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Podcast solas nua
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Éist presents: A Retrospective
After eighteen months of exclusive interviews and music updates, Éist offers you a selection of highlights in this month's 'Éist Retrospective'.
Featuring chat and music from Gemma Hayes, The Coronas, Jinx Lennon, Caoimhín O Raghallaigh, The Saw Doctors, HAL, Valerie Francis and The Flaws.
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Éist presents: Republic of Loose
This month Éist chats with incomparable lead-singer Mick Pyro, from Republic of Loose!
Republic of Loose are an Irish funk/soul band, based in Dublin. They formed in 2001, and have since achieved the status of third most-played Irish band on the nation’s airwaves, behind U2 and Bell X1.
Mick Pyro is the band’s enigmatic lead singer. While Mick may be a man of few words, in this podcast we gain an insight into the band’s formation, musical style and their methods, and the background to some of their most famous songs. As well as three previous hits, we’ve also got two great songs from Republic of Loose’s most recent album, ‘Bounce At The Devil’!
Songs featured:
1. Comeback Girl
2. The Steady Song
3. We People (Who Are Darker Than Blue) ft. Sinead O’ Connor
4. The Lamp
5. What Kind Of Man Would I Be?
* Artist's Website: http://www.republicofloose.com/
* Éist on ITunes: http://ht.ly/1FONx
* Éist on Facebook: http://bit.ly/bndwFH
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Éist presents: John Spillane
This month Éist chats with Cork musician extraordinaire, John Spillane!
John Spillane is a musician like few others. His singular vision and unforgettable persona have endeared him to many a listener since his first musings and solo album, Wells of the World, in 1997. As his website states, 'in a world filled with strife and upheaval, a time-out with John Spillane is enough to ease the load a bit on anyone lucky enough to bask in his light.' Indeed, like.
In this, our first download of 2011, John chats about his early life and banking career in Cork, as well as his first bands, including a jazz outfit called The Stargazers! We chat about his 2003 Meteor award for Best Folk Act, the true story behind his hit single 'The Dunnes Stores Girl', plans for 2011, and as ever we've got our 'Ask the Artist' segment...plus you definitely won't want to miss the fascinating stories behind John's four chosen songs!
Songs featured:
1. Passage West
2. Lover's Leap
3. Cúnla (with Christy Moore)
4. Magic Nights in the Lobby Bar
* Artist's Website: http://www.johnspillane.com/
* Éist on ITunes: http://ht.ly/1FONx
* Éist on Facebook: http://bit.ly/bndwFH
* Éist Blog: http://newirishmusic.wordpress.com/ -
Éist Winter Special, with Crystal Swing!
In our first Winter Special, Éist podcast is joined by 2010 sensation Crystal Swing!
Mary Murray-Burke and son Derek talk about their band, highlights of the year 2010, and their hopes for the future. We also play Crystal Swing's hit song, 'He Drinks Tequila', as well as their new single, 'Time To Swing'!
* Artist's Website: http://www.crystalswing.com/
* Éist on ITunes: http://ht.ly/1FONx
* Éist on Facebook: http://bit.ly/bndwFH
* Éist Blog: http://newirishmusic.wordpress.com/ -
Éist presents: Adrian Crowley
This month Éist profiles singer-songwriter Adrian Crowley!
Adrian Crowley was born in Malta, raised in Galway, and is now based in Dublin. He won the Choice Music Prize for Irish Album of the Year 2009 for 'Season of the Sparks', a highly-acclaimed follow-up to his third album, Long Distance Swimmer (2008).
Adrian recalls his first tentative steps into the music industry, and how he ended up recording his second album with Nirvana producer Steve Albini. He details all his albums to date, as well as granting us an insight into his songwriting methods. Plus we have our ‘Ask the Artist’ feature, this time with a question from Michelle Maiolo in New York!
When I spoke to Adrian Crowley, we began by chatting about his approach to music and how Simon Cowell has impacted his career!!
Songs featured:
1. Horses Like To Dream All Night
2. The Three Sisters
3. Long-Distance Swimmer
4. The Wishing Seat
* Artist's Website: http://www.myspace.com/adriancrowley
* Éist on ITunes: http://ht.ly/1FONx
* Éist on Facebook: http://bit.ly/bndwFH
* Éist Blog: http://newirishmusic.wordpress.com/ -
Éist10 - Julie Feeney in DC
Julie Feeney is performing in Washington DC on Tues 9th Nov at the Gibson Guitar Room!
To whet your appetite, Éist10 presents highlights from Julie's Éist interview from earlier this year...
For more information about the concert, go to http://www.solasnua.org/juliefeeney.html
or visit our Éist blog at http://newirishmusic.wordpress.com/
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Artist's Website:
http://www.juliefeeney.com/
Customer Reviews
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One of my favourite podcasts. Great way to find out what is going on with Irish music scene. Hard to find musicians giving this much time elsewhere.
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For those who are musically adventurous and actively seek out new, exciting, and creatively challenging musicians they won't necessarily hear on mainstream American radio. Each show is a combination of interview segments and highlights from the featured band's latest album. Always interesting and informative, Eist is the first thing I listen to every time a new episode is released.
An interesting podcast featuring the best of new Irish music
Eist releases a brand new podcast the first of every month, featuring a variety of contemporary Irish artists. So far, artists on the show have varied from country singers, to post punk rockers, to singer songwriters...and then some! Each episode features an interview with the artist, and several of his/her songs. The podcast sounds very professional, and the host does a very good job asking the artists interesting questions so that you learn more than the just the bog standard information about an artist. If you are interested in the best of contemporary Irish music, this is the place to discover artists that are already successful in Ireland, and are beginning to build an international audience. The artists featured on the show vary so much, that even if you don't like an artist one month, it is worth checking back the next month because the guest is likely to be completely different. I really love this podcast, and can't wait to download it the first of every month! I think it would appeal to anyone who is interested in Irish music, Ireland, or up-and-coming musicians.