Podcasts about choice prize

Dublin rapper Curtisy released his debut album What Was The Question on May 3, 2024, and releases his new project, a mixtape made with producer Hikii called Beauty in the Beast, on May 30, 2025. We talk about both releases - marking a year of the debut album - and everything in between as Curtisy won a whole host of new fans with his searing and honest lyrics and was nominated for the Choice Prize. We talk about influences from Earl to Kendrick to horror, his crew which includers rapper Ahmed, With Love and producer Rory Sweeney, Curtisy's journey in music and the future Buy What Was The Question: https://curtisy.bandcamp.com/album/what-was-the-question Preorder Beauty in the Beast: https://spindizzyrecords.com/products/curtisy-what-was-the-question-deluxe-edition-cd Intro music: Curtisy - Wok to Blackrock Outro music: Curtisy - Milk & Honey

Juliet Sargeant is an award-winning English garden designer who blends beauty with purpose in every space she creates. Juliet's unique background in medicine, science, and psychology gives her designs a whole new depth, focusing on wellbeing and connection. You might recognize her name from that time in 2016 when she made history as the first Black Woman garden designer to display at the Chelsea Flower Show, and her design - Modern Slavery Garden, won a Gold Medal and the People's Choice Prize.  This Earth Day week, we're celebrating Juliet's design background and digging in to her new book “Start With Soil: Simple Steps for a Thriving Garden” which publishes on May 1st from Frances Lincoln. Enjoy! Cultivating Place now has a donate button! We thank you so much for listening over the years and we hope you'll support Cultivating Place. We can't thank you enough for making it possible for this young program to grow even more of these types of conversations. The show is available as a podcast on SoundCloud and iTunes. To read more and for many more photos, please visit www.cultivatingplace.com.

Notes and Links to Alexander Chee's Work          Alexander Chee is the bestselling author of the novels Edinburgh and The Queen of the Night, and the essay collection How To Write An Autobiographical Novel, all from Mariner Books. A contributing editor at The New Republic and an editor at large at VQR, his essays and stories have appeared in The New York Times Magazine, T Magazine, The Sewanee Review, and the 2016 and 2019 Best American Essays. He was guest-editor for The Best American Essays of 2022.    He is a 2021 United States Artists Fellow, a 2021 Guggenheim Fellow in Nonfiction, and the recipient of a Whiting Award, a NEA Fellowship, an MCCA Fellowship, the Randy Shilts Prize in gay nonfiction, the Paul Engle Prize, the Lambda Editor's Choice Prize, and residency fellowships from the MacDowell Colony, the VCCA, Leidig House, Civitella Ranieri and Amtrak.    He is a full professor of English and Creative Writing at Dartmouth College and lives in Vermont. Buy How To Write an Autobiographical Novel   Alexander's Website   Book Review for How To Write an Autobiographical Novel from The New York Times   At about 2:00, Alexander details his Amtrak residency, later written about in The New Yorker At about 6:00, Alexander outlines some interesting characters that he met during his Amtrak residency  At about 12:00, Alexander reflects on a book project inspired by an interesting encounter with a former detective and British and American sensibilities  At about 16:30, Pete shares his own Amtrak story, possible fodder for essays and short stories, as Alexander remarks on “immediate friendship”  At about 18:50, Alexander talks about upcoming novel and short story projects and the process of picking a title; he recounts how he arrived at his essay collection's title, through a Buzzfeed publication  At about 26:30, Alexander highlights Kirkus Review naming How to Write an Autobiographical Novel one  At about 27:35, Alexander gives background on his essay collection's cover photo At about 34:10, Alexander talks about the composition of the previous essay collection and his upcoming one, with regards to placement and focuses on his “rose garden”- “The Rosary”-essay's development At about 39:00, Alexander responds to Pete's questions about the order of the essays in the collections and any throughlines-Garnette Cadogan and Naomi Gibbs are shouted out At about 43:40, Alexander talks about a manuscript that he has been working At about 44:45, Pete is complimentary of Alexander's “The Rosary” essay, and Alexander tells a story of an interested and poignant conversation with   At about 48:00, Pete shouts  At about 49:00, Pete and Alexander talk about the essay collection's first piece, and Alexander talks about being “Alejandro from Oaxaca” for a short time-he references Yiyun Li's powerful essay, “To Speak is to Blunder” At about 55:10, Pete compliments Alexander's powerful advocacy work and asks him about perspective and time, and how Alexander looks back at the essays from the collection so many years later (for some of the essays) At about 1:02:00, In talking about modern protest and activist culture, mutual aid, etc., Alexander shouts out Sarah Thankam Mathews' powerful All This Could Be Different At about 1:04:30, Alexander discusses a dynamic class that he has mentored at Dartmouth At about 1:05:30, Alexander responds to Pete's questions about what fiction allows him to do with his writing At about 1:06:30, Alexander reflects on ideas of catharsis in his writing      You can now subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts, and leave me a five-star review. You can also ask for the podcast by name using Alexa, and find the pod on Stitcher, Spotify, and on Amazon Music. Follow Pete on IG, where he is @chillsatwillpodcast, or on Twitter, where he is @chillsatwillpo1. You can watch other episodes on YouTube-watch and subscribe to The Chills at Will Podcast Channel. Please subscribe to both the YouTube Channel and the podcast while you're checking out this episode.       Pete is very excited to have one or two podcast episodes per month featured on the website of Chicago Review of Books. The audio will be posted, along with a written interview culled from the audio. His conversation with Episode 270 guest Jason De León is up on the website this week. A big thanks to Rachel León and Michael Welch at Chicago Review.     Sign up now for The Chills at Will Podcast Patreon: it can be found at patreon.com/chillsatwillpodcastpeterriehl      Check out the page that describes the benefits of a Patreon membership, including cool swag and bonus episodes. Thanks in advance for supporting Pete's one-man show, his DIY podcast and his extensive reading, research, editing, and promoting to keep this independent podcast pumping out high-quality content!    This month's Patreon bonus episode will feature an exploration of the wonderful poetry of Khalil Gibran. Pete has added a $1 a month tier for “Well-Wishers” and Cheerleaders of the Show.    This is a passion project, a DIY operation, and Pete would love for your help in promoting what he's convinced is a unique and spirited look at an often-ignored art form.    The intro song for The Chills at Will Podcast is “Wind Down” (Instrumental Version), and the other song played on this episode was “Hoops” (Instrumental)” by Matt Weidauer, and both songs are used through ArchesAudio.com.     Please tune in for Episode 282 with Emely Rumble, a licensed clinical social worker, school social worker, and seasoned biblio/psychotherapist who specializes in bibliotherapy, the use of literature and expressive writing to heal. Pub Day and episode air day are April 29 for her wonderful book, Bibliotherapy in The Bronx.

