Barra Carlin

Who Art Thou?

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Who Art Thou? is an Irish based podcast hosted by Barra Carlin and Jack McBain that explores the creative processes and life experiences of artists, musicians, writers, and other creatives. Each episode features a different guest, who shares their personal journey and insights into their craft. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Barra Carlin

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Music

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Latest episode

Jul 2, 2026

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Episodes

Episode 62: Cell Games 02.12.2023

Today I will be chatting with Tristan and Max of the fantastic Irish Nu-Metal band Cell Games, who have just released their latest single 'Jailbreak', which I cannot recommend enough! We'll be chatting about this brilliant new single, the bands first time playing The Siege of Limerick festival, anime, Nu-Metal (of course), the guy's Linkin Park cover band 'Fenix Park' and plenty more! Cell Games w...

Episode 61: Ian Adams 29.11.2023

My guest today is Ian Adams, an award winning Independent Irish filmmaker who's third feature length film, 'The Feature', which Ian wrote, directed and Co-starred in, recently won the Best Independent Movie award at the Underground Film Festival in Dun Laoghaire. I'll be primarily chatting to Ian about how this film came about, how it was made, some of the behind the scene stories and how it was p...

Episode 60: Solothurn 27.11.2023

Today I am joined by Ryan Adair (Vocals) and Dee Cleland (Guitars) of Solothurn! Solothurn are an Alt-Metal band based in Belfast which is comprised of experienced member of the Heavy Metal music scene, having played in such bands as Involution, Electric Red, Annapurna, Toska and Mondo Generator. I'll be chatting with Ryan and Dee about the band's debut EP, 'Servitude', which was released on the 1...

Episode 59: silverglass 23.11.2023

Welcome to a brand new episode of the Who Art Podcast? Today I am joined by Tadgh of the fantastic band, silverglass! silverglass have just released their debut single, 'Seraph', which features the artist SPOOKLET. It's a beautiful instrumental single that I really do love and have had on repeat since release day. We'll be chatting about this new single in detail, how Tadgh began the band with fel...

Episode 58: αnnie ∧ the ωitness 18.11.2023

Today I will be chatting with Annie Peter of the band αnnie ∧ the ωitness, a three-piece incorporating spoken word, post-punk and art-rock influences. The band features Juan Genovese on drums, who you may know from their solo project, Jet Lag, Seamus Bradley on guitar and bass loops who plays in the Indie Rock band Trope and Annie Peter on vocals, who is a poet that has been published in such publ...

Episode 57: Kevin Walsh 14.11.2023

Today's guest is the fantastic Cork born singer, songwriter and musician, Kevin Walsh! Emerging onto the music scene in 2022 with the Autism Awareness themed supergroup Embrace the World (featuring the West End’s Caroline Kay and fellow neurodivergent nu-folk artist Emma Langford), Kevin Walsh soared straight to #1 on iTunes, #19 on the Irish Homegrown Charts, appeared on the Six O’Clock Show and...

Episode 56: Horrenda 11.11.2023

Hello and welcome to a brand new episode of the Who Art Thou? podcast! Today I have Darragh, Arron and Cormac from the fantastic Experimental Black Metal band, Horrenda! This episode was recorded backstage at Lost Lane about 5 minutes after tha band finished their fantastic set supporting Rotten Sound. We'll be chatting about the band, their creativity, what they're all about and their new Single...

Episode 55: Mimosa Tattoos 08.11.2023

Welcome to a new episode of The Who Art Thou? podcast! My guest today is Alexie Hagon, the creator and artist behind the stick-and-poke buisness Mimosa Tattoos. Alexie is a exceptionally talented artist, so we said that she must come on the podcast for a chat but we decided to make it a little more of interesting in that she will be giving me a new tattoo while we record - So a regular episode for...

Episode 54: Cruel Sister 26.10.2023

Today's guest on the podcast is Cruel Sister! I'll be chatting with Cruel Sister in depth about her second EP, 'Turgid', that contains the two singles 'Lenny', and 'Hands', and how the EP came about, the themes explored within each song, how mobile phones can impact creativity, how to scream and how to pronounce the word Turgid correctly. Recorded not long after preforming two fantastic live shows...

Episode 53: Steiner 21.10.2023

Welcome to a brand new episode of the podcast - Today I am joined by Limerick-based Grunge/Doom/Stoner band, Steiner! We'll be chatting about the band, their musical influences, their debut EP 'First Contact', which was released earlier this year as well their upcoming preformance at the first 'SHELL-SHOCK' SHELL-SHOCK is a mini festival put on by Nutshell Grunge which wil feature some of the top...

Episode 52: D.Cullen 17.10.2023

Today I'm joined by the brilliant muscial talent that is D. Cullen. You may know him from his solo work, his band the New 52, his two performances on the Late Late Show and his fantastic album last year, Sing My Story, Tell My Song - Plenty to talk about there alone but today we'll be chatting about his new EP, 'Tiny', an 8 song EP with all songs being under 2 minutes in length, with a visual albu...

Episode 51: Vernon Jane 04.10.2023

This week I'm delighted to have Emily of Vernon Jane on the podcast! We'll be chatting about their brand new second album, Chestpains & Sidepieces, which is set for release next week on Friday, October 13th alongside a hometown show on the 11th in the Grand Social, which is setting up to be an absolutely incredible night. I was able to hear the album before the recording of this episode and it...

