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Audio Always Newsletter - March

The Panti Personals Season 3 Episode 1 Pauline Scanlon 

The Panti Personals is back for a new season of conversations and first up is the singer Pauline Scanlon whose new album 'The Unquiet' is a collection of songs inspired by the traumatic life of her mother Eileen. Pauline comes from the Dingle Gaeltacht but has made Headford, Co Galway her home, along with her husband and fellow musician, Eamon Murray and their young daughter Kitty. Pauline performs two of her songs live for the Queen with the accompaniment of guitarist Caoimhe Hopkinson Byrne. 


Show Transcript https://www.happyscribe.com/transcriptions/cf40891f08664e25a50f84819cd2a9d4/edit_v2?share_code=8ed38440909e257cb053

Pauline performs two songs live for Panti Bliss in the show (The Old Churchyard and Felton Lannin) but you also here these tracks mixed in to illustrated her story:
Lumiere ( Pauline's first band)- Fair and Tender Ladies
Bird On The Wire ( Pauline's Leonard Cohen project) - First We Take Manhattan
Leonard Cohen - Suzanne
Pauline Scanlon - The Two Magicians  ( from The Unquiet album)
Pauline Scanlon - Lady Leroy  ( from The Unquiet album) 
Pauline Scanlon - Sambo Aera  ( from The Unquiet album) 
Pauline Scanlon - The Bird In The Bush ( from The Unquiet album)

You can find out more about Pauline's work here: http://www.paulinescanlon.net/

You can also listen to a recent radio documentary Pauline made about her mother's story, the writing of the album and the place of women in Ireland\s contemporary history and song-making here 
https://www.rte.ie/radio/radio1/the-unquiet-songs-for-my-mother/?fbclid=IwAR17p5aYi4JCMcMa3VdjIeMI9rIQzA1W2NMALtXo7x00Qvq0IbU24t4-dhs
The Panti Personals is an independent podcast by Athena Media. The producer is Helen Shaw, the digital editor is John Howard. Research and support by Dara Shaw. Our theme music is 'Knots' by Lisa Hannigan used with her kind permission.

www.pantisocracy.ie for more - our thanks to Bauer Media and Go Loud App for their support.  You can find our podcasts in all audio podcast places and via the Go Loud App and of course in YouTube too.

The Panti Personals - S3 E1 Pauline Scanlon

All in Your Head

The Panti Personals S3 E2 Dáithí

Panti Bliss is with the Ballyvaughan native, and electronic meets traditional music artist Dáithí, in this episode of The Panti Personals. Dáithí grew up in the heartland of Irish traditional music in Co.Clare, he was playing the fiddle by the age of six and  his grandfather was the legendary concertina player Chris Dorney, but while his music draws on that well, and his own sense of place, his artistry is shaped by digital tools. He had a viral hit 'Mary Keane's Introduction' (2015) sampling an audio recording of his grandmother talking about her young days and how she fell in love. His work is highly original, sound-rich and evocative, and his side hustle is a collaboration with BellX1 singer Paul Noonan as the band 'House Plants'. 

Show Transcript:
https://www.happyscribe.com/transcriptions/78420f38629c4147b9eb9e21cc0352cd/edit_v2?share_code=3ab7cf447c0fa03c4530

Music in this episode:
Dáithí - Carraroe (Feat. Elaine Mai)
Dáithí - Mary Keanes Introduction 
Dáithí - Submarines (feat. Ailbhe Reddy)
Dáithí - Sleep Like A Stone
Dáithí - Lavender
Dáithí - An Irish Goodbye
HousePlants - What's With All The Pine
HousePlants - Companero
Dáithí - Familial 
Chris Droney, Francis Droney & Áine McGrath - Tigh Greene, Baile Uí Bheacháin

https://daithi.bandcamp.com/

The Panti Personals is an independent podcast made by Athena Media and hosted by Panti Bliss. The series producer is Helen Shaw, the digital editor is John Howard and our theme music is 'Knots' by Lisa Hannigan used with her kind permission. 
Visit www.pantisocracy.ie for more and to see videos of the show's performances.