Let's get avant-garde and abstract - it's time to throw it back to 1970s downtown New York City for this week's Top 5 countdown. Dave Hanratty and Sonic Architect Adam Shanahan know next-to-nothing about this genre, so thankfully they have Dublin-based roustabout Skinner on board to take them through it. The multi-instrumentalist is fresh off tour in support of his debut album New Wave Vaudeville, which gets the official NO ENCORE 'go listen to this right after the podcast' seal of approval. ACT ONE (6:47): Skinner talks New Wave Vaudeville and falls prey to some impromptu quickfire quizzing. ACT TWO (33:02): This week's news section takes in the Oscars, Drake and Travis Scott witnessing John Cena's shocking heel turn, FIFA going full Super Bowl, ultra-brief Choice Prize chat, questionable auction items, and Dave's Sonic Challenge. ACT THREE (1:10:36): Top 5 No Wave.-Follow Skinner on Instagram Listen to New Wave Vaudeville on Bandcamp / Spotify / Apple Music Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On today's episode we're bringing you the second installment of a mini-series of conversations from Zara Hedderman that explore the various practicalities, challenges and, of course, the joys of running a record label in Ireland. In the first episode, we heard from Leitrim-based Willie Stewart of Nyahh Records, who shared great insights into the label's catalog and more, since that episode has come out there's been announcements of exciting forthcoming releases to come from Nyahh so do keep an ear out for them!Today, we make the journey (in our imaginations, at least)  from Leitrim to County Louth, parking up in Dundalk where we'll hear from Joey Edwards - co-founder of Pizza Pizza Records, sound engineer extraordinaire and musician in his own right. Founded in 2018, Pizza Pizza Records, is an independent artist-led label, and it struck gold with its inaugural release Wednesday, the critically acclaimed and Choice Prize nominated debut from Just Mustard. That album not only announced Just Mustard as an act that audiences outside of Ireland were getting excited about, but it immediately asserted Pizza Pizza Record's reputation of a label working with the best in Ireland's independent acts up and down the country and certainly one worthy of being bookmarked to keep up with the buzzing  independent scene. Today, the label's roster has expanded to include Clara Tracey, Elaine Malone, Trick Mist, The Altered Hours, and Larry and Elephant.In this episode, Zara and Joey talk about Wednesday's impact on Pizza Pizza Records and the initial period of operating as a label, how they maintained momentum and how things progressed from that first offering. Notably, Just Mustard have since signed to Partisan Records – with Fontaines DC and Aoife Nessa Frances as labelmates – and Joey, who co-manages the band, reflects on the ways that working with Partisan has inspired different ways to keep Pizza Pizza going sustainably while keeping audiences engaged. In this regard, community and connection – aside from providing a platform for excellent independent Irish artists - were two things Joey kept circling back on when discussing the label's evolution and the general DIY climate both locally and abroad. We touched on the role of physical media given Pizza Pizza's viny-forward MO and its importance within the foundation of DIY communities whether it's finding like-minded people in local record shops or in the queue at the merch table after a gig. You never know where a conversation will take you!Thanks so much for joining us again, and for all your wonderful feedback on the Nyahh Records conversation, it's greatly appreciated. We hope you enjoy learning about Pizza Pizza Records in this episode and maybe afterwards are inspired to set up your own independent label. We'll be back soon, but until then, here's Joey Edwards of Pizza Pizza Records.Featured songs:Larry - Liarhttps://larrymusic.bandcamp.com/album/larryJust Mustard - Deafhttps://justmustard.bandcamp.com/album/wednesdayElaine Malone - My Baby's Dead (Redux)https://elainemalone.bandcamp.com/album/pyrrhic0:00 - Zara Hedderman intro link3:20 - Pizza Pizza Origin and Joey's background in music11:00 - Label Model or inspiration13:00 - First release, Just Mustard's debut album Wednesday19:30 Co-managing Just Mustard, learning from other industry experts25:30 - Changes since Pizza Pizza began in 201827:10 - Vinyl focus for the label33:20 - Creating a sense of community via records35:30 - Discussion on streaming and valuing music38:10 - Elaine Malone43:45 - Advice for other people considering starting a record label 

It's the annual Choice Music Prize Preview Special with John Barker (Tilt - https://twitter.com/JohnBarkerTilt) as we run through each of the acts nominated for Irish album of the year 2023 and try to predict who will win the prize on March 7. The 10 acts nominated for the prize (and who we discuss in this order) are: Grian Chatten – Chaos For The Fly (Partisan Records) CMAT – Crazymad, For Me (CMATBABY/AWAL) John Francis Flynn – Look Over The Wall, See The Sky (River Lea) Kojaque – PHANTOM OF THE AFTERS (Soft Boy Records) Lankum – False Lankum (Rough Trade Records) Rachael Lavelle – Big Dreams (Rest Energy) Soda Blonde – Dream Big (Overbite Records) The Murder Capital – Gigi's Recovery (Human Season Records) The Scratch – Mind Yourself (Perrystown Music Limited) Ezra Williams – Supernumeraries (Ezra Williams/AWAL)

On this near-annual episode, Niall and Andrea are joined by writer and journalist Sophia McDonald to discuss the 10 nominated albums in this year's Choice Music Prize Irish album of the year 2023 category, as chosen by 11 judges.  The albums are:Grian Chatten – Chaos For The Fly (Partisan Records)The debut album from the Fontaines DC frontman.CMAT – Crazymad, For Me (CMATBABY/AWAL)The second album from Ireland's global country pop superstar.John Francis Flynn – Look Over The Wall, See The Sky (River Lea Recordings)The second album from the Dublin folkie turns with a contemporary twist.Kojaque – Phantom Of The Afters (Soft Boy Records)he second full-length album (not counting previously nominated mixtape Deli Daydreams) from the London-based Dublin rapper.Lankum – False Lankum (Rough Trade Records)The fourth album from Ireland's leading doom folk trad band.Rachael Lavelle – Big Dreams (Rest Energy)The Irish songwriter and avant-pop practitioner's debut album.Soda Blonde – Dream Big (Overbite Records)The second album from Dublin alt-pop band.The Murder Capital – Gigi's Recovery (Human Season Records)The second album from the Dublin rock band who have softened somewhat for album two.The Scratch – Mind Yourself (Perrystown Music Limited)The second album from the Dublin trad-folk-metal band.Ezra Williams – Supernumeraries (Ezra Williams / AWAL)The debut album from the Cork singer-songwriter.–Niall, Andrea and guest Sophia discuss the albums in detail and decide which of the ten they individually think a) would like to win and b) will win the award.The actual winner of the Prize announced at the live event in Vicar Street on March 7th, and is broadcast live on RTÉ 2FM in a special four-hour extended show with Beta Da Silva from 7-11pm. A special TV show will be broadcast on Thursday 14th March at 22.30 on RTÉ2.* Support Nialler9 on Patreon, get event discounts, playlists, ad-free episodes and join our Discord communityListen on Apple | Android | ACAST | Patreon | Pocketcasts | CastBox | Stitcher | Spotify | RSS Feed Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Nialler9 Podcast returns for another season and new year.After taking January off, Niall and Andrea are back discussing what has been happening in music since we closed off the year with the Best of 2023 episodes includingPitchfork's downsizing, the state of music journalism and the Enshittification of online music discovery and discourse, and online life in general?The Choice Music Prize Irish albums of the year nomineesThe Eurovision Song Contest and the growing call for the Boycott of Israel. Will Ireland make a stand alongside Sweden, Finland, Iceland and more?What we've been consuming - music, TV, film since our break.Big special extra thanks to Georgia Hallion for editing the podcast.* Support Nialler9 on Patreon, get event discounts, playlists, ad-free episodes and join our Discord communityListen to the episode below or subscribe in your favourite podcast app:Listen on Apple | Android | ACAST | Patreon | Pocketcasts | CastBox | Stitcher | Spotify | RSS Feed Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Luke Reilly aka Blood Donor released his debut album Autofiction on October 6. Former frontman of the Choice Prize-nominated band Otherkin, he talks about why they decided to call it a day in 2019 and how his solo project grew out of that. During our Autofiction track by track, Luke talks about trying to improve as a songwriter, inspiration and influences, returning to work as a doctor during Covid, and how he's already planning what's next for Blood Donor Blood Donor play the Soundhouse in Dublin on November 16. Tickets: https://www.ticketmaster.ie/blood-donor-dublin-20-10-2023/event/18005F177A8B0A9E Buy Blood Donor - Autofiction on Bandcamp: https://blooddonor.bandcamp.com/album/autofiction

