Paul McDermott
@learnandsing.bsky.social
Educator, Broadcaster, Documentary Producer and Writer. Podcast: To Here Knows When - Great Irish Albums Revisited.
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Paul McDermott
@learnandsing.bsky.social
· Nov 18
I produce a podcast. To Here Knows When- Great Irish Albums Revisited. It's about (checks notes) Great Irish Albums. EP48 coming soon. Here's a video of the first 40 episodes. All details here:
www.paulmcdermott.ie/podcast
www.paulmcdermott.ie/podcast
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This is a lovely surprise. A deep, reflective podcast about my times in music, particularly NME days & my connection to Irish music. Cheers Paul McDermott @learnandsing.bsky.social for including me in his landmark series - To Here Knows When.
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Bonus Episode 8 - Stuart Bailie
Stuart Bailie is a former assistant editor of the NME. From Belfast, he played in Punk bands in the late 70s and early 80s. In 1985 he sold his guitar and bought a typewriter. He has just published "T...
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November 18, 2025 at 1:47 PM
This is a lovely surprise. A deep, reflective podcast about my times in music, particularly NME days & my connection to Irish music. Cheers Paul McDermott @learnandsing.bsky.social for including me in his landmark series - To Here Knows When.
www.paulmcdermott.ie/bonus-episod...
www.paulmcdermott.ie/bonus-episod...
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For those interested.. Another blemmer of a podcast by the consistently brilliant @learnandsing.bsky.social with @kensweeney.bsky.social on this classic Irish debut!
open.spotify.com/episode/0aBF...
open.spotify.com/episode/0aBF...
EP51 - Understand by Brian
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October 25, 2025 at 10:31 PM
For those interested.. Another blemmer of a podcast by the consistently brilliant @learnandsing.bsky.social with @kensweeney.bsky.social on this classic Irish debut!
open.spotify.com/episode/0aBF...
open.spotify.com/episode/0aBF...
Latest Episode: Here's One We Made Earlier by The Pale www.paulmcdermott.ie/episode-56
October 19, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Latest Episode: Here's One We Made Earlier by The Pale www.paulmcdermott.ie/episode-56
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To Here Knows When - Great Irish Albums Revisited EP56 Matthew Devereux on Here's One We Made Earlier by The Pale, and a whole lot more. On all listening platforms now: www.paulmcdermott.ie/podcast
October 16, 2025 at 5:47 PM
To Here Knows When - Great Irish Albums Revisited EP56 Matthew Devereux on Here's One We Made Earlier by The Pale, and a whole lot more. On all listening platforms now: www.paulmcdermott.ie/podcast
To Here Knows When - Great Irish Albums Revisited EP56 Matthew Devereux on Here's One We Made Earlier by The Pale, and a whole lot more. On all listening platforms now: www.paulmcdermott.ie/podcast
October 16, 2025 at 5:47 PM
To Here Knows When - Great Irish Albums Revisited EP56 Matthew Devereux on Here's One We Made Earlier by The Pale, and a whole lot more. On all listening platforms now: www.paulmcdermott.ie/podcast
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Very welcome Graham. More fine albums from their stable if you follow up on bandcamp.
Also there's a great pod here by @learnandsing.bsky.social on their debut if interested.
🎶🙏😊
open.spotify.com/episode/0qto...
Also there's a great pod here by @learnandsing.bsky.social on their debut if interested.
🎶🙏😊
open.spotify.com/episode/0qto...
EP29 - Soon It Will Come Time To Face The World Outside by Boa Morte
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October 5, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Very welcome Graham. More fine albums from their stable if you follow up on bandcamp.
Also there's a great pod here by @learnandsing.bsky.social on their debut if interested.
🎶🙏😊
open.spotify.com/episode/0qto...
Also there's a great pod here by @learnandsing.bsky.social on their debut if interested.
🎶🙏😊
open.spotify.com/episode/0qto...
