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IMRO Chats is a monthly podcast series exploring the topics, challenges and opportunities shaping Ireland’s music industry, hosted by Anne-Marie Kelly. Our next episode, Festivals, looks at the many ways music festivals

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IMRO Chats is a monthly podcast series exploring the topics, challenges and opportunities shaping Ireland’s music industry.
Unknown Host hosts IMRO Chats, a music show with 62 episodes published.

IMRO Chats is a monthly podcast series exploring the topics, challenges and opportunities shaping Ireland’s music industry, hosted by Anne-Marie Kelly. Our next episode, Festivals, looks at the many ways music festivals

IMRO Chats is a monthly podcast series exploring the topics, challenges and opportunities shaping Ireland’s music industry. As the Ivor Novello Awards take place this month, our next episode, The Ivors Academy, explores

IMRO Chats is a monthly podcast series exploring the topics, challenges and opportunities shaping Ireland’s music industry. Following the IMRO Live Music Awards this month, our next episode, Music Venues, concentrates on

IMRO Chats is a monthly podcast series exploring the topics, challenges and opportunities shaping Ireland’s music industry. In this month’s episode, IMRO Chats focuses on SXSW, the annual music, film and tech festival in

IMRO Chats is a monthly podcast series exploring the topics, challenges and opportunities shaping Ireland’s music industry. In this month’s episode of IMRO Chats, we explore the proposed Culture Card for Ireland and what

On today’s episode we are previewing the Borderline Festival 2026. Now in its third year, the festival showcasing emerging alternative acts from Ireland and beyond, will be taking place from the 19th to the 21st February

In this episode we have a live recording from the inaugural IMRO 360 Series – a new annual event discussing issues and topics of importance to the Irish music industry. The title of the inaugural discussion was ‘AI, Copy

The 2025 IMRO Ireland Music Report, compiled by CORE Research , was launched last week, revealing that Ireland’s music industry is a significant contributor to the national economy, generating €1 billion annually and emp

On this episode of the podcast we are meeting two Irish composers who contributed to the recent Music Current Festival 2025. Music Current Festival is an annual contemporary music festival produced by Dublin Sound Lab. T

Irish Music Month has been organised by the IBI and Hotpress since 2021. This year they launched Amhrán na Laoch, to find the best song in Irish. In this edition of the IMRO podcast, Dave Macardle describes Irish Music M

In March 2025, IMRO hosted an in-person panel discussion moderated by music journalist Zara Hedderman – featuring Bekah Molony (Celaviedmai, Negro Impacto), Conor Cusack (Morgana, Saint Sister), and Gavin Elsted (Silverb

Jake Curran & Seán Murray from Echocat Live chat with Zoé Piater to take us behind the scenes and unpack how they bring live performances to life. With years of experience across global stages and genres, they share insi

On today’s episode Danny Carroll meets Kate Ellis, cellist and artistic director of Crash Ensemble and composer Jonathan Nangle to discuss The Blue Haze Of Deep Time, a composition by Jonathan that will be premiered by C

A unique opportunity to receive insights and opinions from three producers working in Ireland. This event took place at the IMRO Office last month, moderated by music journalist Zara Hedderman. Three music producers shar

On today’s episode we are turning our attention to the Singular Artists festival, Borderline. Taking place across three rooms in the Workman’s Club in Dublin, the two day event showcases an eclectic mix of international

On today’s episode, we’re learning more about the world of music publishing and supervision with Aideen O’Brien Originally from Cork, Aideen has been based in Canada for over three decades, working for major organisation

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.

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 con

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

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 fundin
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