Krea aka Karen Cowley is one third of Wyvern Lingo, the Choice Prize-nominated group who are currently on hiatus. Krea has just released her debut EP, The Callows. Here, she talks about the band's hiatus and how her solo project started up, before we talk through the EP track by track. Cowley was awarded the prestigious Music Bursary by the Arts Council, as well as a residency at the renowned Centre Culturel Irlandais in Paris. It was during this residency that she dedicated her time to crafting the songs that would make up The Callows. She says: "The Callows are the flat grasslands along the Shannon, and the word comes from the Irish 'caladh' for meadow. My mother is from Shannonbridge, Co. Offaly, where I spent a lot of time as a child. There's something really tranquil and ancient about the landscape there. I wrote 'The Callows' at a time where I was feeling unmoored and craving a stronger sense of identity and rootedness. Images of this beautiful part of the country kept coming to mind, particularly the view from where my grandparents are buried at Clonmacnoise Monastery along the river. The Irish landscape and the effect that it has on me comes into each of these songs in some way, so I wanted to acknowledge that in some way in the title and artwork." Krea tour dates: July 20 - Frank's Place, Wexford July 21 - Sea Church Ballycotton, Cork July 30 - Workman's Cellar, Dublin EP LAUNCH August 17 - Harbour Bar, Bray, Double Headliner with Caoi de Barra Buy The Callows: https://krea.bandcamp.com/album/the-callows

John Meagher recently compiled the Irish Independent's top 50 greatest Irish albums of all time list (https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/music/best-irish-albums-of-all-time-ranked-the-definitive-top-50/a387395613.html). He talks through how it was compiled - more than 50 judges, a weighted voting system - some themes that emerge from the list, such as a dearth of Choice Prize winners, three U2 albums and no album released this century in the top 10, and the surprises and omissions evident throughout. Follow John on Twitter: https://twitter.com/johnmeaghermuso

The Bonk release their second album, Greater Than or Equal To, on Friday, May 12. Band leader Phil Christie joins to talk about making the record. Mainly comprised of tracks recorded at Big Skin in Cork City in 2017 and Ailfionn Studios in Drumcondra in late 2018, Christie teamed up with a slew of fellow musicians on this album, including Niamh Dalton on fiddle, Andrew Grant on clarinet, Ultran Lavery on organ, Brendan Fennessy on percussion and guitarist Alan Comerford. That's alongside regular The Bonk members Jim Christie, Patrick Freeman, Philip O'Gorman, Dan Walsh, and Robert Grant. We start off by talking about his former band O Emperor and their Choice Prize win before discussing some of the ideas, such as experimentation and improvisation, that underpin the Bonk, and then go through the new album track by track. Along the way you'll hear music from some in-between-album EPs the Bonk put out as well as the first song Christie has released under his own name. Buy Greater Than or Equal To on Bandcamp: https://thebonk.bandcamp.com/album/greater-than-or-equal-to-the-bonk The Bonk tour dates: May 10: Fulacht Fiadh, Manorhamilton May 12: Roisin Dubh, Galway May 13: Phil Grimes Pub, Waterford May 14: Levis' of Ballydehob May 18: Prim's Bookshop, Kinsale May 19: Crane Lane, Cork May 20: Cleere's, Kilkenny May 25: The Whale Theatre, Greystones May 26: Spirit Store, Dundalk May 27: Sugar Club, Dublin

Chris Kabs is a rapper and producer from Dublin who's just released his debut EP Y NOT? He's worked with artists such as Tolü Makay, Hudis, and JyellowL, including on the latter's Choice Prize-nominated debut album 2020 Division, and with Coolio right up to about a month before his death in September 2022, which sounds like it hit him quite hard. He's signed with Roughbones, got a deal with PureSyncInc in London and brand deals with Ellesse and fashion tech company With Legacy, so he's a busy man. We chat about his making hundreds of songs, his collaborations, on coming close to giving up on music but fighting through with a smile, on finding the formula for music, and lots more. Chris Kabs plays a headline show with Loud Motive and an all-star support cast at the Green Room in Dublin's Academy this Saturday, April 22. Tickets: https://www.ticketmaster.ie/chris-kabs-loud-motive-dublin-22-04-2023/event/18005D90EBBC8A9C Outro music: Chris Kabs - Nobody Listen to Y NOT? https://open.spotify.com/album/51py7WINkjcs2SfWXgYoZN?si=1ubNRHkLTIagSUcK77ED7g

We start off by looking back at last week's Choice Music Prize ceremony and hearing the winning speeches from Irish artist of the year Fontaines DC (Conor Curley), classic album recipient Sinead O'Connor, introduced by Dave Fanning, and Irish album of the year winner CMAT for If My Wife New I'd Be Dead, with a speech given by drag queen Lavender. 12.25: Sister Fenix are a new act comprising Senita (Shookrah) and Jess Kav (Barq) who have just put out their debut single 'Benefactor of Love'. They talk about deciding to form while on a walk up Killiney Hill in 2020 with the aim of writing a disco banger, their work with X Collective and what we can expect from Sister Fenix. 34.45: Dashoda releases his debut EP Never Enough today, Wednesday, March 15, launching it with a show at the Workman's Cellar tonight. We talk about how the project has changed from its early days, explore the ideas behind it and go through its four tracks, including closer 'Sultan', a collaboration with Jackie Beverly Dashoda on Bandcamp: https://dashodamusic.bandcamp.com/ Tickets to Dashoda's show at Workman's Cellar https://theworkmansclub.com/events/dashoda-never-enough-ep-launch/

Ahead of the release of a much-anticipated second album, and a run of gigs in North America culminating at SXSW, Zara caught-up with Ailbhe Reddy for this episode of The IMRO Podcast. Direct from New York City, we hear all about the process, hard-work and passion that has gone into Endless Affair - which is set for release on March 17th. Endless Affair follows the critically acclaimed, and Choice Prize nominated debut, Personal History from 2020. They talked about the different approaches Reddy had with those albums, and hear about whether she felt the pressure of the dreaded 'difficult second album'.

Tilt's John Barker (https://twitter.com/JohnBarkerTilt) returns as we run the rule over the 10 nominees for the Choice Music Prize Irish Album of the Year 2022 and try to predict the winner. The actual victors will be revealed at a live show at Vicar Street on Thursday, March 9. Shortlist (and order of discussion on podcast): Anna Mieke - Theatre (Anna Mieke under license to Nettwerk Music Group) Aoife Nessa Frances - Protector (Partisan Records) CMAT - If My Wife New I'd Be Dead (CMATBABY) Dermot Kennedy - Sonder (Island) Fontaines D.C. - Skinty Fia (Partisan Records) Just Mustard - Heart Under (Partisan Records) Pillow Queens - Leave the Light On (Royal Mountain Records) Sorcha Richardson - Smiling Like An Idiot (Faction Records) The Mary Wallopers - The Mary Wallopers (The Mary Wallopers) Thumper - Delusions of Grandeur (Eva Magical Music Sounds)

Welcome to the fourth meditation of our Grief, Collected series, which come out every Friday.Today is a literary meditation with the esteemed author Alexander Chee. Alexander is the bestselling author of Edinburgh and The Queen of the Night, and a beautiful essayist making meaning of the world around us and helping us imagine new ones. In today's episode he is reading his 2018 essay, “Why Grieve Is The Word Of The Year,” which walks us through all of our many griefs, and how we can find ourselves in them.More about Alexander Chee and his work here and find him on Twitter at @alexanderchee and on Instagram at @cheemobile.You can find more info and resources at GriefCollected.com More about Alexander Chee - Alexander Chee is the bestselling author of the novels Edinburgh and The Queen of the Night, and the essay collection How To Write An Autobiographical Novel, all from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. A contributing editor at The New Republic, and an editor at large at VQR, his essays and stories have appeared in The New York Times Magazine, T Magazine, The Sewaneee Review, and the 2016 and 2019 Best American Essays.He is a 2021 United States Artists Fellow, a 2021 Guggenheim Fellow in Nonfiction, and the recipient of a Whiting Award, a NEA Fellowship, an MCCA Fellowship, the Randy Shilts Prize in gay nonfiction, the Paul Engle Prize, the Lambda Editor's Choice Prize, and residency fellowships from the MacDowell Colony, the VCCA, Leidig House, Civitella Ranieri and Amtrak.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

