To Here Knows When - Great Irish Albums Revisited

A short video preview of Episode 31 – Twist by The Fat Lady Sings

A short preview of Episode 31 – Twist by The Fat Lady Sings

This is a bonus episode of the podcast. Dave Hackett interviewed me on UCC98.3FM. I’m reposting the episode here. Dave asked me all about how I got into producing radio documentaries, the ethos of community radio broadcasting, how To Here Knows When came about and a whole lot more. Some listeners to my podcast enjoy this interview. Episode notes: https://www.paulmcdermott.ie/bonus-episode-4

This is a special bonus episode of the podcast. Back in 2017 Niall McCormack and Dr Ciarán Swan curated the Green Sleeves exhibition in the National Print Museum. “This exhibition examines the Irish-printed album cover. Included album covers were all designed or printed in Ireland. The work was completed for Irish groups, who worked at home or abroad, as well as albums from abroad referencing Irel...

Simple Kid - aka Kieran MacFeely - discusses his two albums from the early 00s – simply titled 1 and 2. Sometimes they’re referred to as SK1 and SK2. MacFeely first came to prominence in the late 1990s when The Young Offenders, the Cork glam-infused band he fronted released a couple of memorable singles, but their big break never materialised. Kieran took some time out after The Young Offenders an...

A short video preview of Episode 30 – 1 & 2 by Simple Kid

A short preview of Episode 30 – 1 & 2 by Simple Kid

In this episode Paul Ruxton, Cormac Gahan and Bill Twomey from Boa Morte join me to discuss their 2002 debut album Soon It Will Come Time To Face The World Outside. The album was produced by Daniel Presley (famed for his arranging, mixing and engineering work on Spain's The Blue Moods of Spain) and released on Francis Macdonald's (Teenage Fanclub) Shoeshine Records to huge acclaim. Billboa...

A short video preview of Episode 29 – Soon It Will Come Time To Face The World Outside by Boa Morte

A short preview of Episode 29 – Soon It Will Come Time To Face The World Outside by Boa Morte

In this episode Lee Casey and brothers Niall, Fergus and Barry McCormack from Jubilee Allstars join me to discuss Lights of the City their 2000 album released on Independent Records. Lights of the City was produced by Thom Monahan from The Pernice Brothers and recorded in a shed of in Windy Arbor. It’s a record about a pre-Celtic Tiger Dublin, a city that was just on the cusp of change. It’s an in...

A short preview of Episode 28 – Lights of the City by Jubilee Allstars

In this episode Eoin Stan O'Sullivan joins me to discuss The Prawn Lawn and Brang by The Shanks. From Newmarket in North Cork, The Shanks arrived in Cork City in 1990 fully formed having spent a few years gigging around North Cork and Kerry. The Prawn Lawn was recorded in Connolly's of Leap in West Cork by Paddy McNicholl and released on his imprint Rescue Records. Brang, the band's se...

A second short preview of Episode 27 – The Prawn Lawn & Brang by The Shanks

A short video preview of Episode 27 – The Prawn Lawn & Brang by The Shanks

In this episode Andrew Ferris (guitar/vocals)and Jamie Burchell (bass) join me to discuss how Jetplane Landing was formed after their previous band Cuckoo disbanded in the late-90s. Zero For Conduct, the band's debut album, was recorded in Jamie's homestudio in Bognor Regis and released on the band's own Smalltown America label in 2001. Jetplane Landing would release three more albums...

A short preview of Episode 26 – Zero For Conduct by Jetplane Landing.

For this episode I present my documentary, Dancing in the Disco - the story of The Sultans of Ping. It tells the band’s story from humble beginnings in Cork to topping the Indie Chart in the UK, touring the world, releasing three albums including their incredible debut - Casual Sex in the Cineplex - and sharing stages with their heroes, the Ramones. The band’s debut single, ‘Where’s Me Jumper?’ is...

A short video preview of Episode 25 – Casual Sex in the Cineplex by The Sultans of Ping

In this episode Elvera Butler joins me to discuss Kaught at the Kampus the live EP featuring four young Cork bands - Nun Attax, Micro Disney, Mean Features and Urban Blitz - that was recorded at the Downtown Kampus at Cork's Arcadia Ballroom on 30 August 1980. The famed EP has just been expanded and reissued. Elvera talks about growing up in a musical family in Thurles, attending UCC, being el...

A second short preview of Episode 24 – Kaught at the Kampus

A short video preview of Episode 24 – Kaught at the Kampus

In this episode Gavin Friday joins me to discuss ...If I Die, I Die by Virgin Prunes. We chat about Dublin in the 1970s and 80s; the band’s A New Form of Beauty multi format releases in 1981; touring throughout Europe; pushing boundaries with performance; working with Wire’s Colin Newman on If I Die, I Die; Séan Nós (old style) and the other Irish influences on the album; working with the photogra...

A second short video preview of Episode 23 – ...If I Die, I Die by Virgin Prunes

A short video preview of Episode 23 – ...If I Die, I Die by Virgin Prunes