Zara Hedderman
@zarahedderman.bsky.social
Listens to albums & writes (mostly) & talks (sometimes) about them in The Quietus, Aquarium Drunkard, Northern Transmissions, RTÉ Arena, The IMRO Podcast.
📩: heddermanzara@gmail.com
Newsletter: The Bad Arts
📩: heddermanzara@gmail.com
Newsletter: The Bad Arts
You wouldn’t last an hour in the asylum where they raised me
October 19, 2025 at 9:13 AM
You wouldn’t last an hour in the asylum where they raised me
I've also been able to chat with newer Irish acts and hopefully make people curious to check them out! S/o to Cable Boy & Dose.
October 17, 2025 at 3:50 PM
I've also been able to chat with newer Irish acts and hopefully make people curious to check them out! S/o to Cable Boy & Dose.
It's given me a chance to share films, books, gigs, albums & other bits in my monthly round-ups. Hearing that people have checked out some of those recommendations (and enjoyed them!) has been especially nice.
October 17, 2025 at 3:49 PM
It's given me a chance to share films, books, gigs, albums & other bits in my monthly round-ups. Hearing that people have checked out some of those recommendations (and enjoyed them!) has been especially nice.
It's been fun doing features that take different approaches to discover more about the processes, inspirations & stories behind recent releases from Junk Drawer, M(h)aol, Poor Creature & the recent Litany of Failures compilation.
October 17, 2025 at 3:48 PM
It's been fun doing features that take different approaches to discover more about the processes, inspirations & stories behind recent releases from Junk Drawer, M(h)aol, Poor Creature & the recent Litany of Failures compilation.
I've had the chance to speak with so many incredible artists I've admired & been curious to hear them expand on their work. So far, I've had the pleasure of interviewing Gwenno, Maria Somerville, Search Results, Paddy Hanna, Naima Bock, Juan Wauters, Clara Mann & more.
October 17, 2025 at 3:46 PM
I've had the chance to speak with so many incredible artists I've admired & been curious to hear them expand on their work. So far, I've had the pleasure of interviewing Gwenno, Maria Somerville, Search Results, Paddy Hanna, Naima Bock, Juan Wauters, Clara Mann & more.
So unbelievably buzzed to be this month’s film selector for the @irishfilminstitute.bsky.social Bigger Picture. I obviously picked the greatest film of all time, Five Easy Pieces. Come along & watch it on Thursday, October 30th 🎹
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October 6, 2025 at 9:05 AM
So unbelievably buzzed to be this month’s film selector for the @irishfilminstitute.bsky.social Bigger Picture. I obviously picked the greatest film of all time, Five Easy Pieces. Come along & watch it on Thursday, October 30th 🎹
ifi.ie/film/the-big...
ifi.ie/film/the-big...
Made pork & cabbage dumplings and they ruled 🥹🥟
September 22, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Made pork & cabbage dumplings and they ruled 🥹🥟
An absolutely mind blowing performance from Hayden Pedigo in Dublin last night. Could have listened to him play for hours! A true guitar hero.
September 2, 2025 at 9:56 AM
An absolutely mind blowing performance from Hayden Pedigo in Dublin last night. Could have listened to him play for hours! A true guitar hero.
I spoke to Gwenno, an artist whose music I adore, about her extraordinary new album, Utopia (an easy contender for AOTY). I loved this chat & could have heard all about her approach to this LP & working w/ the Lord of the Dance show in Las Vegas all day.
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zarahedderman.substack.com/p/the-bad-ar...
June 29, 2025 at 11:23 AM
I spoke to Gwenno, an artist whose music I adore, about her extraordinary new album, Utopia (an easy contender for AOTY). I loved this chat & could have heard all about her approach to this LP & working w/ the Lord of the Dance show in Las Vegas all day.
zarahedderman.substack.com/p/the-bad-ar...
zarahedderman.substack.com/p/the-bad-ar...
Was an absolute buzz to speak with the legendary Meg Remy about the excellent new U.S. Girls’ LP Scratch It. She told me all about her experience making the album in Nashville, embracing mistakes & so much more including her go-to meals.
northerntransmissions.com/all-american...
northerntransmissions.com/all-american...
June 19, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Was an absolute buzz to speak with the legendary Meg Remy about the excellent new U.S. Girls’ LP Scratch It. She told me all about her experience making the album in Nashville, embracing mistakes & so much more including her go-to meals.
northerntransmissions.com/all-american...
northerntransmissions.com/all-american...
Had a lot of fun speaking with Search Results for this week’s newsletter post. Particularly enjoyed hearing about croquette gate when they played in Amsterdam and, of course, talking to them about their deadly new album Go Mutant (out May 23rd).
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May 15, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Had a lot of fun speaking with Search Results for this week’s newsletter post. Particularly enjoyed hearing about croquette gate when they played in Amsterdam and, of course, talking to them about their deadly new album Go Mutant (out May 23rd).
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A shorter than usual monthly round-up over on my Substack - link in bio, plz subscribe. As the preview says, I spent a lot of the month watching Married At First Sight Australia (season 12) and snooker and I wouldn’t have wanted it any other way.
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May 1, 2025 at 10:26 AM
A shorter than usual monthly round-up over on my Substack - link in bio, plz subscribe. As the preview says, I spent a lot of the month watching Married At First Sight Australia (season 12) and snooker and I wouldn’t have wanted it any other way.
