Carey & Quirky

It’s All Music

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Join Carey and Quirky as they chat among themselves and to all types musicians and guests who share a love for music. Get to learn more about the guests backgrounds and what got them interested in music. Hear their stories, their early musical influences,how they got to where they are now musically and where they might plan to go next with their music. You'll also get to hear the guys play music, sometimes their own cover versions of songs or sometimes their own original music & songs. NEW EPISODES ON MONDAYS Lots of laughs, chat, stories and music in between. Please like and share, comment an...

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Carey & Quirky

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Music

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Latest episode

Jun 28, 2026

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Episodes

I Said It To Him 14.07.2025

Thursday night gigs, John Denver’s plans to go to space, Artist leaving Spotify and a lot more discussed on this weeks episode of the It’s All Music Podcast with Carey & Quirky. Two songs thrown in near the end for good luck with loads of chat, craic, stories & laughs throughout. From Carey, Henny & Quirky @ IT'S ALL MUSIC - THANKS FOR LISTENING Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy f...

Here’s to the Youngest Son of Dunne 06.07.2025

One this episode of the It’s All Music Podcast, the lads chat about Irish rap group Kneecap, how they’ve gotten themselves into a bit of hot water and their recent appearance at Glastonbury. How an AI band on Spotify is causing some waves and gathering momentum is discussed. A traditional song by Quirky and some good music from the Geography & Music Segment. Loads of chat, craic & laughs t...

That's a Great Number 29.06.2025

A song kicks off this episode of the It's All Music Podcast where the lads then quickly dive into a very in-dept gear review. Carey then tell's a story about the musicians that were booked to play on the Titanic and the famous story of how they continued to play on as the ship sank. Quirky has a list of some weird merchandise that famous bands or musicians have sold at gigs or online and the lads...

Anything Lively No? 22.06.2025

A Song written about famine times kicks off this episode of the It's All Music Podcast - Revenge for Skibbereen. The lads chat about the song afterwards for a while and how Skibbereen, Co. Cork was so badly hit during the famine times in Ireland. Now if that's not enough to get you going...listen on for chat about some new music that has caught Quirky's attention. Doolin Folk Festival that was on...

Never Wash A Slipper 15.06.2025

A song from ‘The Pale’ to kick off this episode of The It’s All Music Podcast. From there, reasons why never to wash a slipper, holidaying in Italy, male opera singers and what used to happen Italian young fellas back in the 1500’s if they were handy singers, vegetable orchestras, some viewing recommendations and the lads new segment “Geography & Music” is all discussed with The Lads. Loads of...

Colin Beausang 08.06.2025

Drummer, guitar player, sound engineer & all round musician Colin Beausang joins Quirky for a chat about all things music and his love of music. After studying music extensively in College, Colin gives some great insight into what being a student of music is like of what’s involved. Loads of chat about how he got into music, what he’s doing now and what he hopes to do a bit more of in the futu...

Audio Archaeology 01.06.2025

Quirky brought down his Gretsch G2420T for this episode as Carey had a song he wanted to try out with a guitar that had a "Whammy" bar. Moving on from that, the question of which sound was the first ever to be recorded was on Carey's mind and he had a bit of research done. It was captured in Paris by Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville in the late 1850s, nearly two decades before Thomas Ed...

A Pint of Plain is Your Only Man 25.05.2025

Carey kicks off this episode of the It’s All Music Podcast with “A Pint of Plain’, a song by The Dubliners from 1974. The lads chat about the Eurovision and how Ireland did this year and listen back (& play along) to some of the songs Carey thought were good! Loads of chat, stories & craic throughout with another song near the end featuring Mr Roger Ryan. A past guest and friend of the lad...

The One With The Hurrian Hymn No.6 18.05.2025

Carey had a story to tell on this episode of The It’s All Music Podcast. Not just any story though! It was one about one of the oldest melodies from 1400bc and not only did he tell the story, but didn’t he go and play the tune for us then as well! Strap in for this one…some mind blowing stuff in store. Loads of chat, craic, stories and music throughout. From Carey, Henny & Quirky @ IT'S ALL MU...

Mikes Mic Test 11.05.2025

There’s usually a “gear segment” the lads do on the podcast where they’ll review of gear, test it out & give some sort of a conclusion at the end. Well on this episode of the It’s All Music Podcast the lads got an old but working Shure SM58 mic-the industry standard microphone and put it through a series of rigorous tests. Does it still work at the end? Well you’ll just have to listen to find...

Cockroach’s & Teeth Drumming 04.05.2025

On this episode ofI its all Music, Carey tells us about his trip to Lanzarote with the family and then takes off into a bit of drumming with the teeth! Never a dull moment on the It’s All Music Podcast. Loads of chat and Craic in between with a couple of cover songs thrown in throughout, From Carey, Henny & Quirky @ IT'S ALL MUSIC - THANKS FOR LISTENING Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy f...

Uranium-235 27.04.2025

The tail-end of last weeks episode with a bit of chat & a couple of songs from Carey & Quirky. Uranim-235 came up in conversation but you'll have to listen through to get the full context of that one! From Carey, Henny & Quirky @ IT'S ALL MUSIC - THANKS FOR LISTENING Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Not a Screed of Gravity 20.04.2025

On this weeks episode of It’s All Music, the lads come in from doing a small job on Carey’s tractor & trailer to have a chat about their week gone by. Gravity is discussed at length where Katie Perry going to space gets a mention & Quirky’s recent float therapy experience. Carey chats about words in songs, language and lost meanings of some songs he sings at gigs. Loads of chat, craic &amp...