The Panti Personals : S3 E2 Dáithí

The Panti Personals S3 E3 Farah Elle 
Panti is Aunty Panti in this episode with the uber talented Irish Libyan singer and artist Farah Elle. They met five years ago when Farah was just emerging and now with her debut album coming out later this year Farah is back and sharing her music, her story and what keeps her joyful.  Farah in Arabic means joy or happiness, and while Farah has experienced a lot of turmoil in her 27 years she shines with light and love. She came to Ireland with her parents and siblings when she was just an infant. When Farah was studying for her Leaving Certificate her mother, Fatima Hamroush, made international news when she went back, post the revolution, to Libya to become Minster for Health.  Farah's breakthrough song 'Silk', written when she was a music student at BIM, blended her two cultures and soundscapes and her first releases from the new album 'Play it By Ear' and 'Desert' continue that journey. 

Music in this episode includes:
Farah Elle - Silk
Farah Elle - Play It By Ear live peformance 
Farah Elle - Desert live performance 
CunninLynguists ft Farah Elle - Oh Honey
Farah Elle -Teardrop ( cover of Massive Attack song) 

Show Transcript : https://www.happyscribe.com/transcriptions/bf52a6fed0e546908a2879e5eeb8b1ed/edit_v2

You can find out more about Farah Elle on her own gorgeous website https://www.farahelle.com/

The Panti Personals is an independent podcast by Athena Media, produced by Helen Shaw, and presented by Panti Bliss. The digital editor is John Howard and the researcher is Dara Shaw. You can find out more and see the videos on www.pantisocracy.ie 
Our theme music is Knots by Lisa Hannigan used with her kind permission.

The Panti Personals  S3 E3 Farah Elle

The Panti Personals S3 E4 Arrivalists - Patrick M Barrett

Panti Bliss is in conversation with artist and musician Patrick M Barrett aka Arrivalists in this episode of The Panti Personals. 

Patrick is a true Dub Dubliner and his music life has stetched across several identities from his early days in the band Ten Speed Racer ( with two of his brothers) to his collaboration with Joe Chester as The Hedge Schools but now the singer/songwriter releases his solo work under the intriguing moniker - Arrivalists. 
His twitter bio says it all : ‘Sings , Writes , Cares , Kind . Not Pitch Perfect. Fond of Arriving, not so much of leaving . Kilbarrack Zen Cowboy. Travels with a Samsung & a filter." In this episode he shares the story behind his album 'Last of the Written Pages', performs two songs for our Queen Panti Bliss, and talks of how his pandemic lockdown was spent in a very special way, of love and loss, caring for his elderly parents. 

Music:
Navigate - Hedge Schools
At the End of a Winding Day - Hedge Schools
Lighthouse Lights Out - Hedge Schools
Magnificent Birds - Hedge Schools
Station Depart - Arrivalists
Fifteen - Ten Speed Racer
The Last Of The Written Pages - Arrivalists
Threads - Arrivalists
Little Triumphs - Arrivalists


https://www.happyscribe.com/transcriptions/39ecfc4cc0f44489a68ef0d8cdc3c089/edit_v2?share_code=f6454fdf20ddad342d63

The Panti Personals S3 E4  Arrivalists - Patrick M Barrett

A new two part documentary series for RTÉ lyric FM presented by Jonathan Grimes of the Contemporary Music Centre, explores how Irish composers are responding to the climate and biodiversity crisis through their work. Episodes air at 6pm on 17 March and 24 March 2024 broadcast on the Lyric Feature, RTÉ lyric fm https://www.rte.ie/radio/lyricfm/the-lyric-feature/

This clip features the voices of of Karen Power, Sebastian Adams, Ian Wilson, Judith Ring and Jennifer Walshe. The music used is ‘Swept through the Floods’ (2023) by Judith Ring, performed by Larissa O’Grady (violin).

A Contemporary Music Centre production for RTÉ lyric fm co-funded by Coimisiún na Meán, Sound & Vision Scheme and RTÉ Independent Radio Productions. Presented by Jonathan Grimes, Contemporary Music Centre. Produced by Helen Shaw, Athena Media and Jonathan Grimes. RTÉ lyric fm Series Producer: Eoin O Kelly. Production Coordinator: Lily Collins. Additional recording and editing: Keith Fennell.

Visit cmc.ie/weonlywanttheearth

We Only Want The Earth - Audio Preview

Chapter 3 of the audiobook of 'A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man' by James Joyce.

