Brogan's Run

In this episode I speak to one of my songwriting heroes, Will Oldham, A.K.A. Bonnie "Prince" Billy. From Louisville Kentucky, Will has over the past thirty years forged a highly distinctive path as one of the great American songwriters of his generation. Recording under various iterations of the name Palace from the early 1990s onwards, before settling on the BPB moniker in 1999, W

In this very special episode I get the chance to talk to one of my favourite singers, Vashti Bunyan.Born in 1945, Vashti Bunyan began her recording career in the mid 1960s. Her debut single, the Rolling Stones cover Some Things Just Stick In Your Mind was issued in 1965, and a string of recordings followed for Andrew Loog Oldham's Immediate records, but at the time few were release

In this concluding part of my conversation with the writer Wendy Erskine, we talk in more detail about stories from Wendy's new collection Dance Move, including how the stories were sequenced in the book and how the artwork was chosen for the Stinging Fly and Picador editions. Wendy also talks about the course in short story writing which led her to becoming a published author, inc

From Belfast, Wendy Erskine has been called the greatest short story writer of her generation, by David Keenan no less. She has just published her second collection of short stories entitled Dance Move, and I was really lucky to be able to chat to her last month around the time of publication. Wendy has kindly put together a short playlist to go along with these episodes

The concluding part of my conversation with Christian Donaghy, who records and performs as Autumns. In this episode we discuss Christian's unique approach to song titles, his love of dub and approach to using effects in general in his music. We also discuss Autumns prolific output, upcoming release and touring plans, and the negative effect of social media on mental health.This con

From Derry in Northern Ireland, Christian Donaghy has been recording under the name Autumns for the past decade, with a super prolific string of releases on labels such as Touch Sensitive, Downwards, Death and Leisure and Opal tapes among many others. His music has evolved in that time from early period guitar orientation to a highly distinctive brand of dub drenched techno which C

In this second episode I continue my conversation with my friend and former Girls Names bandmate Cathal Cully to discuss his solo project Group Zero and his latest release "Everyone's Already Come Apart".Picking up were we left off in episode 1, Cathal and I discuss the process involved in making the new album in more detail, Cathal's love of cycling, literary inspirations, and clu

In this first episode, I'm joined by my friend and former Girls Names bandmate Cathal Cully to discuss his solo project Group Zero and his latest release "Everyone's Already Come Apart."Recorded remotely in late November 2021, this first part of our conversation covers the long gestation period for the record, artwork choices, publishing limbo, abandoned practice rooms, gigging anx

I'm Neil Brogan, I make songs. In this podcast I will be speaking to people who make things about how they make them, and how they feel about the things they make. Episode one coming January 2022. Please subscribe and follow me on Instagram and Twitter for updates.https://linktr.ee/brogans_run Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.