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Who Art Thou?

Who Art Thou? is an Irish based podcast hosted by Barra Carlin 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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Episode 111: Blue Slate

Who Art Thou? ·

2024/09/25

Today I am joined on the podcast by John Harney of Blue Slate!We'll be chatting about Blue Slate's latest release, 'Beaker' which is to be released tomorrow and marks a new sound and direction with the band's music. On top of this, I'll be chatting to John about how he initially got into music, the ridiculous story of where the title for 'Beaker' even came from, how punk icons used to piss the general public off, American Hardcore, Henry Rollins and the love for the Brian Jonestown Massacre. Myself

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Episode 110: Taylor Byrne

Who Art Thou? ·

2024/09/20

Today I am joined on the podcast by Taylor Byrne, a multi-instrumental singer/songwriter, and frontman of the Franco-Irish ensemble, The Celtic Social Club.Primarily in this episode we'll be chatting about Taylor's latest release, 'Someone Had to Stay', which was released in May of this year. Produced by Matt Winston, the five-track EP explores the theme of emigration from the perspective of those who remain. From the sombre ‘Someone Had to Stay’, the jaunty ‘22 & Feelin’ Sorta Aimless’, and the

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Episode 109: Pebbledash

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2024/09/17

Today's guests on the podcast are Cormac, Jack and Fionnbharr of Cork based shoegaze/alt. rock band Pebbledash!We'll be chatting about the bands latest 2 singles, Killer Lover and Carraig Aonair, which were released in August and will serve as a pre-empt for the band's debut EP, which is set to be released early next year.We'll be chatting about how these songs came about, the stories behind them, the new sound of the band and what to expect with the band's debut EP, the tremendous music coming out

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Episode 108: Sauce Gang Collective

Who Art Thou? ·

2024/09/10

Today I am joined by Mark and Rhys of the wonderful band, Sauce Gang Collective, to chat about their fantastic second album, Mustard Melodies, which was released on the 12th of July.An awesome album from start to finish, I'll be chatting with the guys about the band's origins, how the album differs from their previous release, 'Bangers 'N' Brown Sauce', the recording process, the more live oriented sound, the blend of Hip-Hop and Rock music that the band pulls of effortless, the influences on the

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107: Cian Mullane

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2024/09/02

Today I am joined on the podcast by Cian Mullane, who's artistic work includes the bands Last Call, Red Sun Alert, UNCULTIVATES and God Alone - So an extremely talented musician to say the least.For this episode I'll be going through all the band's Cian is in, chatting about what he is currently working on, stories from tours, how great Kratwerk are and even including a little bit of news about the next God Alone album.I've been a fan of Cian's music for years now, having talked about his music

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106: WORN OUT

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2024/08/26

Today I am absolutely to be joined on the podcast by Evan Prendergast of WORN OUT, to chat about the band's new EP, 'Low', set to be released on the 30th of August.The first release off the EP, a song called 'Deeper', released in July, sets up this EP up as another fantastic edition to the band's back catalogue.I've been following this band since their first releases and they've remained a band who consistently push the boundaries of their music with each explosive release and the pandemonium of

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Episode 106: Skull The Pierre

Who Art Thou? ·

2024/08/23

Happy Friday everyone!Today I have the fantastic musical talent that is Stockholm born, Dublin-based Rapper, Producer, Singer-songwriter, Skull The Pierre. A genuine phenomenal talent, I'll be chatting with him about his first foray into rapping, creating his own beats and all the stories and creative choices surrounding his awesome EP, MANC (Make Art Not Content), that was released on the 31st of May, 2024. Make sure also to check out his brand new single, Dublin along with the sick music video

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Episode 105: Telebox

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2024/08/19

Today's guest on the podcast is Telebox, who hail from the west of Ireland!I was joined on the podcast by all 4 members of the band during their sleepover to chat about their brilliant EP, 'When Night Turns Into Day', which was released in July of this year and is their second EP in just 2 years. We'll be chatting about the story behind the band's formation, the EPs recording, the band's creative process, the artwork for the EP, funny times in Berlin and many more topics!The band were sincerely an

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Episode 104: Raining In December

Who Art Thou? ·

2024/08/14

Today I am joined by Vincent, Eoin and Willow of the band Raining In December!This was a band that as soon as I heard their first single, 'Restart', I knew I had to get them on for a chat on the podcast!We'll be chatting about that single, as well as how the band started, the very surprising story of how they got their name, the difficulty of getting Eoin to answer questions, favorite Linkin Park and Bring Me The Horizon albums, their next single 'Faith', which is set to be released very soon and

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Episode 103: Declan Beare

Who Art Thou? ·

2024/07/21

Welcome back to another episode of the podcast!Today I'm joined by my buddy Declan Beare for their second appearance on the podcast.Last time Declan was on the podcast it was to talk about their band True Home with Charlie Appleby but this time around we'll be chatting about a slew of project's Declan is currently involved on which include the third album of hardware electronic synth project under the name 'The Reverb Master', their own solo material, their collaboration project with the super

