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The Point of Everything

The Point Of Everything

The Point Of Everything is a podcast based out of Cork that tackles the biggest issues in the music world, near and far, every week. Expect chat, music, and interviews every week

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01:14:26

TPOE 157: The Decade In Cork Music (with Mike...

The Point of Everything ·

2020/01/21

Journalist Mike McGrath-Bryan (Red on Red podcast, The Echo, Nialler9.com) joins to look back at the decade in Cork music, from venues that have come and gone and come again to bands who burned brightly and briefly and ones who continue to put out great music. From the rap scene to the experimental/improve scene, there's loads that we could have talked about - this is but a mere snapshot of how Cork music looked and sounded in the 2010s. Music featured Altered Hours - Hey No Way Saint Yorda -

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01:08:34

TPOE 156: The Decade in Irish Rap (with Dean Van Nguyen)

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2020/01/14

The rise of rap music in Ireland was one of the themes of the 2010s - journalist/critic Dean Van Nguyen joins the pod to run down some of the defining artists of the decade, from Lecs Luther/Rejjie Snow to Kojaque, Rusangano Family to Mango, and new acts such as Denise Chaila, Reggie and Boy W1DR. We also tackle Versatile, Kanye West's gospel album, and Ciara and crunk'n'B Buy Iron Age: The Art of Ghostface Killah by Dean Van Nguyen at

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00:58:02

TPOE 155: Junior Brother

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2020/01/07

Junior Brother released my favourite album of 2019 in Pull The Right Rope so I was delighted to chat with him for the TPOE podcast as part of the Quiet Lights festival in the Kino in late November - thanks to Jon Pearson and the whole team for having me. I talked to Junior about his stellar 2019, supporting the likes of Glen Hansard and the Proclaimers, the backing - at just the right time - from Galway's Strange Brew Records, what's next, and lots more. You're going to hear two live tracks from JB

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01:31:12

TPOE 154: Christmas Party With Aisling and Caoilian

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2019/12/17

Caoilian Sherlock and Aisling O'Riordan join the podcast as we round off our lookback on 2019. They share their top albums of the year as we deviate into talking points about venues in Cork (they work at the reopened Kino), mental health, Girl Band, Irish music in general, Lizzo, Beyonce and Solange, festivals such as Glastonbury and Primavera, Caoilian's own burgeoning music career, and then we go through our favourite gigs of the year, from End of the Road shows to Fontaines DC to Other

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00:34:30

TPOE 153: Best Of 2019 (Part Two)

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2019/12/10

Journalist and music critic Zara Hedderman returns to run through our international albums of the year in part two of our best of 2019 podcast roundup, following the Irish songs and albums of the year show last week. From Weyes Blood to Ariana Grande and Vampire Weekend, we discuss our favourites records from a brilliant 12 months of music. Any thoughts or comments on the show, email thepointofeverything@gmail.com

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01:35:22

TPOE 152: Best Of 2019

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2019/12/03

Journalist and music critic Zara Hedderman returns for our best of 2019 podcast running through the Irish singles and albums of the year (international run-through to come). There are some tracks featured throughout the episode but check out thepointofeverything.com to hear all the songs and search TPOE on Spotify. It's been a great year for Irish music and this is just a taster.

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00:58:29

TPOE 151: The Frank And Walters

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2019/11/25

Ashley Keating talks us through 30 years of the Frank & Walters in a live interview done in the Kino as part of the inaugural Cork Podcast Festival. From the very first gig on October 14, 1989 in De Barras through to Top of the Pops, Trains, Boats and Planes and Grand Parade, Setanta Records and much more, he's an open book on the long exalting journey of the Cork band. Frank & Walters live dates: December 7: Whelan's, Dublin December 14: Connolly's of Leap December 20: Cyprus Avenue, Cork

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00:54:32

TPOE 150: Mango X Mathman

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2019/11/19

Dublin rap/hip-hop duo Mango x Mathman released their long-awaited debut album Casual Work in early November, preceded by lead single 'Deep Blue', featuring Lisa Hannigan. Having started out together as part of the Animators, Mango and Mathman got together in the mid-2010s and have really honed their craft - and live show - over the intervening years. We talk about how that happened, how Casual Work changed and mutated and how Hannigan became involved in the project, plus railing against the

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00:34:59

TPOE 149: Soda Blonde

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2019/11/11

Dublin's Soda Blonde released their debut EP Terrible Hands on November 8 and ahead of an Ireland/UK tour, singer Faye O'Rourke talks about how they grew out of Little Green Cars, where these songs came from, what they hope to achieve with Soda Blonde and lots more. Soda Blonde tour dates: November 16: The Kino, Cork November 23: Roisin Dubh, Galway November 26: Paper Dress Vintage, London November 27: Soup Kitchen, Manchester November 29: Dolan's, Limerick December 6: The Black Box,

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00:30:34

TPOE 148: Sorcha Richardson

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2019/11/05

Dublin artist Sorcha Richardson releases her long-awaited debut album First Prize Bravery via Faction Records on November 8. Ahead of its release, and while on tour supporting Honeyblood in the UK, Sorcha talks about her journey from Dublin to New York to Los Angeles and back again, how the creative scene in Dublin helped her find her voice, why she left her drumming days behind, and how the road-trip and positive vibes shine through on her debut album. Sorcha Richardson tour dates: November 20:

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00:44:46

TPOE 147: Shookrah

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2019/10/29

Cork band Shookrah have released their long-awaited, self-titled debut album, which you can buy at https://shookrah.bandcamp.com/. Emmet and Senita talk about the creation process of the album, finding their groove, the fraught nature of band votes, Spotify playlists, collaborating with God Knows and more. Shookrah are playing two album launch shows: November 15: The Kino, Cork November 17: Bello Bar, Dublin

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00:50:02

TPOE 146: TPM/The Mary Wallopers (Live at Clonakilty...

