The Let's Talk Singing Podcast

Dr Kathleen Turner is a singer, songwriter, community musician and lecturer at the Irish World Academy of Music and Dance, where she is Course Director for the Master's Degree in Community Music and teaches on a number of programmes including MA Songwriting and BA Performing Arts.

The 8th episode of Let's Talk Singing is with Eimear McCarthy Luddy of Vocology Ireland.

We talk Voice Science, Ingo Titze, Vocology Ireland and also Eimear talks about how she would like to break the stigma of shame around vocal health problems. An open conversation in Ireland needs to be available for singers to feel they will be looked after. It was an excellent interview I must say, Eimear really gave so much. And we could have kept going – maybe she'll come back for another.

Ep. 7 features Speech and Language Pathologist Lucie Bachmann. She works as an SLP, singer and singing teacher in Magdeburg, Germany.

In this episode we speak about vocal pathology and how Lucie found herself working in this field, breaking vocal health stigmas, the false vocal cords and their function, different singing techniques and Lucie’s favourite warm-ups.

This week's Let's Talk Singing I interview singer-songwriter, Jane Fraser. We talk about her life as a singer, her studies in London, the progression of her voice and tips for aspiring singer-songwriters.

This week's episode is with Fiadh Rua Gregg, a vocalist with band Shy Mascot and a voice teacher based in Dublin. Fiadh is also on this journey of learning the intricate details of singing and how to teach it. We talk about our experiences and swap approaches to techniques.

Ever wondered how to maintain good vocal health? What 'nodules' were? What to do if you think you have them?

Nichola Hegarty and I spent nearly 2 hours chatting and answering these questions. Nichola is a speech and language therapist assistant, vocal coach and professional vocalist who was, for 4 years, the resident backing vocalist for Kodaline and used to coach a couple of the band members.

The third guest on Let's Talk Singing is an inspiration to me and many other Irish vocalists and teachers. Gemma Sugrue (MA, Bmus, LRSL) is a professional vocalist and vocal coach and she founded her own singing school, Voiceworks Studio in 2011 in Cork, Ireland and online. Although Gemma loves to perform, write music and run her business her primary passion is vocal coaching. She pours most of her spare time into researching the science of the voice, attending conferences and sharing everything she has learned on her YouTube channel.

The second episode features Ben Wanders who is a drummer and producer but is a fantastic example of a good rock singer. We talk about his musical journey, what he does for work and his approach to singing.

In this first episode of Let's Talk Singing, I speak with Musical Theatre Actor, Stephen O'Riain, about his time in Jersey boys, vocal warmups, singing technique and the importance of the vocal health and the breath.

With the world being full of podcasters and interesting people, you may ask yourself "what am I doing here?" (*thank you Talking Heads) or you may ask yourself...."why should I listen to this podcast and what will I gain from it?".

Here's an introduction to answer those questions and tell you a little about me.