Dublin producer Rory Sweeney released his second album Old Earth on October 24. Written between Dublin, Manchester, Letterkenny and Sligo, the record draws on Stone Tape Theory - the idea that ghosts and hauntings are echoes imprinted into the land. Old Earth explores memory, history and the esoteric in the information age, and features a stacked cast including RÓIS, Saoirse Miller, Risteárd Ó hAodha, Emby, Emily Beattie, Curtisy, Ahmed With Love, Roo Honeychild and Ushmush, among others. We talk about the Irish Hash Mafia Mixtape, Rory’s creative partnerships, and his ever-evolving production style.
Buy Old Earth: https://rory2.bandcamp.com/album/old-earth
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TPOE 371: Laura Elizabeth Hughes
Dublin-born, Cork-based artist Laura Elizabeth Hughes released her debut album Knots & Echoes on October 3. Having started out by uploading Lana Del Rey covers to YouTube, Laura released a steady stream of singles over the years, collaborations with Cian '1000 Beasts' Sweeney and co-wrote one of Ireland's entries to Eurovision. It's all led up to her debut album, a blend of spoken word with folk fused lyricism that showcases her delicate vocal harmonies alongside melodies that shimmer with emotion.
Knots & Echoes moves through the push and pull of youth and memory, where home is as much an inner landscape as it is the people and places we return to, some of them not being easy places to exist in. These pieces follow the quiet imprints others leave behind, the knots we tie, carry, and slowly work loose, through to the self-reckoning that comes with trying to carve out a space of our own. Connection, loss, and the steady but tentatively open armed shift toward selfhood run through each track; the past shaping the contours of the present for better or worse.
Laura is supporting Bell X1 on their winter tour:
October 24: Theatre Royal, Waterford
October 25: Limetree Theatre, Limerick
October 26: Spiegeltent, Wexford
November 28: Guildhall, Derry
November 29: Mandela Hall, Belfast
December 4-5: St Nicholas' Collegiate Church, Galway
December 6: Gleneagle Club, Killarney
Buy Knots & Echoes: https://lauraelizabethhughes.bandcamp.com/album/knots-and-echoes
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TPOE 370: God Knows
Shannon-based rapper God Knows released his debut solo album A Future of the Past on September 26 via Narolane. We talk about his journey from serial collaborator to solo artist - though with his longtime collaborator Murli and his family by his side. He talks about how he has changed - or not since Rusangano Family, his experiences with the music industry that get aired on the record, his family history in Zimbabwe, and lots more.
God Knows tour dates:
October 24: Mo Cultivation live showcase with Celeveidamai and Jar Jar Jr, The Kino, Cork Jazz Festival
October 30: Other Voices Cardigan, Wales
Buy A Future of the Past: https://godknows.bandcamp.com/album/a-future-of-the-past
Further listening:
TPOE 53: Rusangano Family - https://podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/tpoe-53-rusangano-family/id1032886343?i=1000384547117
TPOE 119: God Knows - https://podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/tpoe-119-god-knows/id1032886343?i=1000428779272
TPOE 231: https://podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/tpoe-231-god-knows-elaine-howley-f%C3%A9ile-na-gr%C3%A9ine-sweat/id1032886343?i=1000576344123
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TPOE 369: Inni K
Eithne Nà Chatháin aka Inni-K released her fourth album Still a Day on September 26 via Green Willow Records. She describes it as her most sweeping and emotionally charged work yet, moving with a deeper gravity and startling clarity. Working with producer Seán Mac Erlaine (synths, woodwinds) and Matthew Jacobson (drums, percussion), Eithne wrote the album in the aftermath of a breakup.
She says: “Songs help. These songs really helped me - they accompanied me through a very emotionally difficult time. I wrote this album because I needed to more than anything." It is music stocked with experience and steeped in flow, alive with the invisible direction life takes.
On this episode of the TPOE podcast, we talk about the evolution of her sound, the influence of traditional Irish music, the creative process behind Still a Day, touring in Germany, the joy of collaboration, and the importance of artistic freedom.
Tour dates:
October 9: Ó Riada Hall, UCC, Cork
October 10: Sarah Walker Gallery, Castletownbere
October 11: Levis' of Ballydehob
October 16: Spirit Store, Dundalk
October 23: Cleere’s, Kilkenny
October 24: The Dock, Carrick-on-Shannon
October 30: Riverbank Arts Centre, Newbridge
November 6: The Sugar Club, Dublin
November 7: The Linenhall, Castlebar
November 9: Mermaid Arts Centre, Bray
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TPOE 368: Remembering Talos
This special episode of The Point of Everything pays tribute to the late Eoin French aka Talos, who passed away in August 2024 at the age of 36. A brilliant musician, Talos released three albums - Wild Alee in 2017, Far Out Dust in 2019, and Dear Chaos in 2022 - as well as a posthumous EP with Atli Orvarsson called Sun Divider and posthumous album with Olafur Arnalds, entitled A Dawning.
He was also part of the Sounds from a Safe Harbour team. At this year’s festival, the opening concert Remembering Talos brought friends, collaborators, and family together at Cork Opera House.
In this episode, you’ll hear memories of Eoin and reflections on his artistry from Loah, Christof Van Der Ven, Sam McNicholl, Ye Vagabonds, Nick Raynor, and Brian Dillon. Recorded backstage during rehearsals and in conversation afterwards, these stories capture the impact of Talos’ music and the deep connections he created.
Cover pic by BrÃd O'Donovan
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