For more on Parents & Addicts In Need, to follow on social media, the Don't Hide The Scars Podcast, to get involved, or to donate https://linktr.ee/painnonprofit Parents & Addicts in Need's Founder Flindt Andersen and Jason LaChance sat down with Erin Khar. We discussed differing perspectives on Harm Reduction, The War On Drugs, her recent article in Cosmopolitan on Matthew Perry's autobiography as well as the lack of government funding and policies to combat the alarming rate of overdose deaths in the United States. Erin Khar is an author and advocate known for her writing on addiction, recovery, mental health, parenting, and relationships. Erin knows first-hand the challenges of addiction recovery and has established herself as a respected voice in the national conversation about the overdose epidemic. Strung Out, Erin's debut memoir, appeared on most anticipated lists from Apple Books, Goodreads, SELF, The Rumpus, Bitch Media, and others. Of the book, The New York Times writes, "Khar's buoyant writing doesn't get mired in her dark subject matter. There is an honesty here that can only come from, to put it in the language of 12-step programs, a 'searching and fearless moral inventory.' This is a story she needed to tell; and the rest of the country needs to listen.” Erin's essay, “Guilty,” was published in Burn it Down: Women Writing About Anger. She was the recipient of a 2012 Eric Hoffer Editor's Choice Prize for her story, "Last House at the End of the Street," which was published in the Best New Writing 2012 anthology. She writes the weekly advice column, Ask Erin on Substack, and her personal essays have appeared in SELF, Marie Claire, Salon, The Times of London Sunday Magazine, HuffPost, Esquire, Cosmopolitan, and others. Erin lives in New York City. When she's not writing, she's probably watching Beverly Hills, 90210. For more on Erin Khar and her book https://www.erinkhar.com/

You gotta keep 'em separated. Or, in this case, bonded for life.NO ENCORE is back for another week and the boys Dave Hanratty and Craig Fitzpatrick have a lot to chew on despite sensationally not attending Irish music's biggest night. The RTÉ Choice Music Prize is still on the agenda, though. As is lots of other news and yet another Top 5 that throws at least one half of the team into existential disarray. And what is NO ENCORE if not existential dread persevering? If you adore what we bring you every week and would like to support this particular independent venture, you can do so at https://www.patreon.com/noencore – new episode of NO AUX CORD coming soon. Promise. ACT ONE: A preamble in which we ramble. More respect for Nine Inch Nails, please!ACT TWO (10:18): Choice Prize last-minute predictions and post-announcement reaction featuring our roving Sonic Architect, Russia get booted from the Eurovision, the Madonna film sounds like hard work, the Rolling Stones film that never was, Dave Grohl says Dave Grohl things, and Snoop Dogg runs away with his imagination – it's a busy week in music news.ACT THREE (52:37): Top 5 Musical Offspring – Dave on Best, Craig on Worst. What could possibly go wrong? Get bonus content on Patreon See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The Choice Music Prize for best Irish album released in 2021 takes place this Thursday, March 3. The nominees are: Bicep – Isles (Ninja Tune) Mick Flannery & Susan O'Neill - In the Game (Rosaleen Records / Rosa Productions) For Those I Love - For Those I Love (September Recordings) Orla Gartland - Woman on the Internet (New Friends Music) HousePlants - Dry Goods (Bone China Records) Kojaque - Town's Dead (Soft Boy Records) Elaine Mai – Home (Elaine Mai) Saint Sister - Where I Should End (Saint Sister) Soda Blonde - Small Talk (Velveteen Records) Villagers - Fever Dreams (Domino) As is our annual tradition, John Barker, formerly of Totally Irish drops by to run through the shortlist and try and decide who will, or should, or indeed won't, win the Choice Prize. Music used during the show: Bicep - Apricots Mick Flannery and Susan O'Neill - Baby Talk For Those I Love - Birthday/The Pain Orla Gartland - More Like You HousePlants - Window Pane Kojaque - No Hands Elaine Mai - Mother Saint Sister - Any Dreams? Soda Blonde - Terrible Hands Villagers - The First Day Note: There's a little bit of technical hiss during the second half of the pod. V annoying but it doesn't last too long so hopefully it's OK? Sorry....

Denise Chaila had a wild 2020, from playing the National Gallery as part of the Other Voices Courage series to releasing 'Chaila' and then the mixtape GO Bravely, which subsequently won the Choice Prize. In her first interview since the Choice win, she talks about new single '061', reflects on the past 12 months and looks forward to what's next. Outro music: Denise Chaila - '061'

Emma and Ann try all year round to keep the guests diverse, interesting and brilliant, but Pride Month is always an extra special occasion - this June, we hear from vocalist, guitarist, bassist, songwriter and merch-packager Pamela Connolly of Choice Prize nominated Dublin band Pillow Queens. The trio cover in one jam-packed hour the importance of queer representation in mainstream music, the difficulties faced by musicians in balancing a public persona with the tough reality of trying to earn a living from music alone, and how listening to Jack Johnson can cause massive sexual awakenings if you're not careful.  Pillow Queens are a four piece based in Dublin, Ireland. Formed in 2016, their State of the State EP caught the ear of Steve Lamacq who called the band's songs “deceptively infectious, with sharp hooks and sharp nails”. That EP's lead single, Favourite, with its accompanying dog-filled video, received airplay on BBC Radio 1, BBC Introducing, Radio X, and Amazing Radio as well as across Irish national radio stations. Two UK tours followed, along with a brace of sellout hometown shows in Dublin. January 2021 saw the four piece take on their US television debut, performing and interviewing on the CBS late night talk show The Late Late Show with James Corden. The band's debut album In Waiting has been praised by critics both home and abroad and was nominated for an RTE Choice Prize for Album of the Year. Buy Pillow Queens' album here: https://pillowqueens.bandcamp.com/ Find Pillow Queens on Twitter @pillowqueens Find the Limerick Lady podcast wherever you get your podcast, and follow for new episodes on the third Thursday every month The Limerick Lady Podcast is supported by the Limerick Post Newspaper, and sponsored by the Ormston House Feminist Supermarket Follow Ann Blake on Twitter at @annblake78 and Instagram @annblakeplay and her band The Brad Pitt Light Orchestra on twitter @BPLO. Catch her other podcast, 'Ann and Steve Talk Stuff' on Twitter @annstevetalk Follow all things Emma Langford at www.emmalangfordmusic.com and support her on patreon at www.patreon.com/emmalangford Follow all things Ormston House at www.ormstonhouse.com Support the Limerick Post at www.limerickpost.ie This podcast goes out the third Thursday of every month or 'Thirdsday' - if you will. Follow The Limerick Lady on Facebook at TheLimerickLady, on Twitter at @LkLadyHQ and on Instagram at @thelimericklady Tweet using #LKLadyPod

It's the annual Choice Prize preview show as Eoghan and John Barker (98fm's Totally Irish) go through all 10 nominees for the Irish album of the year and predict who is going to take home the award. Albums discussed in this order Bitch Falcon – Staring At Clocks Denise Chaila – Go Bravely Fontaines DC – A Hero's Death JyellowL – 2020 DIvision Róisín Murphy – Róisín Machine Nealo – All The Leaves Are Falling Pillow Queens – In Waiting Ailbhe Reddy – Personal History Niamh Regan – Hemet Silverbacks – Fad