The audiobook was produced as part of a digital multimedia edition of James Joyce’s first novel, created by a team from University College Dublin as part of the Decade of Centenaries (2012-2022), which celebrates Irish history and cultural heritage.

Explore the digital edition at http://www.joyceportrait100.com/

The creators of the audiobook for this edition of 'A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man' have considerable expertise in bringing Joyce’s voice to life. UCD’s Professor Gerardine Meaney and Athena Media previously collaborated with Barry McGovern, the well-known Irish actor, on the podcast series and an iPhone app based on Joyce’s short story The Dead. In 2016, Sam McGovern joined this team to create a full-length audio version of Joyce’s first novel.

Rather than featuring a single voice, this reading of the novel creates a dialogue between Joyce’s mature voice and that of his younger, remembered self.  As the project team note:

“We wanted to have a young voice for Stephen himself – after all this is Joyce’s own coming of age novel with a strong trace of his own life and experience in it”.

This was achieved through the dialogue of Barry McGovern’s mature voice and the youthful voice of  Sam McGovern, who played Stephen Dedalus in the 2015 Dublin stage adaptation of the novel and is a former UCD Ad Astra scholar.

The interplay of these two voices in this reading of the 1916 text represents a unique contemporary interpretation of Joyce’s coming-of-age novel, whose themes remain as raw and as relevant today as they did upon their original publication.

Download the complete audiobook: http://realsmartmedia.ie/podcasts/portrait/96/A_Portrait_of_the_Artist_as_a_Young_Man_Joyce_Complete.mp3

© University College Dublin

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

A Portrait Of The Artist as a Young Man - Chapter 3

LEGALLY GAY

25 years after Ireland decriminalised homosexuality Panti Bliss celebrates in a show called Legally Gay and explores how Ireland stepped out of the closet. Guests include singer/songwriter Jack O’Rourke, gay rights archivist Tonie Walsh, HIV advocate Robbie Lawlor, grassroots activist Izzy Kamikaze and spoken word performer Vickey Curtis.  Jack O’Rourke performs his songs ‘Shining For You’  and his new single ‘Myth, along with a powerful cover of John Grant’s song ‘Glacier’. Vickey Curtis performs a piece she did during the Marriage Equality Referendum ‘Two Fat Ducks’.

http://pantisocracy.ie/season-3-2018-episode-6/

Pantisocracy S3 E6 "Legally Gay" Broadcast Mix

To mark the premiere of John Kinsella's 11th Symphony and his Lifetime Achievement Award by the NCH on November 29th Athena Media has crafted his short documentary feature on John Kinsella, his work and life.  This feature celebrating the composer John Kinsella is broadcast in the interval after the premiere of the 11th Symphony on RTE Lyric fm. broadcast from the National Concert Hall.    
The recordings in the feature were made by Jonathan Grimes with Athena Media for the RTE Lyric fm series Cross Currents www.crosscurrents.ie. In this feature John Kinsella brings Jonathan around his studio and describes his influences, his work processes and his love of music. The feature was recorded while John Kinsella was composing his 11th Symphony which he describes as a homage to Jean Sibelius and how he wishes to see the work performed in Finland. 
Details of the November 29th 2019 event: 
https://www.nch.ie/Online/default.asp?BOparam::WScontent::loadArticle::permalink=Newsroom-Lifetime-Achievement-Award-2019&BOparam::WScontent::loadArticle::context_id=

Music in this feature :
1. Symphony No.1 - John Kinsella
2. Brahms Symphony No.1
3. String Quartet Part 1 - John Kinsella
4. String Quartet Part 3 - John Kinsella
5. Sibelius, Symphony No. 1 in E Minor
6. Music for cello and orchestra - John Kinsella
7. A selected life - John Kinsella
8. Symphony No.9 Recitative - John Kinsella
9. Symphony No.10 Allegro Energico - John Kinsella


https://soundcloud.com/athena-media/sets/cross-currents

Celebrating Composer John Kinsella

Pantisocracy "A Cabaret of Conversations with host Panti Bliss" 

Pantisocracy - The Panti Personals is a child of #Pantisocracy - intimate one to one conversations between Panti Bliss and her guest, with unique performances. 
An independent podcast production by Athena Media - the producer is Helen Shaw and the digital editor is John Howard. 
All rights rest with the content creators.

Celebrating Composer John Kinsella

Athena Media

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