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Make Me An Island
by Donal Dineen
Country by country, from one energy explosion to the next, Dónal Dineen presents an illustrated guide to the musical universe. No stone unturned. All the colours, every mood.
Episodes
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May I Introduce to You...? Vol: 14 - New Music in 2022
This is the first in a short series of Make Me An Island episodes chronicling the best new music released worldwide in 2022. In this opening chapter there's an ode to fresh electronic sounds in the shape of debut releases from Naty Seres from Berlin, Surusinghe from London and Deekapz out of São...
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Fresh Éire Volume 3
On this third Fresh Éire installment, Dónal goes digging for fire among a plethora of new Irish releases. There's a written response to Anna Mieke's magnificent sophomore album Theatre and a tribute to the independent Dublin label Where The Time Goes with a couple of examples of dynamic recent...
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Fresh Éire Volume 2
On this episode, Dónal trawls through a significant bunch of homegrown releases in search of gold. Indicative of just how healthy a state Irish music is in 2022, he finds it aplenty. There's a wide range of styles to admire and enjoy from Lisa O'Neill's glorious return with Old Note to Eoghan O...
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May I Introduce To You? Volume 13
Diving in at the deep end after a summer hiatus, Dónal Dineen presents a guide to the most essential new music and re-issues from around the world. He strikes gold twice upon encounters with the enchanting song-world of Japanese artist Hatis Noit and the glorious amalgamation of sounds that...
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An Illustrated Guide to the Music of Columbia with B+
Recorded live on the All Curious Minds stage at the All Together Now festival in Waterford on July 31st, Dónal takes a deep dive into the music of Columbia with regular islander and all-round fount of knowledge, Brian Cross AKA B+.
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Summer Heat 2: An Island Story; The Gwo Ka sound of Guadeloupe
Dónal’s search for the perfect summer dancing soundtrack takes him to the Caribbean island of Guadeloupe where he takes a deep-dive into the ancient Gwo Ka sound. The journey begins and ends in land-locked Zimbabwe however where we tune into the emotional sound of The Movers who are just about to...
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May I Introduce To You? Volume 12 - Summer Heat Edition
To compensate for the lack of actual sunshine, Dónal Dineen takes a trip closer to the equator in this episode to visit the Cape Verde islands and Haiti in search of the perfect summer soundtrack. The journey starts off in land-locked Mexico where we hear an example of the Rebajada sound - where...
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May I Introduce To You? Volume 11
This week’s trawl through the megahertz begins at home with Dónal reviewing two new standout Irish releases. There’s a radiant new single from Aoife Nessa Frances and the long-awaited sophomore record from Caoímhín O’Raghallaigh and Dan Trueman, The Fate of Bones. We skip to northern Mali to…
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May I Introduce To You? Volume 10
This week’s trawl through the megahertz throws up some sizzling summer dance floor heat from Ireland, Germany and New Zealand. First up is the collaboration between Icelandic queen Mr Silla and uncrowned Irish electronica king New Jackson. Five years in the making, Holding On was worth the wait.…
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May I Introduce To You? Part 9
The long-awaited sophomore solo concertina album “B” from Cormac Begley is our album of the week/month/year and in this latest instalment of our series on new musical discoveries, Dónal explains why. We also get to marvel at some more instrumental virtuosity from saxophonists Alabaster dePlume…
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May I Introduce To You? Part 8
Some more examples of electronic experimentation from the wild frontier open this 8th instalment of our guide to new music. Firstly ELLES from Lisbon then Lyra Pramuk from Berlin and Okou & Casey MQ from Paris set the twilight reeling. The intriguing rapping style of South London Vietnamese…
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May I Introduce To You? Part7
The DIY bedroom-producer stars of this episode are Joseph Kamaru from Nairobi recording in Berlin under the name KMRU, Tristan Arp from Mexico City and CARM out of New York. We celebrate the release of the wonderful new record from Inni-K which fashions a new sonic cloak for the ancient sean-nós...
