Darren Hanlon - Urban folk cornerstone, funny and hearfelt, on travelling the world and settling down at the same time

Darren Hanlon had toured the world for a decade and he was looking at recording his next album. "I got disheartened with the whole music process where you record an album and you tour it for three years. It felt like the factory line model of music." In his pocket was a much-thumbed New Yorker article about an expert of field recording who recorded what he found as he travelled. The idea resonated. "I had a plan. The plan was to have no plan."

The album's on its way, with a book reflecting on its creation. To tide you over until the release, tentatively announced for February 2015, we have a sterling interview for you. We talk about the Merri River Lungfish, his time living among the stacks at the Blue Guitar book shop, forcing (future guest) Mick Thomas to watch the Goonies, finding the original indigenous Slim Dusty, the success that was Slagfest, and the unexpected success of Elbows in Latvia.

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