A music podcast about iconic Irish albums. Each episode takes a deep dive into the making of an album with one of its creators.
Produced by Paul McDermott for Learn & Sing Productions.
https://www.paulmcdermott.ie/podcast

To Here Knows When - Great Irish Albums Revisited

Produced by The Maple Rooms Recording Studio - Cormac O'Connor
Mastered by Pete Maher
Song: The Nether Regions
Composer: Kieran O'Sullivan
Lyrics:
Please can you help me, I'm looking for something
Something that will make be feel extremely good
I've been waiting. long time, maybe too long time
I'm sitting on a chair and I'm stuck to the wood
And I'm sitting in Sloane Square, running on empty
My face is a mess and my eyes are wild
There's a man in the corner, just given him dollar
He's going to bring me something now to make me smile

And I'm sipping a glass of Napoleon brandy
It looks like we could be here for quite a while
I've just seen two birds now, who look like they're randy
but I couldn't get it up right now to save my life
And I'm crashing in Sloane Square, I'm out of my face
I've got the herbed-jeebies, super paranoid
I've go to escape now, get on a night train
If I wake up tomorrow it will be alright
And there are people talking , laughing, joking, woh oh oh oh
People crawling, falling dying, who oh oh on

Young Mrs Mendy was offering plenty
If we bumped of her old man we'd be rolling in clover
Conny the beaver, I know how to please her
She's always quite eager when I have her over
Running in Sloane Square, running on empty
Got to get myself together before I fall apart
Running in Sloane Square, running on empty
Running through the square that's got the darkest heart
And there are people talking , laughing, joking, woh oh oh oh
People crawling, falling dying, who oh oh on

You don't want to get yourself trapped here in Sloane Square
Oh man, you're a good looking felon
You know what the future holds for you in Sloane Square
Hog-tied, gagged and bound in leather
Fighting with your rivals, fighting for survival
Punch-drunk, wandering in the ether
Get yourself together, get out of Sloane Square
Oh man you don't know when you got it good

Sloane Square

Sloane Square (MASTER)

Inspired by Paul McDermot’s Tweet 

https://twitter.com/learnandsing/status/1412337693422493696?s=21

I copied the piece of music from the Tweet, mangled it with my modular (Morphagene and Monsoon) and recorded it straight out into my handheld recorder.

You can hear the original drift back in around one minute twenty six seconds

Irish Rhapsody Redux

OUT: 14/10/22

Love is a real place now
I moved away, but I can't move on

I know your name, I felt your pain, I got caught in your rain 
Admired your view, I felt anew, swam in your sea of blue 
Your minarets, your silhouette, smoked your funny cigarettes

Love is a real place now
I moved away, but I can't move on

I breathed your air, I brushed your hair, I knelt and said a prayer 
You let me be, I climbed a tree, I worked on your farm
I learned your streets, I changed your sheets, fell asleep in your arms

I thought I could always stay the night 
I thought I was beginning to do it right 
But these things happen, these things happen

Love is a real place now
I moved away, but I can't move on

Love Is a Real Place

Na píoba (An Phíb Uilleann): Rose Ní Laoghaire
Léiriú: F Giordai Ua Laoghaire

Recorded using Reaper/Spitfire Audio
I Stiúideo na nUamhanna ins na hUamhanna
a deineadh an Innealtóireacht fuaime, agus an taifead ar fad

Griangraf: Duine gan ainm i dtír gan anam

Táimse Im Choladh (Ein traditionelles irisches Stück)

The Band Nuisance is a drama/documentary hybrid, telling the story of the revolutionary period in Cork in the early years of the 20th century, through the prism of musical marching bands in the city at the time, drawing new insights from the intersection of history, music and drama.

The documentary content of the programme features analysis from, among others, John Borgonovo of the School of History at University College Cork, who has written extensively on the subject of band activity during the revolutionary period. The drama content features excerpts from the Frank O’Connor short story ‘The Cornet-Player Who Betrayed Ireland’, which focuses on political rivalries between marching bands, as realised by the Intersections Collective.

The programme also features recordings of The Barrack Street Band playing music popular in the revolutionary period.

Produced by Conor O’Toole
Sound Supervision by Kieran Hurley for UCC98.3FM
www.ucc.ie/983fm

Sound Engineering by Cormac O'Connor
www.cormacoconnordesign.com

Featuring
Dr John Borgonovo, School of History, University College Cork
www.ucc.ie/en/theirishrevolution/

Maura Cronin, Emeritus Senior Lecturer in History at Mary Immaculate College Limerick
dspace.mic.ul.ie/browse?type=auth…=Cronin%2C+Maura

Dr Hilary Lennon, Frank O’Connor Research Fellow in the School of English, Trinity College Dublin
www.tcd.ie/trinitylongroomhub/…s/hilary-lennon.php

Heather Laird, English Department, University College Cork
publish.ucc.ie/researchprofiles/A014/hlaird

Mary Mitchell Ingoldsby, School of Film, Music and Theatre, University College Cork
publish.ucc.ie/researchprofiles/A021/mmitchell

Billy O’Callaghan, Chairman and Cornet Player, The Barrack Street Band
www.facebook.com/CorkBarrackStreetBand

Drama Scenes Produced by The Intersections Collective
Drama Scenes Voiced by Mark D’Aughton
Original musical arrangements composed by Mark Wilkins
and performed by Mark Wilkins and Victoria Keating

Extracts from “The Cornet-Player Who Betrayed Ireland” by Frank O’Connor are dramatised with kind permission of the Frank O’Connor Estate

This programme was funded by the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland with the Television Licence Fee

*This is Part 1 of an extended edit of the original 60 minute programme first broadcast in February 2023 on UCC98.3FM.