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May I Introduce To You? Part 6
Episode Six starts off with some DIY magic from Budapest courtesy of Goshaven before relocating to the Parisian suburb of Montreuil to hear the freshest of Moroccan-Egyptian hybrid rap from TripleGo. Homage is paid to the all-powerful street-fired Kinshasa collective Kasai Allstars and to the...
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May I Introduce To You? Part 5 - New Music in 2021
Dónal presents a fifth instalment to the rough guide to the year in new music 2021. This leg of the journey starts with some instrumental wonders from Kuwait via Senegal before checking out some more DIY masterpieces from bedrooms in Brooklyn and Moscow. There's underground magic from the…
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May I Introduce To You..? - Part 4 - New Music in 2021
Dónal presents a fourth instalment of the rough guide to the year in new music 2021. This leg of the journey takes in more sounds of resistance from the streets of Philadelphia and Cleveland before celebrating some UK DIY masterpieces from Bristol, London and Glasgow. There's also another example...
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May I introduce To You..? Part 3 - New Music in 2021
Dónal presents a third instalment of the rough guide to the year in new music, 2021. This leg of the journey includes some very modern takes on classical music from India and Guatemala via Mexico as well fresh rap sounds from Paris and Jamaica and an African percussion supergroup based in London....
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May I Introduce To You...? Part 2 - New Music in 2021
Dónal presents a sound map of the year of 2021 in new music. This second instalment delves into the work of future guest islanders, Karl Jonas Winqvist and Mario Batkovic. It also marks the glorious return of Colleen in 2021 before celebrating the latest wave of fresh magic from the musical…
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May I Introduce To You...? New Music in 2021
In another singular twelve months for new sounds Dónal charts the year in tunes. The stated criterion is that it's new names only but some diversions are taken to include essential releases from familiar artists like Shirley Collins, Dean Blunt and Oneohtrix Point Never. Otherwise it's a voyage…
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Fresh Éire Part 2: This Year‘s Loves
An entirely incomprehensive review of another certifiably brilliant year for Irish music. Dónal guides us through a selection of this year's loves showcasing the extraordinary range of great sounds emerging from this island in 2021. Support Irish music on Bandcamp:...
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Shared Notes: A Journey into Sound with Martin Hayes at the NCH
In association with the National Concert Hall, a Make Me An Island Live special edition with Martin Hayes. To mark the release of his autobiography, Shared Notes, Martin gives Dónal an illustrated guide to the many twists and turns that have marked his singular journey into sound. From his first...
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Samhain Special Part 2 - Rónán Ó Snodaigh and Myles O’Reilly
The ground-breaking album Tá Go Maith is one of the year’s finest. Recorded live at the Sugar Club on October 20th, Dónal gets a guided tour of the inspiration behind the record and the story of its creation from Rónán O’Snodaigh and producer Myles O’Reilly before listening to a selection of…
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October Bank Holiday Special Part 1 - Louise Mulcahy and Natalya O‘Flaherty Live at The Sugar Club
Recorded live at the Sugar Club in Dublin on October 20th, 2021, this show is dedicated to the recently departed master box player and genius film-maker, Tony Mc Mahon. Uilleann piper Louise Mulcahy leads the tribute with a stirring version of Port na bPucaí before talking in-depth about her...
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Can you Fenit? Cathal Caufield and Kú in the Kingdom
The last episode in our summer 2021 series was recorded at Mike and Gráinne O'Neill's Beach Cafe in the seaside village of Fenit in North Kerry. We're conducting some more musical introductions in this edition as both Cathal Caufield and Killian O'Flanagan, recording as Kú, are at the beginning…
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Introducing Rufous Nightjar
Donal travels to Ennistymon in County Clare to meet up with Anna-Mieke, Branwen and Zoe Basha who have taken their Rufous Nightjar project on the road for the first time. We get to hear how they first got together and what's in store with their debut album which is nearing completion. We also get...
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Gulliver's Twist: Introducing John Francis Flynn
To mark the release of his debut solo record I Would Not Live Always, John Francis Flynn joins Dónal Dineen to discuss the making of the album in the company of some key collaborators: Ultan O'Brien, Ross Chaney and producer Brendan Jenkinson. We then journey to heart of a Dublin Saturday night…
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We Are The Makers Episode #2 // Liz Roche // Trailer
The Summer installment of our sister series to the Islands, We Are The Makers, is out today. Commissioned by Solas Nua in Washington D.C., episode #2 charts the arc of choreographer Liz Roche's journey to the top of the contemporary dance world. Find the full episode here: https://pod.link/makers...