One of the best live bands in the country, Bitch Falcon released their long-awaited debut album Staring at Clocks in November, and have since seen it nominated for the Choice Prize. Lizzie Fitzpatrick, singer and guitarist in the band, joins to talk about how they're a different band now than when they started, both sound wise and following lineup changes, how Staring at Clocks was recorded in just a week, finding her confidence as a lyricist, her work as a nurse during the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic and just who she wants to see win the Choice Prize next week. Outro music: Bitch Falcon - 'Gaslight'

It's Choice Prize season - my favourite time of the year! With the Irish album of the year set to be announced on 2fm on March 4, JYellowL, who is nominated for 2020 Division, his debut album which came out in November, joins the podcast to talk about his journey, how the album is just the first step for him, how a Choice Prize ceremony a couple years ago helped inspire him, how he's helping to lift up the rap/hip hop scene in Ireland, returning home to Nigeria earlier this year and his role in the Black Lives Matter movement. He's also a Manchester United fan so we managed to slip a little bit of chat about Ole's boys in too. JYellowL tour dates: Saturday, October 9: Limelight 2, Belfast Thursday, October 14: Roisin Dubh, Galway Saturday, October 16: Opium, Dublin Outro music: JYellowL - 'Call it What You Want'

Multiple-award-winning author Kit de Waal was born in Birmingham to an Irish mother who was a childminder and foster carer and a Caribbean father.She worked for fifteen years in criminal and family law, was a magistrate for several years and sits on adoption panels. She used to advise Social Services on the care of foster children, and has written training manuals on adoption, foster care and judgecraft for members of the judiciary.Her first novel My Name Is Leon was published in 2016 and shortlisted for the Costa Book Award. Kit spent her first advance on establishing a creative writing scholarship at Birkbeck College for a working-class student, and later crowdfunded Common People, an anthology of working class memoir by new and established writers.In 2018 she published The Trick to Time, and followed this up a year later with her first YA novel, Becoming Dinah. Her short story collection Supporting Cast was published in 2020.Kit's writing has received numerous awards including the Bridport Flash Fiction Prize 2014 and 2015 and the SI Leeds Literary Reader's Choice Prize 2014 and the Kerry Group Irish Novel of the Year.Kit is a co-founder of the Primadonna festival and the Big Book Weekend, set up in response to the Covid-19 crisis. In 2019 she was named Future Book Person of the Year.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-world-as-it-should-be. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ian Lynch discusses Lankum's year, from playing sold-out shows at Vicar Street to winning the Choice Prize to touring the US... and then having to use a big chunk of the €10,000 Choice winnings to get back to Ireland when Covid-19 hit. The lockdown helped him delve deeper into his Fire Draw Near podcast, which explored the world of folk and trad music. He's in the midst of a three-part podcast on The Wild Rover. We talk about all this and more in this interview. You can support Ian and Fire Draw Near at patreon.com/firedrawnear

What do you want to do with your life and how much are you willing to struggle for it?  Bestselling debut novelist Raven Leilani has written a luminous book that explores this question.  Luster is a fearless, and sometimes funny, story about a complicated, maybe even a bit perverse, black millennial, who finds some of what she thinks she wants out of life with a digital archivist named Eric, a white man twice her age in an open marriage. And then from  his wife. And then from their daughter. About the Author:Raven Leilani's work has been published in Granta, McSweeney's Quarterly Concern, Narrative, Yale Review, Conjunctions, The Cut and New England Review, among other publications. She won Narrative's Ninth Annual Poetry Contest and the Matt Clark Editor's Choice Prize, as well as short fiction prizes from Bat City Review and Blue Earth Review. Luster is her first novel. Episode Credits:This episode was produced by Andrew Dunn, Beau Friedlander and Amanda Stern. It was edited, mixed and sound-designed by Andrew Dunn who also created Bookable's chill vibe.  Our host is Amanda Stern. Beau Friedlander is Bookable's executive producer and editor in chief of Loud Tree Media.  Music:"When I See You" by Amir Oosman, "Last of Your Love" by Amir Oosman, "Sitcom" by Martian Subculture, "Books That Bounce" by Rufus Canis, "Uni Swing Vox" by Rufus Canis, "Float" by Soul City.

Where is all of the literary love for Queens? It’s right here at LIC Reading Series. Join them each week for stories, readings, and discussions with acclaimed writers, recorded with a live audience in the cozy carriage house of a classic pub in Long Island City, Queens, New York, and hosted by founder Catherine LaSota. This week, the podcast features the reading and panel discussion from the LIC Reading Series event on February 14, 201, with Jason Diamond, Kelly Luce, and Sara Majka. Check out the panel discussion on Thursday! About the Readers: Jason Diamond is a writer and editor living in Brooklyn. His first book was Searching for John Hughes. Kelly Luce is the author of the short-story collection Three Scenarios in Which Hana Sasaki Grows a Tail, which won Foreword Reviews’s 2013 Editor’s Choice Prize for Fiction. A native of Illinois, she holds a degree in cognitive science from Northwestern University and an MFA from the Michener Center for Writers at the University of Texas at Austin. She is a fellow at Harvard’s Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study and a contributing editor for Electric Literature. She lives in California’s Santa Cruz Mountains. Sara Majka‘s stories have appeared in A Public Space, PEN America, The Gettysburg Review, and Guernica. A former fiction fellow at the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, she lives in Queens, New York. * This event was made possible in part by the Queens Council on the Arts, with public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Luke Clancy's panel of guests features Irish Times music writer, Michael Dervan; chef, writer and food critic, Sophie White; music journalist and Choice Prize judge, Andrea Cleary; and TCD academic and blogger, Jennifer O'Meara, all gathered to discuss the new spaces and roles for the critic online and off.

COVID-19 cancels all gigs in Ireland, Andrea discusses being a Choice Prize judge, the Electric Picnic lineup is stale and male, Lethal Dialect's LD50 III in review and Mount Alaska pick their top 5 composer songs.

A busy NO ENCORE this week as Dave and Craig go from predicting the Choice Music Prize result at the last minute to a phantom live - and loud and a bit messy, let's be honest - update from the show itself and then back to the regular episode. It's like Inception. Kind of. Also this week - the boys run down their favourite life-affirming motivational songs, review the new album from Soccer Mommy, ponder the likelihood of Fontaines D.C. being some kind of psy-op conspiracy and generally just try and get through this whole strange 'life' thing... ACT ONE [1:59]: News~! ACT TWO [6:43]: That weird past/present/future tense Choice Music Prize bit. Shouts to the great Eoin Murray, Claire Beck and Daithí O'Dronaí for putting up with Dave shoving a phone in their faces as security were desperately trying to clear out the venue. ACT THREE [31:51]: Soccer Mommy returns with further bedroom pop adventures in the form of Color Theory. Any use? ACT FOUR [43:51]: Time to feel 10 feet tall as the guys detail the songs that give them life.