Episode 50: Sick Love 29.09.2023

Episode 50 of the podcast is here! To celebrate this special milestone episode, I've brought back my good friends Rebecca and Conor of the band Sick Love to chat about their upcoming debut album, which is set to be released next year. So far the band has released three excellent singles off the album, Sucka, Holly and Orbit (which was released today!). We'll be chatting about how these singles cam...

Episode 49: Tvashtar Paterae 21.09.2023

Welcome to a new episode of the ' Who Art Thou? ' podcast! Today I will be joined by Thomas, Chloe and Pierce of the band Tvashtar Paterae. We'll be chatting about their new EP, Love Songs to the Moon , which was released at the beginning of this month and is a fantastic collection of songs that kept me surprised throughout it's 26 minute runtime. On top of this we'll be chatting about how the ban...

Episode 48: Pretty Ltd 13.09.2023

Welcome to a brand new episode of the 'Who Art Thou?' podcast! Today I'm joined by 2/3 members of the band that pioneered of Velourcore, the amazing Pretty LTD. I'll be chatting with Dylan and DJ about how Pretty LTD began, their fantastic new single 'High', and what the band has in store for us in the future along with upcoming shows on their tour alongside Idle Discourse. Pretty LTD 'High' - on...

Episode 47: The Last Vinci 01.09.2023

Welcome to a brand new episode of the Who Art Thou? podcast! Today I'll be chatting with Alex, frontman and Guitarist of the band The Last Vinci! We'll be talking in detail about their incredible latest album, The Revolution is made Together, covering the recording process, the theme's explored in the album and all the amazing music videos that accompany it as well as chatting about what the band...

Korn's 'Follow the Leader' - 25 Year Anniversary (Bonus Episode) 17.08.2023

So today I'll be chatting about an album that I loved as a kid, which is hitting it's 25th anniversary tomorrow, which is Korn's third album 'Follow the Leader' . It's a very different album to what I remember and I forgot how much truly bizarre creative choices it has - including a rap battle with Limp Bizkkt's Fred durst and Jonathan Davis. Most importantly the podcast has an exclusive in that a...

Episode 46: True Home 08.08.2023

Welcome to a new episode of the Who Art Thou? podcast! Today I am joined by Declan Beare and Charlie Appleby of the ambient/Meditative Drone Metal duo, True Home. We'll be chatting together about the band origins, what inspires their music, their latest album, Black Lotus, which the band put on an incredible night promoting it recently in Whelans. We also have something a little different with thi...

Episode 45: Conor Leech 21.07.2023

Welcome to a brand new episode of the 'Who Art Thou?' podcast! Today I am joined by Conor Leech. Recently finishing his time with NCAD, Conor is a Graphic Designer working through photography, print and typography. Most recently, which is how I came across his work, he completed his final year project for college, which was titled 'Stardust 81', which focused on the Stardust Nightclub fire in Arta...

Episode 44: Nerves 13.07.2023

Today I am joined by the band Nerves! Hailing from Maigh Eo and Gaillimhe, I'm joined by all member (Kyle, Adam and Charlie) to chat about how the band started, how they developed their sound, how their song 'Leigue' was a turning point for the band and other topics such as what it's like to preform at an Achill Henge, their live video of 'Enclosed' filmed at Anseo and what the band is working on...

Deafheaven - Sunbather 10 Year Anniversary Special 08.07.2023

So last month Sunbather turned 10 years old. One of the most positively reviewed albums of 2013, it's style and aesthetic can still be felt in many black metal releases to this day and tt's an album of particular significance to myself and it had a huge impact on the direction my music tastes once I had heard it. So here's a little bonus episode of me disecting the album and it's relevence to me....

Episode 43: Hibsen 02.07.2023

For today's episode, I'll be joined by Jim Murphy and Gráinne Hunt of the band Hibsen! Each of them are extremely talented muscians, you may know Jim from his work from fronting his band Blue Fish Diamond and you may know Gráinne from her solo work as a contemporary nu folk singer/songwriter. They've come together to form the band Hibsen and have recently released their debut album, The Stern Task...

New Tunes, Hu Dis? with Zach Stephenson - Best of 2023 (so far) 24.06.2023

It's that time of year again! Myself and Zach met up recently to go over our favourite albums of the year the so far. It's been pretty incredible already and we're only halfway through! We'll be chatting about many incredible releases from this year, including Yaeji, Liturgy, Lankum, Jpegmafia X Danny Brown, Initiate and Westerman - and a bunch of artists on top of that. Instagram - https://www.in...

Episode 42: Conor Miley 19.06.2023

For today's episode I am joined by Conor Miley! Conor is a singer, songwriter and multi instrumentalist from Dublin. You may know them for their previous work with the band 'We Raise Bears', but today we will be chatting about their solo work, particularly focusing on his debut album, 'Thousand Yard Stare', which will be released in October. So far he's released two songs off the album, 'Father's...

Episode 41: Grey Stag 02.06.2023

Grey Stag return! Today we will be chatting with Matt and Daragh from the band Grey Stag. Fresh off seeing them on tour with support from TOOMS, I'll be chatting to the lads about the band's debut full-length album, 'Call of the Mountain', an absolute incredible album from start to finish. We'll be getting to depth about the themes and concepts behind them album, the recording process working with...

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