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Master at Work: Steve Cooney's Solo Guitar Interpretations of Ancient Irish Harp Tunes: Ceol Ársa Cláirsí
In Dublin to perform the album Ceol Ársa Cláirsí at the Tradition Now weekender in the National Concert Hall, Steve Cooney's interpretations of ancient Irish harp tunes for solo guitar has added something new to the canon. There’s ancient magic at work here as these tunes were either composed or...
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On Two Wings and a Prayer: The Electric Guitar Gospel According to Reverend Utah Smith
Reverend Utah Smith was an evangelist preacher based in New Orleans who from 1938 onwards added some electric guitar fire to his sermons as well a pair of two giant seraphim white wings to his back. In this epsiode Donal listens to the incendiary records he released between 1944 and 1953 which…
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Why the Caged Bird Sings: The Story of Ted Hawkins' Watch Your Step
With the help of some clips from the legendary BP Fallon Orchestra interview with the man himself from April 1987, Dónal Dineen goes on a personal journey to the heart of Ted Hawkins' masterpiece from the penitentiary, Watch Your Step.
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Easter Breaks Birthday Mix
April 8th marks the first anniversary of the launch of Make Me Me An Island. To mark the occasion, talking is mostly suspended in Episode 46 and instead Dónal reverts to the original source of inspiration, the box of 7” singles that formed the foundation for many of the original investigations....
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The Unique Sound World of Jennifer Walshe
For 20 years Jennifer Walshe has blazed a trail across the world of contemporary music, all the while making work that was far greater than the sum of its parts and much much more than simply music. Far from being high brow or inaccessible, the most human of touches shapes everything she does in...
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Make me an Islander #10 with Villagers
From the very first demos, the arc of the Villagers story has pointed inexorably upwards, always reaching for the higher ground, a climb like no other. In this episode Conor O'Brien joins Dónal in The Sugar Club for a discussion on some of those lofty peaks and how he got there. In-between…
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Newsflash from the Makers of Make Me An Island
An introduction to We Are The Makers, a new series of long-form audio documentaries on Irish artists and their practice. Released today across all the usual platforms, and commissioned by Solas Nua in Washington D.C., first up is photographer Eamonn Doyle who before making a series of...
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An Illustrated Guide to Arthur Russell's Iowa Dream with Peter Broderick
The latest in a series of stunning posthumous Arthur Russell releases, Iowa Dream plays to all of his many strengths. Recorded in The Sugar Club in December, Episode 42 features an illustrated guide to the album by an artist who had an integral role to play in its compilation, editing and mixing,...
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Make Me An Island Live #2 with Myles Manley
Recorded live at The Sugar Club in December, the second in the Make Me an Island live series features Myles Manley on stage together with Solamh Kelly and Chris Barry. They play their brilliant 'Cometh The Softies' record in its entirety from start to finish before retiring for a chat with Dónal...
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Make Me An Island Live #1 with John Francis Flynn
Recorded at The Sugar Club in Dublin in December, the first in a series of Make Me An Island Live shows features the mighty John Francis Flynn. Along with producer Brendan Jenkinson and fiddler Ultan O' Brien, John performs a selection of tunes from his forthcoming debut album I Would Not Live...
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Make Me An Islander Special with Pat Collins and Elaine Howley
Recorded in The Kino in Cork in December 2020, singular film-maker Pat Collins joins Dónal to discuss three of his films: The definitive sea-nós movie Song of Granite, a forthcoming documentary about the American folklorist Henry Glassie and a work-in-progress documenting the ground-breaking...
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Make Me An Islander #9 with Katie Kim
Fresh from her ground-breaking collaboration with Radie Peat on Nollaig na mBan, Katie Kim joins Dónal to tell the story behind their work together as well as to discuss the making of her new album with producer John ‘Spud’ Murphy. Along the way she makes the case for the genius of Mica Levi as...