Ger Finn 13.04.2025

On this episode of It’s All Music, “down by Ger Finn’s Quarry” the lads are joined by publican and owner of Finn’s Tavern in Ballymacoda…the very man himself…Ger Finn. Ger joins the lads for a chat about the pub in Ballymacoda and when he took it over back in the 80’s. Ger discusses how things have changed with regards to the drinking culture over the years and how he had to adapt to those changes...

Bring The Hoover 06.04.2025

Carey hasn’t been in Fitzgeralds Park Museum in Cork would you believe? He’s going to go…but he’s thinking of bringing his new hoover with him! You'll have to listen to make any bit of sense of that one. An interesting gear talk segment for anyone with an interest in twelve string guitars. Also some vocal layering and how it works is discussed & tried out. Loads of chat, craic & a couple c...

The Side Effects of FX 30.03.2025

On this Episode of Its All Music, Quirky has figured out a way of having an orchestra backing himself & Carey on a song. Is it any good tho??? Carey has more gear, another pedal…one that has weird physical effects on the body & Quirky’s vague recollection of the “Rag Trade” comes up in conversation. Loads of chat, craic, stories & songs thrown in throughout. From Carey, Henny & Qui...

Wouldn’t Even Get Paid 24.03.2025

There’s nights Carey would just bundle up the leads, grab everything, throw it onto the passenger seat of the Landcruiser & “GOODLUCK…Sometimes Wouldn’t Even Get Paid!” The lads, Carey & Quirky chat all things music & how their St Patrick’s weekend gigs went. Loads of chat, craic, stories & laughs throughout, with a couple of cover songs thrown in off the cuff as per usual. From Ca...

An Uninspiring Cripple 17.03.2025

Poor Carey was a bit sick for this one. However, despite saying he wasn’t going to fight it, that he would make a very “Uninspiring Cripple”, he managed to get through this episode of Its All Music Podcast with some great laughs and a couple songs. Loads of chat, stories and music in between. From Carey, Henny & Quirky @ IT'S ALL MUSIC - THANKS FOR LISTENING Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/priv...

A Generous Dollop of Harmony 10.03.2025

It’s all Peace & Harmony down in Knockadoon this week on The It’s All Music Podcast. Carey’s brought a harmony pedal to to the party to try it out for the gear segment…& try it out he did! The Popes current health status is discussed which leads the lads onto Sinead O’Conners appearance on Saturday Night Live back in 1992. A cover song is thrown in by Quirky near the end & Carey does o...

Jaysus You’ve Em’ All Fooled 03.03.2025

“Jaysus you’ve em all fooled” recorded before the lads trip to Dingle where they did their most recent Bonus episodes. The lads chatted about wedding showcasing for musicians, a looping acoustic guitar in the gear segment & what the fellas who were kicked out of Boyzone in the early days did afterwards is discussed…Mad Story with one of em! Plenty of chat, stories and laughs…with a couple cove...

The 2nd Half | BONUS EPISODE | Bob Griffins Bar Dingle 27.02.2025

The 2nd half, a Bonus episode where the lads recorded their morning of music & craic captured from 'Bob Griffins Bar' in Dingle, Co. Kerry. The lads had been keen to take the podcast on the road for a while now. They'd no real plan, but wanted to see what would happen if they brought the podcast mics, the instruments and a couple of lads with them (for moral support) and go in to some bar, pla...

BONUS EPISODE | Bob Griffins Bar Dingle 24.02.2025

Bonus episode from 'Bob Griffins Bar' in Dingle, Co. Kerry. The lads had been keen to take the podcast on the road for a while now. They'd no real plan, but wanted to see what would happen if they brought the podcast mics, the instruments and a couple of lads with them (for moral support) and go in to some bar, play a bit of music and see could the capture the atmosphere, craic, music and songs......

Ring Ahead 17.02.2025

A different start to this episode of the “It’s All Music Podcast” as the lads kick off with a song, which isn’t normal for them but as Carey says “what’s normal”. Heavy use of toilet paper has Carey in a bit of bother but somehow that leads the lads on to chatting about a music documentary they watched based on Irish boyband Boyzone. *Spoiler alert if you haven’t seen it…a good honest documentary...

The "AWARDS" Episode 10.02.2025

It was round 2 for the lads on this Episode of The It's All Music Podcast as Quirky had forgot to press record when they sat down. 77 episodes in without that happening but the lads just laughed off that one...MASSIVE...cock-up, & started again! It's Grammy season & with all the big music celebrities getting their "AWARD" as Father Jack would say from "Father Ted", Carey kicks of this epis...

Goats Cheese Tartlet Anyone? 03.02.2025

“Hello Mozambique” and welcome to another instalment of The “It’s All Music Podcast”…the ‘All Bran’ of podcasts as Carey says…”The boys are regular”. With that introduction, where do you go from there? Well there’s a song about cocaine, there’s a sea shanty thrown in by Quirky & how a goats cheese tartlet played havoc with Carey. Walking holidays come up in conversation , gigs the lads played...

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