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Great listen on life,music,finding your voice and her own two fine albums from ‘queen of Irish indie’ @eileengogan.bsky.social with @learnandsing #TheRevenants @TheWouldBes #Microdisney
@learnandsing.bsky.social
@learnandsing.bsky.social
EP55 - The Spirit of Oberlin by Eileen Gogan
Podcast Episode · To Here Knows When - Great Irish Albums Revisited · 26/09/2025 · 1h 18m
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September 30, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Great listen on life,music,finding your voice and her own two fine albums from ‘queen of Irish indie’ @eileengogan.bsky.social with @learnandsing #TheRevenants @TheWouldBes #Microdisney
@learnandsing.bsky.social
@learnandsing.bsky.social
Ahead of Culture Night in Cork. Kaught at the Karpark - I spoke to Ricky Dineen, Sean O'Hagan, Rob McKahey and Arann Blake from Pretty Happy www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/ar...
Kaught at the Karpark gig links back to Cork punk heyday at the Arcadia
A Culture Night gig at North Main St carpark will feature music from members of the scene at the Arcadia in the 1980s
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September 18, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Ahead of Culture Night in Cork. Kaught at the Karpark - I spoke to Ricky Dineen, Sean O'Hagan, Rob McKahey and Arann Blake from Pretty Happy www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/ar...
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Episode 54 of the podcast. Mark Cullen tells the story of his three bands: #Bawl #FixedStars + #PonyClub #podcast #ComingSoon #ToHereKnowsWhen #greatirishalbumsrevisited paulmcdermott.ie/podcast
August 12, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Episode 54 of the podcast. Mark Cullen tells the story of his three bands: #Bawl #FixedStars + #PonyClub #podcast #ComingSoon #ToHereKnowsWhen #greatirishalbumsrevisited paulmcdermott.ie/podcast
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A few words on The Sentimental Tourists taking in: Dave Long, @pagep195.bsky.social Into Paradise and Whipping Boy: paulmcdermott.ie/blog/the-sen...
The Sentimental Tourists
A few words on The Sentimental Tourists taking in: Dave Long, Paul Page, Into Paradise and Whipping Boy.
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August 19, 2025 at 3:19 PM
A few words on The Sentimental Tourists taking in: Dave Long, @pagep195.bsky.social Into Paradise and Whipping Boy: paulmcdermott.ie/blog/the-sen...
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Great new music by Irish legends ❤️
A few words on The Sentimental Tourists taking in: Dave Long, @pagep195.bsky.social Into Paradise and Whipping Boy: paulmcdermott.ie/blog/the-sen...
The Sentimental Tourists
A few words on The Sentimental Tourists taking in: Dave Long, Paul Page, Into Paradise and Whipping Boy.
paulmcdermott.ie
August 19, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Great new music by Irish legends ❤️
A few words on The Sentimental Tourists taking in: Dave Long, @pagep195.bsky.social Into Paradise and Whipping Boy: paulmcdermott.ie/blog/the-sen...
The Sentimental Tourists
A few words on The Sentimental Tourists taking in: Dave Long, Paul Page, Into Paradise and Whipping Boy.
paulmcdermott.ie
August 19, 2025 at 3:19 PM
A few words on The Sentimental Tourists taking in: Dave Long, @pagep195.bsky.social Into Paradise and Whipping Boy: paulmcdermott.ie/blog/the-sen...
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To Here Knows When Great Irish Albums Revisited: New Episode. Mark Cullen on Bawl, Fixed Stars and Pony Club #tohereknowswhen Great Irish Albums Revisited EP54 Year Zero by Bawl paulmcdermott.ie/episode-54
Episode 54 - Year Zero by Bawl
Mark Cullen joins me to chat about his bands Bawl, Fixed Stars and Ponyclub. We discuss Bawl's Year Zero album and the three albums he recorded as Pony Club (Home Truths, Family Business and Post-Roma...
