The IMRO Podcast

Today's episode of the IMRO Podcast comes from the Lowden Guitar Factory in Downpatrick.Endorsed by everyone from Ed Sheeran to Richard Thompson, Lowden has become synonymous with the top acoustic players in the world. Celebrating 50 years since making his first professional guitar, company founder George Lowden met Danny Carroll to talk about the history of the company, provide a

On today’s episode, we are focusing on Ireland’s folk music conference, Your Roots Are Showing.Now in its third year, Your Roots Are Showing is dedicated to preserving and promoting folk music in Ireland. The annual conference features professional development sessions, interactive workshops and live performances attracting a mix of local and international artists and industry

On today's episode we have an in-depth interview with the award-winning composer and musician Linda Buckley. Linda creates electronic and acoustic music across many disciplines. As a film composer, she's worked with her sister Irene on features such as Nothing Compares (The documentary of Sinéad O'Connor), and earlier this year on the stunning Pat Collins film 'That They May Face

Today’s episode is a recording of a live panel discussion titled ‘Funding in Ireland’.This event took place at the IMRO office in September and was aimed at helping musicians based in Ireland learn more about the funding opportunities and supports available to them.On the night we received insights and advice from Tara Bolger (Support Manager of the Music and Opera Department

On today’s episode we have an in-depth interview with the godfather of electronic music in Ireland, Roger Doyle. A composer, keyboardist and producer, he’s been writing music for over 50 years.Starting in the Royal Irish Academy Of Music, he went on to develop his craft at the Dutch Institute Of Sonology and later the Finnish Radio Experimental Music Studio. His curiousity arou

Today's episode of the IMRO Podcast is focused on We’ve Only Just Begun, the annual three night music festival, taking place in Whelan’s in Dublin, on the 8th, 9th and 10th of August.The festival started in 2018, aims to platform female and non-binary musicians and over the years, its featured acts such as Pillow Queens, Soda Blonde, Sorcha Richardson to name but a few. This ye

On today’s episode we’re focused on the provision of Artists Workspaces in Ireland.Specifically, this episode was made in response to the recent Government initiative, providing €6 million euro in funding towards artist spaces nationwide.The Pilot Scheme, in collaboration with Local Authorities intends to increase the stock of artist workspaces in cities and towns across the

On this episode of the IMRO Podcast, we have an interview with the ambient lo-fi artist Hevi.Hevi, is a Turkish musician and producer based in Istanbul. Since 2018, he’s been producing lo-fi hip hop inspired by themes of nighttime and nostalgia.Currently he has over 519,000 monthly listeners on Spotify, and in this episode of the IMRO Podcast, he spoke to Danny Carroll about his

Today have the third and penultimate conversation from our Label Focus mini-series presented by Zara Hedderman. So far we’ve heard from Willie Stewart of Nyahh Records and Joey Edwards from Pizza Pizza Records and in this episode, you’ll hear Zara speaking with Michael Roe, label and artist manager with Faction Records. Faction Records is coming close to reaching a massive mile

In this episode of the IMRO Podcast, we report back from the Music Current Festival 2024.Music Current is an annual contemporary music festival produced by Dublin Sound Lab, and taking place in the Project Arts Centre and Contemporary Music Centre in Temple Bar. The festival showcases contemporary Irish and new international electronic music as well facilitating workshops, professi