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Episode 102: Faoin Talamh

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2024/07/17

Today I am joined by Oisín Murray and Róisín Doyle of Faoin Talamh, a new ancient Irish audio-visual project that will be debuting this Friday in Unit 44, Dublin.The audio-visual collaboration is made using the sounds of Irish Bronze Age musical instruments in tandem with abstracted imagery of Irish Flora. In this episode we will be talking about how this project began, the ancient sites the pair visited when researching for the project, the instruments played (all of which I've never even heard

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Episode 101: Gurriers

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2024/07/15

Today I have Gurriers making their return to the podcast!I'm joined by Dan and Ben to chat about their debut album, 'Come and See', which will be released on September 13th along with a tour and headline show in Whelan's main room on the 24th of November.There are 5 singles released off the album so far which we will be discussing in details along with hearing the other tracks album, the recording process, working with Alex Greaves at Nave Studios in Leeds, anecdotes, lyrical themes and making music

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Episode 100: lil cis

Who Art Thou? ·

2024/07/13

The 100th episode is here!For this milestone episode I'll be joined by my good friend Zach Stephenson. Zach would be the man that I'd largely credit with sparking my love for music and live shows, being the first person to take me to local shows and introduce me to a whole different side to music that I didn't even know existed. You may know Zach from his previous band Munky, his work with Skinner (You can hear Zach on Skinner's latest single,'New Wave Vaudeville', which is fantastic if you haven't

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Episode 99: Virgins

Who Art Thou? ·

2024/07/08

Today I am joined by Michael Smyth of the Belfast based shoegaze band, Virgins!We will be talking about the band's album 'nothing hurt and everything was beautiful', released in April through blowtorch records. The album finds the band exploring a wider sonic palette, seamlessly moving between the gaze-pop of ‘slowly, long’ and ‘disappearer’, to the dance influenced ‘softer’ and to the heavy, expansive and ethereal ‘pale fire’ and ‘tend’. Their captivating sound doesn’t rely on recycling shoegaze

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Episode 98: The Donnys

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2024/07/03

Today I am joined by all five members of The Donnys!Hailing from Kilkenny, I first heard of these guys through Luke from Raise The Bar!, who was alarmed that I had never listened to them and once I gave their album a go, was immediately hooked. Their album, 'Get Active', released in April of this year, is a fantastic blend of pure Rock'n'Roll and with a modern twist that is just mad fun for the entire duration of it's 45 minute runtime.We'll be chatting about the album in full, going into some of

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Episode 97: Ren Marabou and the Berserkers

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2024/06/27

Finally back with a new episode of the podcast!Today I am joined by Ren and Terence of the band, Ren Marabou and the Berserkers. They are a Viking Metal/Norse Pagan Rock band hailing from Donegal and have recently been signed with the Italian based Label Wormholedeath.In this episode, we'll explore the origins of the band, their creative process, and the inspirations behind their unique sound, the stories and lyrically themes that are explored in their music and their fantastic album Helgafjell,

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Episode 96: Sacred Noose

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2024/06/02

My guests today are Adam and Mike of the Belfast Extreme Metal band, Sacred Noose!Describing their sound as noise-laden, heavily discordant black, death & doom metal, I first caught this band live where they opened for Horrenda during their headline show in Fibbers a couple of months ago and was immediately hooked by the sheer sonic-assault of their performance. I'll be chatting to the band about the fantastic EP that they released last year called 'Renounce the Flesh', which is some of the

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Episode 95: Sweet June

Who Art Thou? ·

2024/05/28

Today I am joined on the podcast by Sweet June to chat about her debut single, 'Poisoned Thoughts', which is going to be released on the 7th of June. We'll be doing a deep dive into Sweet June's first foray into music, picking the Harp as her first instrument, working with Daniel De Burca and what it was like to record a song for the first time. Sweet June will be playing a celebratory gig of her debut single in the Workman's Cellar on the 12th of June and if you pre-save the single you'll receive a

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Episode 94: Rory Sweeney

Who Art Thou? ·

2024/05/23

Today's guest on the podcast is Rory Sweeney!Mostly known for acclaimed production work for artists such as Sello, Curtisy, Kojaque, Aoife Wolf, EMBY and Pippa Molony, Rory seamlessly traverses mainstream and experimental sounds. He is the current AVA Festival Producer of the Year recipient.His work has landed him on countless end of year lists over the past 3 years, having seen support from several acclaimed artists such as Rejjie Snow, Lord Apex, Machine Girl, Objekt, Neffa T, Oblig, Kelly Moran,

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Episode 93: Bicurious

Who Art Thou? ·

2024/05/21

Bicurious are back on the podcast for their third appearance!I'll be chatting with Taran and Gav about their much anticipated second album and how the recording process is coming along.We'll be discussing with the band what sets this album apart from their previous work, the themes explored in the album, going to the Zoo with Tom Peter and whole bunch of other topics. I've seen bits of the album live and it's safe to say from what I've seen so far, the band has something very special on their hands

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