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August 15, 2025 at 10:57 AM
To Here Knows When Great Irish Albums Revisited: New Episode. Mark Cullen on Bawl, Fixed Stars and Pony Club #tohereknowswhen Great Irish Albums Revisited EP54 Year Zero by Bawl paulmcdermott.ie/episode-54
To Here Knows When Great Irish Albums Revisited: New Episode. Mark Cullen on Bawl, Fixed Stars and Pony Club #tohereknowswhen Great Irish Albums Revisited EP54 Year Zero by Bawl paulmcdermott.ie/episode-54
Episode 54 - Year Zero by Bawl
Mark Cullen joins me to chat about his bands Bawl, Fixed Stars and Ponyclub. We discuss Bawl's Year Zero album and the three albums he recorded as Pony Club (Home Truths, Family Business and Post-Roma...
paulmcdermott.ie
August 15, 2025 at 10:57 AM
To Here Knows When Great Irish Albums Revisited: New Episode. Mark Cullen on Bawl, Fixed Stars and Pony Club #tohereknowswhen Great Irish Albums Revisited EP54 Year Zero by Bawl paulmcdermott.ie/episode-54
Episode 54 of the podcast. Mark Cullen tells the story of his three bands: #Bawl #FixedStars + #PonyClub #podcast #ComingSoon #ToHereKnowsWhen #greatirishalbumsrevisited paulmcdermott.ie/podcast
August 12, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Episode 54 of the podcast. Mark Cullen tells the story of his three bands: #Bawl #FixedStars + #PonyClub #podcast #ComingSoon #ToHereKnowsWhen #greatirishalbumsrevisited paulmcdermott.ie/podcast
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Very happy to announce the next episode of #ToHereKnowsWhen #greatirishalbumsrevisited Mark Cullen revisits #bawl #fixedstars and #ponyclub #comingsoon paulmcdermott.ie/podcast
August 1, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Very happy to announce the next episode of #ToHereKnowsWhen #greatirishalbumsrevisited Mark Cullen revisits #bawl #fixedstars and #ponyclub #comingsoon paulmcdermott.ie/podcast
Very happy to announce the next episode of #ToHereKnowsWhen #greatirishalbumsrevisited Mark Cullen revisits #bawl #fixedstars and #ponyclub #comingsoon paulmcdermott.ie/podcast
August 1, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Very happy to announce the next episode of #ToHereKnowsWhen #greatirishalbumsrevisited Mark Cullen revisits #bawl #fixedstars and #ponyclub #comingsoon paulmcdermott.ie/podcast
#ToHereKnowsWhen #greatirishalbumsrevisited EP53 Silly Songs For Cynical People by The Would Be’s. Julie McDonnell, Aidine O’Reilly and Paul Finnegan tell the band's story. On all listening platforms. www.paulmcdermott.ie/episode-53
Episode 53 - Silly Songs For Cynical People by The Would Be's
In this episode I’m joined by Julie McDonnell, Aidine O’Reilly and Paul Finnegan of The Would Be's. We discuss the early years of the band: forming in Kingscourt, Co. Cavan in the late 80s; being cham...
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July 28, 2025 at 9:16 AM
#ToHereKnowsWhen #greatirishalbumsrevisited EP53 Silly Songs For Cynical People by The Would Be’s. Julie McDonnell, Aidine O’Reilly and Paul Finnegan tell the band's story. On all listening platforms. www.paulmcdermott.ie/episode-53
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To Here Knows When - Great Irish Albums Revisited. Episode 53, Silly Songs For Cynical People by The Would Be's. Julie McDonnell, Aidine O'Reilly + Paul Finnegan chat about the early years, HindZeitgeist, the band's brilliant new album + more. Coming soon to all listening platforms.
July 25, 2025 at 9:36 AM
To Here Knows When - Great Irish Albums Revisited. Episode 53, Silly Songs For Cynical People by The Would Be's. Julie McDonnell, Aidine O'Reilly + Paul Finnegan chat about the early years, HindZeitgeist, the band's brilliant new album + more. Coming soon to all listening platforms.
To Here Knows When - Great Irish Albums Revisited. Episode 53, Silly Songs For Cynical People by The Would Be's. Julie McDonnell, Aidine O'Reilly + Paul Finnegan chat about the early years, HindZeitgeist, the band's brilliant new album + more. Coming soon to all listening platforms.
