This is ISPod Mini, a short episode focusing on the music and thoughts of one individual writer from the many who partcipated in the Irish Songwriter Podcast.

On the release of his beautiful new song, "Tyrannosaur", I spoke to Dublin Songwriter Harry Hoban about his thoughts and dreams on music and writing, how being Irish plays into that and he let us into that experience and walks us through the inspiration and creation of the new song.

Check out the full version here:

https://www.facebook.com/HarryHobanAndTheBrothersKane/

Today's episode is in association with Coffee Hill Studios, Dublin.

https://www.youtube.com/user/coffeehillsessions

This is episode 2 of the Irish Songwriters Podcast

The main episodes, of which this is no.2 of an eventual 7, are themed and edited as a story.

They read, or should read, like a story,

7 chapters of a book with one common narrative.

This episodes deals with the nuts and bolts of the process of writing a song, a real look beyond the inspiration and to the actual 'hands on' part of the craft.

The songs in contained within are:

"Dr.Please" - Steve Duffy

"This One's For You" - John Byrne

"Rosalie" - Shane Dáibhéis

"Comprehend" - Ray Scully

"In Time" - Deco Greene

"Take Me On Down" - Pete Fagan

This is episode 2 of the Irish Songwriters Podcast

The main episodes, of which this is no.2 of an eventual 7, are themed and edited as a story.

They read, or should read, like a story,

7 chapters of a book with one common narrative.

This episodes deals with the nuts and bolts of the process of writing a song, a real look beyond the inspiration and to the actual 'hands on' part of the craft.

The songs in contained within are:

"Dr.Please" - Steve Duffy

"This One's For You" - John Byrne

"Rosalie" - Shane Dáibhéis

"Comprehend" - Ray Scully

"In Time" - Deco Greene

"Take Me On Down" - Pete Fagan

This is ISPod Mini, a short episode focusing on the music and thoughts of one individual writer from the many who partcipated in the Irish Songwriter Podcast.

This episode features Ian Foster, a singer-songwriter from Newfoundland in Canada who I met recently while he was on his European tour. We chat about Storytelling and Songwriting, the similarities between his homeland and mine and his mentor, Ron Hynes, who wrote one of the songs of my youth.

www.ianfoster.ca

This is ISPod Mini, a short episode focusing on the music and thoughts of one individual writer from the many who partcipated in the Irish Songwriter Podcast.

This episode features Ian Foster, a singer-songwriter from Newfoundland in Canada who I met recently while he was on his European tour. We chat about Storytelling and Songwriting, the similarities between his homeland and mine and his mentor, Ron Hynes, who wrote one of the songs of my youth.

www.ianfoster.ca

ISPod Golden Green is a focus on an Irish album, written and recorded by one of the participating writers in the Irish Songwriters Podcast.

A take on the "Classic Albums" concept. this first episode is about "Backbone" by Watson ACE. I spoke at length with Colm Lynch about the experience, from conception to completion and its aftermath, in an honest, in-depth look at one of the many modern Irish albums that you may not, and maybe should, have heard.

Listen to the full album here: https://open.spotify.com/album/1lp8sDfETmzNg5Pn8gH5Z4

www.ispod.ie

ISPod Golden Green is a focus on an Irish album, written and recorded by one of the participating writers in the Irish Songwriters Podcast.

A take on the "Classic Albums" concept. this first episode is about "Backbone" by Watson ACE. I spoke at length with Colm Lynch about the experience, from conception to completion and its aftermath, in an honest, in-depth look at one of the many modern Irish albums that you may not, and maybe should, have heard.

Listen to the full album here: https://open.spotify.com/album/1lp8sDfETmzNg5Pn8gH5Z4

www.ispod.ie

This is ISPod Mini, a short episode focusing on the music and thoughts of one individual writer from the many who partcipated in the Irish Songwriter Podcast.

Originally from Ballyfermot in Dublin, Declan O'Rourke now lives on the west coast of Ireand. He is frequently namechecked in the talk of 'influences' by the Irish Songwriters I've spoken to and is both critcially and internationally acclaimed.

He has recently released a new album, “The Chronicles Of The Great Irish Famine”, a collection of stories untold about a dark part of Irish, and one would have to add British, History. It's a project that required 16 years to complete and on the very cusp of it's release, Declan took the time to talk to me from his tour in Cincinnati, Ohio.

We spoke about the new album, his thoughts about art, harmony and love and also that feeling of interregnum, a lull in energy on the completion of a creative project.

www.declanorourke.com

This is ISPod Mini, a short episode focusing on the music and thoughts of one individual writer from the many who partcipated in the Irish Songwriter Podcast.

Originally from Ballyfermot in Dublin, Declan O'Rourke now lives on the west coast of Ireand. He is frequently namechecked in the talk of 'influences' by the Irish Songwriters I've spoken to and is both critcially and internationally acclaimed.

He has recently released a new album, “The Chronicles Of The Great Irish Famine”, a collection of stories untold about a dark part of Irish, and one would have to add British, History. It's a project that required 16 years to complete and on the very cusp of it's release, Declan took the time to talk to me from his tour in Cincinnati, Ohio.

We spoke about the new album, his thoughts about art, harmony and love and also that feeling of interregnum, a lull in energy on the completion of a creative project.

www.declanorourke.com

This is ISPod Mini, a short episode focusing on the music and thoughts of one individual writer from the many who partcipated in the Irish Songwriter Podcast.

Today's ISPod features SJ McArdle.

A unique talent and voice from Drogheda in County Louth,

With over twenty years of experience in the music industry and at the craft of songwriting, he is one of the most well-liked and respected writers on the Island.

The songs featured are:

"Chin Up"

"Spins Like This" and

"The Hard Wind"

Find out more about SJ and his band, Kern, at https://sjmcardle.com/