out Peter's work, check out www.petermonthomerymastering.com

Today's episode is with the very talented Verónica Valerio. Verónica is a singer, harpist and poet. At the moment she is making an album with the great Van Dyke Parks. We had a lovely conversation about her music, life, culture, etc. Verónica is a lovely person aswel as a talented one. Check her out at https://www.veronicavalerio.com/

Today's podcast is with Benn Jordan. Benn is a talented musician and composer. He has also alot of albums released under the name The Flashbulb. He also has a really great Youtube page. So check both them out at https://theflashbulb.bandcamp.com/ and https://www.youtube.com/c/BennandGear

The year that was 2020. Thanks to all the people who came on the podcast, I can't thank you enough. Thank you to all who listened.

Happy Christmas everyone. I had the pleasure to talk to James Young who is CEO and founder of Aston Microphones. We had a great chat about the newest microphone Aston have released called the Aston Element. Thank you to James for his time. Check out Aston at www.astonmics.com

Today's episode is with Frank Landry of Channel 33rpm, which is a great Youtube channel all about vinyl. We had a great chat as I am always up for talking about music. Check out Frank's YouTube channel at www.youtube.com/channel33rpm

Today's episode is with the lovely Andrew Milton. He has a great YouTube channel called Parlogram Auctions which is all about The Beatles on vinyl. I really enjoyed talking with Andrew. If anyone is after some rare Beatles finds check out http://www.parlogramauctions.com

Today's episode is with a friend of mine and badass drummer Johnny Boyle. I loved the chat. Johnny has played with many artists such as The Frames, Lir, Picture House and yours truly. He also has a great podcast called The Brief Encounter Podcast. Well worth a check out. To find out more visit Johnny at https://podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/the-brief-encounter-podcast-with-johnny-boyle/id149820395...

Today's episode is with the wonderful Van Dyke Parks. Van Dyke has been a huge influence on my music. Not only is he a great composer and released many brilliant albums, he is also a fantastic arranger. He has also worked with many artists from the likes of Silverchair to The Beach Boys to Ry Cooder to Rufus Wainwright. It was an honor to have him on the podcast. He is a delightful, witty, intelli...

I had the pleasure to talk to OCD(Obsessive compulsive disorder) expert Dr. Patrick McGrath. As a person myself who suffers with OCD I think such conversations with regard to mental health are always a good thing. We also had a chat about the great band Rush. Thank you to Patrick. Not only is he a smart and lovely man but he loves Rush. For more please check out www.nocd.com

Today's episode is with the fantastic author Norman Ohler. Norman wrote one of my all time favourite book called Blitzed. It documents the drug use within the Nazis. It is fascinating. We had a chat about that book and his latest book which is excellent too, called The Infiltrators. For more on Norman visit. www.normanohler.com

Today's episode I had the pleasure to talk with Adam Lisagor. Adam is a talented director and founder of production company Sandwich. We had a great chat about his new Podcast All Consuming which is a very interesting podcast. Please go follow All Consuming on Spotify. It's well worth a listen. https://sandwich.co/ https://instagram.com/adam.lisagor

Today is a short podcast, a mini one if you will. It's about my song Prelude. I talk about what the song is about the production and some other little bits. Enjoy!

Today's podcast is with Rob of the wonderfully informative YouTube channel Adeptus Psychonautica. The channel covers the interesting world of psychedelics. We had a great long chat about DMT, The Prisoner, Star Wars and much more. Check out Rob at https://www.youtube.com/c/AdeptusPsychonautica

I had the honor and pleasure of speaking with the fantastic Ron Carter. Ron is a bassist, composer and teacher. Along with having many albums himself he has played with Wayne Shorter, Joe Henderson, Andrew Hill and was a member of the great Miles Davis quintet. Check out his great body of work. http://roncarterbooks.com/

I had a very interesting conversation with the wonderful Nduduzo Makhathini. Nduduzo is an amazing composer, healer and pianist signed to legendary jazz label Blue Note. We talked about his new album ''Modes of Communication'', Zulu culture, parallel universes, colours, and everything and anything conversation went. I appreciate Nduzuo's time and knowledge. He is a beautiful soul and was great to...

I had a great time talking with the talented author Peter Ames Carlin. He has written books on Brian Wilson, Bruce Springsteen, Paul Simon. His upcoming book is called Sonic Boom: The Impossible Rise of Warner Bros. Records, from Hendrix, to Fleetwood Mac to Madonna to Prince. Please go check out his site and his books at www.peteramescarlin.com

I had the pleasure to talk to the great David Bottrill. David is a record produced and worked with many great artists such as Peter Gabriel, Tool, King Crimson, Rush and produced one of my favourite albums of all time, Diorama by Silverchair. We talked about recording, Ireland, Robert Fripp and many more things. I really appreciated David's time and his wealth of knowledge he shared. To find out m...

I had a very interesting talk with Caroline Curwen who is a synesthesia researcher. We talked about colours, scrambled eggs, DMT, music and many other things in the weird and wonderful world of the brain. For more information check out Caroline at www.carolinecurwen.com and at Twitter @curwen01.