July 25, 2025 at 9:36 AM
To Here Knows When - Great Irish Albums Revisited. Episode 53, Silly Songs For Cynical People by The Would Be's. Julie McDonnell, Aidine O'Reilly + Paul Finnegan chat about the early years, HindZeitgeist, the band's brilliant new album + more. Coming soon to all listening platforms.
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I'm in the middle of watching @learnandsing.bsky.social's talk on Michael O'Shea from @tombstome.bsky.social's very cool Listen Back series in Cork City Library.
I've paused halfway through to listen to Michael's extraordinary album. moshea.bandcamp.com/album/-
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFWr...
I've paused halfway through to listen to Michael's extraordinary album. moshea.bandcamp.com/album/-
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFWr...
July 9, 2025 at 8:22 PM
I'm in the middle of watching @learnandsing.bsky.social's talk on Michael O'Shea from @tombstome.bsky.social's very cool Listen Back series in Cork City Library.
I've paused halfway through to listen to Michael's extraordinary album. moshea.bandcamp.com/album/-
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFWr...
I've paused halfway through to listen to Michael's extraordinary album. moshea.bandcamp.com/album/-
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFWr...
Last Feb I gave a talk about Michael O'Shea in Cork City Library Rory Gallagher Music Library as part of their "Listen Back" series. Talk with slides online now:
www.paulmcdermott.ie/blog/michael...
www.paulmcdermott.ie/blog/michael...
Michael O’Shea - Listen Back
A talk from February 2025 about Michael O’Shea’s 1982 self-titled album as part of Cork City Library’s “Listen Back” series in the Rory Gallagher Music Library.
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July 9, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Last Feb I gave a talk about Michael O'Shea in Cork City Library Rory Gallagher Music Library as part of their "Listen Back" series. Talk with slides online now:
www.paulmcdermott.ie/blog/michael...
www.paulmcdermott.ie/blog/michael...
That time I found Noel's Oasis Knebworth setlist: www.paulmcdermott.ie/blog/oasis-k...
July 4, 2025 at 7:58 PM
That time I found Noel's Oasis Knebworth setlist: www.paulmcdermott.ie/blog/oasis-k...
Latest podcast episode available now:
EP52 of #ToHereKnowsWhen #GreatIrishAlbumsRevisited Exit Trashtown by Cypress, Mine! Tks to Ciarán Ó Tuama, Mark Healy + Ian Olney share the band's story. Tks Morty (the Sultans) + Craig Walker (Power of Dreams) for their memories. On all listening platforms now. www.paulmcdermott.ie/episode-52
Episode 52 - Exit Trashtown by Cypress, Mine!
In this episode I’m joined by Cypress, Mine! members Ciarán Ó Tuama, Ian Olney and Mark Healy to tell the story of the band and a whole lot more. Cypress, Mine! formed in 1984, they released three sin...
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July 4, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Latest podcast episode available now:
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EP52 of #ToHereKnowsWhen #GreatIrishAlbumsRevisited Exit Trashtown by Cypress, Mine! Tks to Ciarán Ó Tuama, Mark Healy + Ian Olney share the band's story. Tks Morty (the Sultans) + Craig Walker (Power of Dreams) for their memories. On all listening platforms now. www.paulmcdermott.ie/episode-52
Episode 52 - Exit Trashtown by Cypress, Mine!
In this episode I’m joined by Cypress, Mine! members Ciarán Ó Tuama, Ian Olney and Mark Healy to tell the story of the band and a whole lot more. Cypress, Mine! formed in 1984, they released three sin...
www.paulmcdermott.ie
July 3, 2025 at 12:08 AM
EP52 of #ToHereKnowsWhen #GreatIrishAlbumsRevisited Exit Trashtown by Cypress, Mine! Tks to Ciarán Ó Tuama, Mark Healy + Ian Olney share the band's story. Tks Morty (the Sultans) + Craig Walker (Power of Dreams) for their memories. On all listening platforms now. www.paulmcdermott.ie/episode-52