Be a fly on the wall for my conversation with the brilliant Erin Khar as we dig deep into mental health, addiction, and why we do the things we do, through the lens of her beautiful & painful memoir STRUNG OUT: ONE LAST HIT AND OTHER LIES THAT NEARLY KILLED ME. Her book is out this coming Tuesday, 2/25, so if you don't want any spoilers, don't tune in until after you read!Erin is known for her writing on addiction, recovery, mental health, relationships, parenting, infertility, and self-care. Her weekly advice column, Ask Erin, is published on Ravishly. Her personal essays have appeared in SELF, Salon, HuffPost, Marie Claire, Esquire, Cosmopolitan, Good Housekeeping, Redbook, and others. She's the recipient of the Eric Hoffer Editor's Choice Prize and lives in New York City with her husband and two kids.--- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/appSupport this podcast: https://anchor.fm/situationandstory/support Get full access to situation / story at situationstory.substack.com/subscribe

The third in the multi-part series breaking down each of the nominated albums in this year's choice music prize album of the year category. In this episode Cian speaks with Jafaris about his 2019 album 'Stide' and to Louise Bruton, Dave Hanratty & Stephen Byrne about why they love it so much.   The Choice Prize Winner will be announced on the 5th March in Vicar Street, tickets to the event are sold on Ticketmaster.ie Follow Maija @jafarismusic (Twitter) @jafarismusic (Instagram)'Stride' is available to stream and purchase now.   Follow our critics on TwitterLouise Bruton (@luberachi)Dave Hanratty (@hanrattydave)Stephen Byrne (@altirishmusic)  Follow Selected @selectedpodcast on Twitter or Instagram 

Galway-born, Dublin-based artist Maija Sofia released her debut album Bath Time at the tail end of 2019 and began 2020 with a Choice Music Prize nomination for Irish album of the year, to be decided on March 5. It's a brilliantly immersive listen, one that continues to reward return listens. On the podcast, Maija discusses writing, songwriting, how the album came together, genre and defining her sound (not indie pop!), the Choice Prize nomination and who she'd like to see win, and her show at Cork's Quarter Block Party this Saturday, February 8, with Lemoncello in Coughlan's. A live TPOE podcast also takes place at Quarter Block Party: Plugd (upstairs at the Roundy), 4pm-5pm, Saturday, February 8 - and it's free! Bath Time press release Sofia took inspiration from story-driven traditional folk ballads and shone them through the lens of a punk DIY ethos. The album name comes from the ritual of daily bathing, a whimsical place where most of the lyrics were written. Tracks on the album shine a light on the voices and stories of women through history, from Edie Sedgwick to Bridget Cleary, and the hypocrisy of the Catholic Church. The album was recorded by Chris Barry at Ailfionn Studio and features performances by Ronan Kealy (Junior Brother) and Niall Murphy (Oh Boland). ‘The Gold Shoes', opens the album tentatively, it's an ethereal opening before the melancholic and dark ‘Hail Mary', which starts soft, but the music grows in power alongside the protagonist, as the harp feeds into it more, building on the haunting sound with the complexity and depth of Thom Yorke. ‘Edie Sedgwick', named after the muse of Andy Warhol has alt-country elements from lap steel player Niall Murphy (Oh Boland) and cellist Laura McCabe (Molly Sterling). ‘The Wife of Michael Cleary' is an ode to Bridget Cleary, killed by her husband in 1895. Michael Cleary believed his wife had been abducted by fairies with a changeling left in her place. The male vocal is provided by off kilter alt-folk Junior Brother, with singing in the round building tension. ‘The Glitter' is disturbingly beautiful, an ode to Jean Rhys, a troubled novelist from the Carribean who came to England aged 16 and dealt with issues of displacement and unbelonging. As is ‘Cobweb' with Sofia's rich contralto “I didn't know I was on my own. I'm only as wise as you.” ‘Morning' mourns lost relationship and the failure of trying to fix a flawed lover. ‘Elizabeth' is brighter too, but still poignant. ‘The Trees They Do Grow High' is sung the point of view of a woman forced into marriage too young, watching her children grow and speaking to them. The album wraps around the listener like a velvet cloak, time is irrelevant, and the pain and segregation of female life has been sharply observed by Sofia. 'Bath Time' is a collection of songs written between Dublin, London and rural Galway, it was recorded slowly over several months by Chris Barry in Ailfionn Studio in Dublin. The guitar and vocals tracks were recorded all in one take and then others we brought in to finish the piece - Niall Murphy from Oh Boland plays lap steel and synths, Christophe Capewell who plays with Lisa O'Neill played fiddle, harp by Meabh McKenna, synths by Clara Tracey, and Cello by Laura McCabe, and some guest vocals by Ronan Kealy (Junior Brother).

The second in the multi-part series breaking down each of the nominated albums in this year's choice music prize album of the year category. In this episode Cian speaks with Maija Sofia about her 2019 album Bath Time and to Louise Bruton, Eoghan O'Sullivan & Craig Fitzpatrick about why they love it so much.   The Choice Prize Winner will be announced on the 5th March in Vicar Street, tickets to the event are sold on Ticketmaster.ie Follow Maija @maija_sofia (Twitter) @maijasofiamakela (Instagram)Bath Time is available to stream and purchase now.   Follow our critics on TwitterLouise Bruton (@luberachi)Eoghan O'Sullivan (@TPOEblog)Craig Fitzpatrick (@CraigySlane) Follow Selected @selectedpodcast on Twitter or Instagram 

John Lillis is a DJ, music producer, educator and healthy eater from Ennis Co. Clare. Best known for his role as a member of Choice Prize winning Hip Hop group Rusangano Family, John is an incredible inspiring person that has seen all aspects of the music industry. In this conversation we talk about growing up in Co. Clare, pursuing "alternative" music in a smaller Irish town, forming Rusangano family and his work in education. This week's song at the end of the episode is entitled "Living Room".Support the show (http://www.annasanchor.bigcartel.com)

Sally Cinnamon joins us for some deep chat. Farah Elle, Tracey Sefu & Sate drop in to discuss This Land.

It's that time of the year again, the Choice Music Prize is here. Cian talks albums, Sarah talks singles and the top ten tracks are chosen, predictions are made and they discuss their plans for next going to the show tonight. On top of that there is discussion on the new series of Drag Race and Lady Gaga at the Oscars. Those ten tracks were: Picture This "One Drink" // Saint Sister "Causing Trouble" (Kormac Remix) // Wyvern Lingo "Crawl" // Kojaque & Kean Kavanagh "Eviction Notice" // Hozier & Mavis Staples "Nina Cries Power" // Niall Horan "On The Loose" // Saint Sister "Tin Man" // The Academic "Why Can't We be Friends?" // Wild Youth "Can;t Move On" // Villagers "A Trick Of The Lights" As always you can check out all these songs on our Spotify page. Just user search for Selected Podcast or follow the link in the bio. Like, follow, subscribe, review and holler at us: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/selected-podcast?refid=stpr https://itunes.apple.com/ie/podcast/selected-podcast/id1298786009 https://soundcloud.com/selectedpodcast https://twitter.com/selectedpodcast https://www.instagram.com/selectedpodcast/ helloselected@gmail.com

It's the annual TPOE-Totally Irish Choice Prize preview. John Barker from 98fm's Totally Irish is back to run through the 10 albums nominated for album of the year 2018. We discuss some of the albums that sadly didn't make the shortlist before running through each of the albums and then picking a winner. The Choice Prize will be decided at a live show in Vicar Street next Thursday, March 7. Choice Prize shortlist: The Academic – Tales From The Backseat Delorentos – True Surrender Just Mustard – Wednesday Kojaque – Deli Daydreams Lisa O'Neill – Heard A Long Gone Song O Emperor – Jason Rejjie Snow – Dear Annie Saint Sister – Shape Of Silence Villagers – The Art Of Pretending To Swim Wyvern Lingo – Wyvern Lingo

God Knows is one of the most exciting artists in Ireland at the moment. One third of the Choice Prize-winning Rusangano Family, he talks about the music he has brewing at the moment, why he's so eager to collaborate with anyone and everyone, honesty in his music and his time at People festival in Berlin last year where the Family were interviewed by Macauley Culkin for his podcast and played improv sets with a whole host of big-name artists.