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Nollaig na mBan Make Me an Islander Special with Branwen
For the first show of 2021 Dónal is joined by Branwen for an illustrated guide to some inspirational female artists the world over as well as to hear some songs from her masterful solo record Hunted and Haunted. "As this is being released on Nollaig na mBan, I wanted to say that I think it's...
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Make Me An Islander Christmas Special with Radie Peat
Radie Peat is the special guest Islander on this Christmas episode. She talks about her forthcoming collaboration with Katie Kim and Ellie Myler of Percolator as well as guiding us through a selection box of musical wonders. https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/katie-kim-and-radie-peat-tickets-131859488279
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Where Paris Takes Us: Sansbut and the Music of Chance
Sansbut is the first release on David Kitt's new Awayday label. At the heart of the record are a series of powerful collaborations with Saxophonist Catherine Sikora that happened spontaneously at the Centre Culturel Irlandais in Paris during lockdown this summer. In this Episode #35 of Make Me An...
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The Swashbuckling Style of Julia Clifford and the Sliabh Luachra sound
Recorded at The Kino in Washington Street, Cork, Donal Dineen presents an introduction to the fiddle-playing magic of Julia Clifford and a rough guide to the music of Sliabh Luachra. Musician, soldier-on-the-ground and longtime advocate of the Sliabh Luachra sound, Eoin Stan O' Sullivan, is our...
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Fresh Éire
Dónal Dineen takes a deep dive through all the new music released by Irish artists since the summer. Patrick Kelleher joins him in the second half to talk about his comeback EP Stereolith forthcoming on Remote Town records. https://patrick-kelleher.bandcamp.com/
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Make Me an Islander #6 with Hilary Woods
Dónal Dineen pays tribute to the Scottish maverick genius Ivor Cutler and his album Privilege. Hilary Woods then joins Dónal for a deep dive into her last two records, Colt and Birthmarks, as well as a trip through some her favourite tunes from Sybille Baier to Eartha Kitt....
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Digs from the Floor
In an extended Lockdown Episode #31, Dónal introduces some new music from Loraine James and Star Feminine Band before checking in with two leading Irish lights stateside. First up is acclaimed author and all-round total legend, Maeve Higgins, who discusses post-election relief on the ground in...
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Make Me An Islander Special Edition with Eoghan O Ceannabháin and Ultan O Brien.
To celebrate the release of their debut album Solas An Lae and to mark the 30th episode of Make Me An Island, Eoghan and Ultan join Dónal for an extended birthday edition. In between a feast of live music they discuss the provenance of the songs and the making of the record in Scotland....
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Make Me An Islander #5 with Cormac Begley
For the second show of the Lockdown #2 series, Dónal Dineen is joined by the concertina master from West Kerry, Cormac Begley. There’s a handful of live tunes as well as discussions on subjects ranging from the origins of his sound, inspiration, and his role in the acclaimed dance production Mám…
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From Ocean’s Floor to the High Andes
Dónal Dineen takes a trip back in time to the High Andean city of Ayacucho in Peru to marvel at the field recordings made by David Lewiston in 1967 at the annual carnival. He explores the roots of Huayno music which evolved around ritual celebrations during the Inca Empire. The temperature drops…
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Wicklow Gold and Silver Apples
In Episode #27 Dónal Dineen pays tribute to the legendary Simeon Cox whose band Silver Apples were responsible for electronic music’s Big Bang in 1969. Special guest is Jonny Dillon. He plays a selection of tunes from the LP ‘Songs for a One-String Guitar’ and introduces tracks from the Automatic...
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Groove is in the Heartland: The Irrepressible Beat of the Congo
On this episode, Dónal Dineen talks seasonal anthems and the magic of Johnathan Richman’s ‘That Summer Feeling’ before heading back to the Georgia Sea Islands for another look at the Get In Union collection of songs from Bessie Jones and friends. Niwel Tsumbu is the special guest and he presents…
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Country by country, from one energy explosion to the next, Dónal Dineen presents an illustrated guide to the musical universe. No stone unturned. All the colours, every mood.
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