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2019/10/22

Dundalk artists Andrew and Charles Hendy aka rappes TPM and trad band The Mary Wallopers (where they're joined by Sean McKenna)were the guests on a live episode of the TPOE podcast recorded at O'Donovan's Hotel as part of Clonakilty International Guitar Festival 2019. We talked about how they started each act, their audiences, DIY, Richie Kavanagh, Dundalk, curry and lots more. Thanks to Ray, Kevin and everybody involved at the Guitar Festival for having us. TPM Heaven is a Harp Pint

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01:12:58

TPOE 145: Tandem Felix

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2019/10/16

Tandem Felix have released one of the best albums of the year with their long-awaited debut, Rom-Com. Frontman David Tapley talks about how it was created, the journey of the band, country music, how 'playing the game' isn't for him, the greatest job he ever had, the Irish music non-industry and lots more. Tandem Felix tour dates: November 14: The Kino, Cork November 16: Ulster Sports Club, Belfast w/ Arborist November 21: Bello Bar, Dublin

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00:31:41

TPOE 144: Join Me In The Pines

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2019/10/08

David Geraghty aka Join Me In The Pines, and one part of Bell X1, recently released Monomania, his fourth solo album and second under the Pines moniker. It's brilliant, flowing with 80s synths and Prince references. In our interview, we chat about his upcoming tour dates, how the new sound and album came about, how he fell out of, and back in, love with music, Prince, what to expect from new Bell X1, and lots more. Join Me In The Pines tour dates: Friday, October 11: The Commercial,

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00:32:39

TPOE 143: A Lazarus Soul

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2019/09/30

A Lazarus Soul have made one of the Irish albums of the year in The D They Put Between The R And L. Ahead of a show at Whelan's on October 30, Brian Brannigan talks about the recording process behind it, how album highlight 'Long Balconies' came right near the end, why it's the happiest he's ever been with an album after 20 years or so of being a band, the changing Dublin music scene, their stellar set at All Together Now, and lots more. Brian Brannigan was nicknamed Lazarus by his mother. She was

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00:44:33

TPOE 142: Boa Morte

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2019/09/23

Ahead of the release of their third album in two decades, Before There Was Air, Boa Morte sat down to chat about their creative process, influences such as Sigur Ros, the changing Cork scene over the last 20 years, Spotify and lots more. Before There Was Air is released on Gare Du Nord Records on September 27, 2019. Press release: Before There Was Air is only the band’s third album in two decades, but that mirrors the stately pace of their music. Set for release this September, Before There Was Air

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00:20:23

TPOE 141: Rosie Carney

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2019/09/12

Rosie Carney discusses her stellar year so far, which began with the release of her superb debut album Bare and continues this weekend at Sounds From A Safe Harbour in Cork city - she plays Coughlan's at 7pm on Sunday, September 15. She talks about her journey to date, from being dropped by Polydor to recording with Lisa Hannigan, the pressure of Spotify streams in the millions of plays, and what's next.

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00:39:04

TPOE 140: Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh

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2019/09/09

Ahead of released a new self-titled collaboration album with fellow Gloaming member Thomas Bartlett, Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh joins the TPOE podcast to talk about how it was recorded, his journey in music, his own bespoke instrument the hardanger d'amore, improvising, and not having a phone. Caoimhín and Thomas play Live at St Luke's on Saturday, September 14, as part of Sounds From A Safe Harbour Festival

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00:50:07

TPOE 139: Mary Hickson (Sounds From A Safe Harbour)

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2019/09/02

Mary Hickson is the director of Sounds From A Safe Harbour festival, which returns to Cork city for its third edition from September 10-15, 2019, featuring the likes of Feist, Damien Rice, Efterklang, Thomas Bartlett and Caoimhin O Raghallaigh, and lots more. It's curated by Mary, alongside the Dessner brothers Aaron and Bryce, Enda Walsh and Cillian Murphy. I talked to Mary about the new Bon Iver album (she's worked with him on festivals and he appeared at Sounds From A Safe Harbour 2017), Cillian

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00:31:47

TPOE 138: Emilie Pine & Ian Maleney (Live at...

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2019/07/09

This week on the TPOE podcast is a live recording, from O'Mahony's of Watergrasshill during the Mystery Bus Tour of Crosstown Drift litfest, where I got to interview Emilie Pine (Notes to Self) and Ian Maleney (Minor Monuments) about writing their non-fiction books; Tramp Press, which published both of them; and what's next for both of them.

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