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Read: zarahedderman.substack.com/p/the-bad-arts…
This week’s newsletter features an interview with one of my favourite Irish artists Maria Somerville. I adore her debut LP so it was amazing to chat with her about her excellent second album Luster.
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April 24, 2025 at 11:30 AM
This week’s newsletter features an interview with one of my favourite Irish artists Maria Somerville. I adore her debut LP so it was amazing to chat with her about her excellent second album Luster.
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Fun find on today’s morning walk!
April 12, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Fun find on today’s morning walk!
Spoke to Lewis Evans & Charlie Wayne of BC,NR
about Forever Howlong, the brilliant third studio album from the band for @northern-trans.bsky.social. We chatted about working w/ James Ford, learning the recorder & artists who’ve influenced their playing.
northerntransmissions.com/black-countr...
about Forever Howlong, the brilliant third studio album from the band for @northern-trans.bsky.social. We chatted about working w/ James Ford, learning the recorder & artists who’ve influenced their playing.
northerntransmissions.com/black-countr...
April 1, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Spoke to Lewis Evans & Charlie Wayne of BC,NR
about Forever Howlong, the brilliant third studio album from the band for @northern-trans.bsky.social. We chatted about working w/ James Ford, learning the recorder & artists who’ve influenced their playing.
northerntransmissions.com/black-countr...
about Forever Howlong, the brilliant third studio album from the band for @northern-trans.bsky.social. We chatted about working w/ James Ford, learning the recorder & artists who’ve influenced their playing.
northerntransmissions.com/black-countr...
It was an absolute dream to speak with the legendary Dan Bejar for @northern-trans.bsky.social
about the exquisite new Destroyer LP, Dan’s Boogie. Thanks to Dan for being so open & fun to speak w/ about this record, his songwriting, piano trios & more.
northerntransmissions.com/we-are-now-ent…
about the exquisite new Destroyer LP, Dan’s Boogie. Thanks to Dan for being so open & fun to speak w/ about this record, his songwriting, piano trios & more.
northerntransmissions.com/we-are-now-ent…
March 27, 2025 at 6:56 PM
It was an absolute dream to speak with the legendary Dan Bejar for @northern-trans.bsky.social
about the exquisite new Destroyer LP, Dan’s Boogie. Thanks to Dan for being so open & fun to speak w/ about this record, his songwriting, piano trios & more.
northerntransmissions.com/we-are-now-ent…
about the exquisite new Destroyer LP, Dan’s Boogie. Thanks to Dan for being so open & fun to speak w/ about this record, his songwriting, piano trios & more.
northerntransmissions.com/we-are-now-ent…
Tfw you’re chatting with the 🐐
March 20, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Tfw you’re chatting with the 🐐
In the latest episode of The IMRO Podcast, you can listen to the panel I moderated featuring Elaine Mai, Adam Shanahan & Daniel Fox. I loved hearing them talk about getting into production, their processes, collaborating, AI & more.
Listen:
pca.st/episode/f265a1…
Listen:
pca.st/episode/f265a1…
March 13, 2025 at 11:41 AM
In the latest episode of The IMRO Podcast, you can listen to the panel I moderated featuring Elaine Mai, Adam Shanahan & Daniel Fox. I loved hearing them talk about getting into production, their processes, collaborating, AI & more.
Listen:
pca.st/episode/f265a1…
Listen:
pca.st/episode/f265a1…
Happy world book day 😎
March 6, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Happy world book day 😎
New newsletter sent out featuring some things that brightened up my month 🌸
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February 28, 2025 at 12:27 PM
New newsletter sent out featuring some things that brightened up my month 🌸
Read the post & subscribe to The Bad Arts: zarahedderman.substack.com/p/the-bad-ar...
Read the post & subscribe to The Bad Arts: zarahedderman.substack.com/p/the-bad-ar...
Spoke to the nicest man in rock, Hamilton Leithauser about his excellent new album This Side of The Island for @northern-trans.bsky.social Talked about how he spent 8 years on these songs, a desire to connect with audiences, dream merch & more!
northerntransmissions.com/hamilton-leith…
northerntransmissions.com/hamilton-leith…
February 27, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Spoke to the nicest man in rock, Hamilton Leithauser about his excellent new album This Side of The Island for @northern-trans.bsky.social Talked about how he spent 8 years on these songs, a desire to connect with audiences, dream merch & more!
northerntransmissions.com/hamilton-leith…
northerntransmissions.com/hamilton-leith…
Sturgill Simpson AKA shred master and vibes king with the voice of a country angel 🎸😇
February 25, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Sturgill Simpson AKA shred master and vibes king with the voice of a country angel 🎸😇
New newsletter featuring an interview with Dose. They released their second second ‘Parallelogram’ (an absolute jam) last week & I was really delighted to have them on The Bad Arts & thrilled that they made a very good playlist for you to enjoy!
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February 20, 2025 at 12:46 PM
New newsletter featuring an interview with Dose. They released their second second ‘Parallelogram’ (an absolute jam) last week & I was really delighted to have them on The Bad Arts & thrilled that they made a very good playlist for you to enjoy!
Read: zarahedderman.substack.com/p/the-bad-ar...
Read: zarahedderman.substack.com/p/the-bad-ar...