The Band Nuisance - Marching Bands & Political Activity in Revolutionary Cork: Part 1

babyrain

A music podcast about iconic Irish albums. Each episode takes a deep dive into the making of an album with one of its creators.

On this episode I’m joined by Giordaí Ua Laoghaire for a deep dive about Ciddy Hall by Nine Wassies From Bainne. Giordaí Ua Laoighaire was a member of Cork punk band Nun Attax before joining Micro Disney. Giordaí played guitar on Stano’s first two albums and later in the 1980s was a member of Cork band Soon. In 1988 he moved to Dublin and wrote music for theatre and presented his own high-regarded radio show on Raidió Na Life. He formed Nine Wassies From Bainne in the early 90s. It's another long  episode, but this one was always going to be. Episode notes are here: www.paulmcdermott.ie/episode-44

Produced by Paul McDermott for Learn & Sing Productions.
www.paulmcdermott.ie/podcast

THKW EP44 - Ciddy Hall by Nine Wassies From Bainne

A music podcast about iconic Irish albums. Each episode takes a deep dive into the making of an album with one of its creators.

To mark Cathal Coughlan’s third anniversary Episode 50 is devoted to his 2021 album, Song of Co-Aklan. It was the sixth album under Cathal’s own name, it was released on 31 March 2021 and this interview with Cathal was first broadcast on Songs to Learn and Sing on 103.2 Dublin City FM on 07 April 2021. Cathal talks about writing the songs for Song of Co-Aklan, and he introduced a couple of songs from it. We talked about what Microdisney’s reunion meant to him; Telefís, his collaboration (as then unreleased) with Jacknife Lee; the documentaries of Adam Curtis and we also talked about Commandment 6 of Cathal’s "Ten Commandments of Gig": Don’t play in car showrooms. That’s very good advice for any young band out there. Episode notes are here: www.paulmcdermott.ie/episode-50

Produced by Paul McDermott for Learn & Sing Productions.
www.paulmcdermott.ie/podcast

THKW EP50 - Song of Co-Aklan by Cathal Coughlan

A music podcast about iconic Irish albums. Each episode takes a deep dive into the making of an album with one of its creators.

Brian is Ken Sweeney and Understand was his debut mini-album released on Setanta records in 1992. Ken chats about Dublin music in the 70s and 80s, the early 90s indie scene in London, the full history of Brian, Setanta Records, being Irish in London in the 90s, Bring Trouble (the second Brian album from 1999), Ken’s 25+ years working as an entertainment journalist and his great music documentaries. We also talk at length about Needle Mythology’s reissue which they’ve titled Understood, it complies Understand, the Planes EP and more.

Episode notes are here: www.paulmcdermott.ie/episode-51

Produced by Paul McDermott for Learn & Sing Productions.
www.paulmcdermott.ie/podcast

THKW EP51 - Understand by Brian

A music podcast about iconic Irish albums. Each episode takes a deep dive into the making of an album with one of its creators.

In this episode I’m joined by Cypress, Mine! members Ciarán Ó Tuama, Ian Olney and Mark Healy to tell the story of the band and a whole lot more. Cypress, Mine! formed in 1984, they released three singles and the album Exit Trashtown (Solid Records, 1988), before disbanding in 1989. Morty McCarthy from The Sultans of Ping and Craig Walker from Power of Dreams also contribute their memories of Cypress, Mine! to this episode.

Episode notes are here: www.paulmcdermott.ie/episode-52

Produced by Paul McDermott for Learn & Sing Productions.
www.paulmcdermott.ie/podcast

THKW EP52 - Exit Trashtown by Cypress, Mine!

A music podcast about iconic Irish albums. Each episode takes a deep dive into the making of an album with one of its creators.

In this episode I’m joined by Julie McDonnell, Aidine O’Reilly and Paul Finnegan of The Would Be's. We discuss the early years of the band: forming in Kingscourt, Co. Cavan in the late 80s; being championed by John Peel; supporting Morrissey; being lauded in the UK music press and their first three singles on Decoy Records including debut single 'I'm Hardly Ever Wrong'. We also chat about their brilliant new album HindZeitgeist. Episode notes are here: www.paulmcdermott.ie/episode-53

Produced by Paul McDermott for Learn & Sing Productions.
www.paulmcdermott.ie/podcast

THKW EP53 - Silly Songs For Cynical People by The Would Be's

A music podcast about iconic Irish albums. Each episode takes a deep dive into the making of an album with one of its creators.

Mark Cullen joins me to chat about his bands Bawl, Fixed Stars and Ponyclub. We discuss Bawl's Year Zero album and the three albums he recorded as Pony Club (Home Truths, Family Business and Post-Romantic). We also talk about writing songs with The Lightning Seeds' Ian Broudie, being championed by Morrissey in the early 00s, the mid-90s UK Indie scene, Britpop, writing songs for others and a whole lot more. Episode notes are here: www.paulmcdermott.ie/episode-54

Produced by Paul McDermott for Learn & Sing Productions.
www.paulmcdermott.ie/podcast

THKW EP54 - Year Zero by Bawl

We Had Light Gauge Railways In Our Country Too You Know

Paul McDermott
educator
broadcaster
documentary producer
writer

THKW EP44 - Ciddy Hall by Nine Wassies From Bainne

Paul McDermott

Related tracks