Super Extra Bonus Party returned after a few years hiatus at the end of 2017 with the brilliant new track 'Switzerland'. Think of it as SEBP 2.0 - Gavin Elsted (Adultrock) is singing on the track, a first for them. I sat down with Gav and Cormac for a chat ahead of their first Dublin headline show at Bello Bar on May 12. We discussed why the time was right to get back together, how their tracks are made, the music scene, their influence and lots more - but we only mention the infamous Choice Prize only briefly, you'll be pleased to hear (that's been discussed ad nauseum at this stage).

Kelly Luce is the author of Three Scenarios in Which Hana Sasaki Grows a Tail (A Strange Object, 2013), which won Foreword Review’s Editor’s Choice Prize for Fiction, and the novel Pull Me Under, out November 1, 2016 from Farrar, Straus and Giroux. She grew up in Brookfield, Illinois. After graduating from Northwestern University with a degree in cognitive science, she moved to Japan, where she lived and worked for three years. Her work has been recognized by fellowships from the MacDowell Colony, Ucross Foundation, Sozopol Fiction Seminars, Ragdale Foundation, the Kerouac Project, and Jentel Arts, and has appeared in New York Magazine, Chicago Tribune, Salon, O, the Oprah Magazine, The Southern Review, and other publications. She received an MFA from the Michener Center for Writers at UT Austin in 2015 and lives in Charlestown, MA. She is a Contributing Editor for Electric Literature and a 2016-17 fellow at Harvard’s Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, where she is working on her next novel.

This week's episode features Jape's Richie Egan chatting about procrastination, living in Malmo and creating music for Donal Dineen's new long form documentary Pathways directed by Steve O'Connor, which you can watch here. It was commissioned as part of St. Patrick's Festival.Niall and Ellen also talk albums of the week from David Byrne and George Fitzgerald and we have tracks of the week from Leon Bridges and Anderson Paak. We also chat about Ships' win at the Choice Prize last week and NME closing its print edition.Tracks of the week:Leon Bridges – Bad Bad NewsSerpentwithfeet – bless ur heartBicep – Opal Four Tet RemixAnderson Paak – Till its overAnna Mieke – ArbourAlbums of the week:David Byrne – American UtopiaGeorge Fitzgerald – All That Must BeClosing Song: Debbie Neon – Psycho Killer Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's a podcast reunited as NO ENCORE hurl a kitchen sink at the wall and pack the studio. To that end, the boys welcome Paddy Hanna for a chat off the back of his quite fine Frankly I Mutate record, and Paddy springs an adorable surprise of his own. Elsewhere, is the new Young Fathers album any use? What's the deal with Julian Casablancas? Who's playing Electric Picnic? And is Dave even slightly more humble since his Choice Prize judging? ACT ONE: Running down that Picnic bill, trying to make sense of Julian Casablancas and why NO ENCORE isn't going to bow to Spotify's strange new demands. ACT TWO: Paddy Hanna and friend engage in important debate. ACT THREE: Young Fathers return with some Cocoa Sugar. ACT FOUR: Songs of the Week with Vince Staples, Simian Mobile Disco, Jon Hopkins, Beach House and Pearl Jam. EXIT MUSIC: The Minutes - 'Got My Love'

This week's episode features Jape's Richie Egan chatting about procrastination, living in Malmo and creating music for Donal Dineen's new long form documentary Pathways directed by Steve O'Connor, which you can watch here. It was commissioned as part of St. Patrick's Festival. Niall and Ellen also talk albums of the week from David Byrne and George Fitzgerald and we have tracks of the week from Leon Bridges and Anderson Paak. We also chat about Ships' win at the Choice Prize last week and NME closing its print edition. Feedback so far has been really positive since we kicked back into the podcast gear so if you like what we're doing please like and subscribe and leave a review on iTunes. It helps us get noticed by the podcast gods. Subscribe in iTunes or Android. Stitcher. RSS Feed. Tracks of the week: Leon Bridges - Bad Bad News Serpentwithfeet - bless ur heart Bicep - Opal Four Tet Remix Anderson Paak - Till its over Anna Mieke - Arbour Albums of the week: David Byrne - American Utopia George Fitzgerald - All That Must Be Closing Song: Debbie Neon - Psycho Killer Subscribe in iTunes or Android. Stitcher. RSS Feed. Previous podcasts in this series: #003: Quare Groove, Caroline Rose, RIP State Magazine #002: Nialler9 Podcast – Rejjie Snow, Christian Tierney, All Together Now #001: Wyvern Lingo. Black Panther & more Nialler9 Podcast: One More Flourescent Rush Nialler9 Podcast 3: Lumo live set Nialler9 Podcast #2: Halloween Synths Nialler9 at Night #1

This week on the podcast, we talk with Connolly's of Leap proprietor and Talos drummer Sam McNicholl about the return of the iconic West Cork venue, its recent IMRO Venue of the Year win, Talos' Choice Prize nomination and his thoughts ahead of their dates at SXSW in Austin, Texas this week. Plus, we have a playlist of some of McNicholl's favourite Leeside music, including John Blek, The Altered Hours, and O Emperor. 01. Elaine Malone - You (@elai_malo) 02. Brian Deady - Eloise (@briandeady) 03. Ye Vagabonds - Lowlands of Holland (@yevagabonds) 04. O Emperor - Make it Rain (@oemperormusic) 05. Talos - Landscapes (@talostalostalos) 06. The Altered Hours - Open Wide (@thealteredhours) 07. John Blek - Lace (@johnbleksolo) 08. The Shaker Hymn - Colour of the Holy Sun (@theshakerhymn) 09. Farewell J.R. - A Thought, A Mind (#farewelljr)

Emerging from their respective snow-caves, blinking at the sun, Colm and Craig are back in studio. Dave, however, is otherwise engaged – busy crushing the dreams of nine hopefuls at the Choice Music Prize. Filling his pristine white shoes is Totally Irish head honcho and all-round good egg John Barker. The new LP from David Byrne, the surprise return of Sade, and the sad demise of two much-loved music institutions are all part of a jam-packed agenda, so let’s crack on… ACT ONE: Having each served time on the judges’ bench, the boys remember the fun, fights and free booze of Choice Prize nights past; Future Dave, meanwhile, checks with first hand news of Ships’ victory. ACT TWO: State no more, NME RIP – it’s not been a happy week as far as music journalism is concerned. Elsewhere, Vince Staples eyes the pipe and slippers; the Fred Durst/John Travolta collaboration we’ve all been waiting for is happening; and we’re converting our PRSAs into ODB. ACT THREE: David Byrne has titled his album American Utopia – but just how perfect can it be? Find out whether the former Talking Head has given us reason to be cheerful. ACT FOUR: DJ Khaled and some famous friends pimp their ride, Sade scratches a seven year itch, the .Paak is back, Lost Under Heaven resurface, and Chvrches call for National assistance – it’s Songs of the Week, yo! EXIT MUSIC: Zombie Picnic – ‘Anger In Storage (Denial Will Follow)

Manifest Arts visited Warrington Museum & Art Gallery for a brand new exhibition Zeitgeist, by the extraordinary contemporary figurative painter Peter Davis. This is a work that examines humanity and its relationship with technology through a unique collection of original paintings. Each exquisite piece acts as a social documentary that probes beneath the surface of the digital age we live in, and looks at the status of a person within contemporary society. Peter said: “Seeing people glued to their devices is so commonplace that we don’t give it a second glance these days. Maybe my series of Zeitgeist paintings will encourage visitors to the exhibition to slow down and reconsider their addiction to their own devices?” Being able to transform the often-overlooked elements of today’s society is something Peter particularly enjoys about his work, whether capturing the solitary absorption of technology addicts in isolated situations, or highlighting the paradox of the anti-social nature of social media. Zeitgeist is the latest exhibition to form part of the extended Warrington Contemporary Arts Festival programme. Thanks to support from Arts Council England, Culture Warrington – the charity that runs Warrington Contemporary Arts Festival, Warrington Museum & Art Gallery, and Pyramid & Parr Hall – is proud to present the year-round programme that enables them to showcase emerging talent. By working with partners from across the North West, the charity plans to commission local, regional and national artists to connect with Warrington’s neighbourhoods throughout the year, culminating in Warrington Contemporary Arts Festival 2018. Peter’s work will follow on from Echo (check out our podcast with Holly)and Worn; two hugely successful exhibitions by artists Holly Rowan Hesson and Ellen Sampson, which kick-started the year-long celebration of contemporary art. An elected member of the Manchester Academy of Fine Arts (MAFA), Peter boasts a glittering reputation amongst his peers, and has also picked up a number of prestigious industry awards, including the Visitor’s Choice Prize at the Warrington Contemporary Open exhibition. In 2017, he was also shortlisted for Artist of the Year by Artists & Illustrators. www.peterdavisartist.com So, for a chance to see this fascinating work first hand, why not turn off your tablet and put away your phone and head down to Warrington Museum & Art Gallery this spring? Zeitgeist will be open to the public between Saturday 10 February and Saturday 28 April 2018. For more information, head to www.warringtonmuseum.co.uk/whats-on/event/zeitgeist/ or contact Warrington Museum & Art Gallery on 01925 442399. Exhibition title: Zeitgeist Date: Saturday 10 February to Saturday 28 April Times: All Day Admission: Free Location: Warrington Museum & Art Gallery, Museum Street, Warrington, WA1 1JB www.warringtonmuseum.co.uk

Ahead of the release of his new album Yous and the Choice Prize ceremony where his other project New Jackson is up for album of the year 2017, and a day after his performance at Quarter Block Party, David Kitt sat down for a chat about making the new record, why it was released for a week and then taken back, how New Jackson has changed his ways of thinking and recording, and lots more. Including why he doesn't really like interviews. Yous is out March 9 on All City Records. David Kitt tour dates: March 9th - Kilkenny, Cleere's Theatre March 10th - Cork City, AMP venue March 11th - Clonakilty, West Cork, De Barras March 23rd - Galway, Róisín Dubh March 31st - Limerick, Dolans, Upstairs April 6th - Dublin, Button Factory April 8th - Dundalk, Spirit Store April 18th - London, UK, Borderline April 19th - Manchester, UK, Eagle Inn

Robert John Ardiff, the frontman of Come On Live Long, chats about their recent Choice Prize nomination for Irish album of 2017, his debut solo album, Between The Bed And Room, his creative process and what's next for the band and the solo act. You can buy The Bed And Room here: https://robertjohnardiff.bandcamp.com/

A month on from winning the Choice Prize for Irish album of the year, and 12 months to the day that Let The Dead Bury The Dead was released, and an hour before they took the stage at De Barras, I got to sit down with John, Murli and God Knows aka Rusangano Family to talk about their journey so far - and what's next.

The Choice Prize for Irish album of 2016 will be revealed this Thursday, March 9. John Barker, the host of 98FM's Totally Irish show, joined me to run through the nominees - consider this your crash course in the Choice Prize. We've both been judges in the past, and considering our thoughts on this shortlist, it seems like we wouldn't agree if we were back in the judging room this year. The nominees: All Tvvins - IIVV (Warner Music) Bantum - Move (Self Released) Wallis Bird - Home (Mount Silver / Caroline International) The Divine Comedy - Foreverland (Divine Comedy Records) Lisa Hannigan - At Swim (Play It Again Sam) Katie Kim - Salt (Art For Blind Records) James Vincent McMorrow - We Move (Faction Records) Overhead, The Albatross - Learning to Growl (Self Released) Rusangano Family - Let The Dead Bury The Dead (Self Released) We Cut Corners - The Cadences Of Others (Delphi) Thanks to Steve McEvoy as ever for the production

Just nominated for the Choice Prize, for Irish album of the 2016, John Duignan and Conall Ó Breacháin aka We Cut Corners sat down to chat about their third LP The Cadences of Others, the state of the Irish music industry, the best albums of 2016 (plenty Bon Iver love) and lots more. Listen on Soundcloud and iTunes. Thanks to Steve McEvoy for production.

The one and only William McCarthy from Augustines drops by to talk about one of his favourite songs, plus new music from Field Trip, Frightened Rabbit, M83, Yeasayer, Day Wave, Solar Bears, All Tvvins, plus Choice Prize winner SOAK, Dan Deacon, exmagician and Sea Pinks. Strange Brew - indie beats, alternative rock and good vibrations from the past, the present and the not too distant future with gugai. Every Thursday night at Róisín Dubh, Galway, Ireland and every Friday at 9pm on 8radio.com. www.facebook.com/strangebrewgalway twitter/@gugai gugai@roisindubh.net

I'm joined by producer and erstwhile Elastic Sleep guitarist Chris Somers to run the rule over the shortlist for the Choice Prize Irish album of 2015, which takes place on Thursday, March 3. Who will win? We don't know but we do have opinions on all the nominees. Podcast mastered by Steve McEvoy of Torann Audio

Ahead of the Choice Prize announcement, for which Le Club is nominated, Le Galaxie frontman Michael Pope chats about the band's formative years, the impact of big and small shows on his creative outlook, Block T and artists' spaces in Dublin, The People v OJ Simpson, and Oscar picks.

Pulp and Paper (University of Iowa Press) by Rolnick If You're Not Yet Like Me (Flatmancrooked) by Lepucki Josh Rolnick, winner of the Iowa Short Fiction Award, will read and sign his new short story collection Pulp and Paper, joined by Edan Lepucki, a staff writer for The Millions, reading and signing her novella-with-stories collection If You're Not Yet Like Me. “Josh Rolnick is a wonderful observer and a beautiful storyteller. Each story in Pulp and Paper is a path to the hearts of Rolnick's characters, who, like you and me, strive to be their true, honest selves despite follies and weaknesses. A truly compassionate collection.” --Yiyun Li, author of The Vagrants "If You're Not Like Yet Like Me tells quite a few damn good jokes before it decides to twist your heart apart. Gracefully written, barbed and biting; a touching meditation on the mistakes we make before meeting the ones who truly deserve our love." --Victor LaValle, author of Big Machine Josh Rolnick's short stories have won the Arts & Letters Fiction Prize and the Florida Review Editor's Choice Prize. They have also been published in Harvard Review, Western Humanities Review, Bellingham Review, and Gulf Coast, and have been nominated for the Pushcart Prize and Best New American Voices. A reporter, editor, and journal publisher, he grew up in New Jersey, spent summers camping his way through Upstate New York, and has lived in Jerusalem, London, Philadelphia, Iowa City, Washington, D.C., and Menlo Park, California. He currently lives with his wife and three sons in Akron, Ohio. Edan Lepucki is a staff writer for The Millions. She is a fiction writer and instructor living in Los Angeles, and her stories have been published in McSweeney's, Narrative Magazine, Meridian, and the Los Angeles Times Magazine, among others. She has an MFA from the Iowa Writers' Workshop, and an excerpt of her recently-completed novel, The Book of Deeds, won the 2009 James D. Phelan Award. Her novella, If You're Not Yet Like Me, was published last fall. Learn more about her writing classes at writingworkshopsla.com. Photo of Rolnick by Nancy Williams. THIS EVENT WAS RECORDED LIVE AT SKYLIGHT BOOKS SEPTEMBER 13, 2011.