This podcast is only temporary

Irish songwriter and producer Andy White’s fourth series of This podcast is only temporary tells the story of the writing and recording of his live album 'The night is approaching through some would say it was morning', recorded at Abbey Road with producer John Leckie. Progressing through the day from morning to night, Andy tells the stories of the songs along the way - as in previous Series 3 in which he looked at his spoken word album 'Good Luck I Hope You Make It', and the first two series which go track by track through solo album ‘This garden is only temporary’ and the 'AT' album co-written with Tim Finn.

This podcast is only temporary is a music podcast hosted by Andy White, with 44 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80.

Andy White hosts This podcast is only temporary, a music show with 44 episodes published.

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  Episode #1

  Rave on - The Soldier's Sash

  Sep 28, 202621 minS6

  The new series of This podcast is only temporary tells the story of the writing and recording of Rave on Andy White , released on 10 October 1986. "Early this year I was asked to come in to the BBC in Belfast to record an interview about Rave on. I got off the train at Botanic, put on my headphones and found the album online. Turned the volume to maximum and pressed play. Wow. We made this? It was raining as I crossed Botanic Avenue with its same-as-it-ever-was tombstone charity-shop chic & new-style international fast-food glamour. The rain got harder as the chorus to The Soldier's Sash started with the kids voices yelling "wheee" and I dodged the lights, jay-walking Shaftesbury Square where the stone angels have been relocated and past where the Good Vibrations record store used to be. Reaching the BBC I stood on Ormeau Avenue listening to the sound of us leaning on the tape machine at the end of The Soldier's Sash and then Vision of You starting up. Thought I needed to tell you the story of how this album came together. Skip to today. Recording this first episode I tried to set the scene. It's Ireland and there is history involved. It's Belfast, so everything is even more complicated. Knowing I may have got facts wrong I finished recording and phoned Dad who told me to check the news. Right there in 2026. A protest about an Orange march. A stand-off. Plus ça change. Fasten your seatbelts for the Rave on ride and, always, thanks for coming." AW 27 September 2026 Andy's albums are available on Bandcamp or www.andywhite.com Podcast artwork: Sebi White

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  Episode #1

  This trailer is only temporary - Series 6

  Sep 27, 20262 minS6

  Andy White is back to tell us the story of the writing and recording of his debut album Rave on. 40 years since its first release and the songs still smash their way out of the speakers in as unavoidable a manner as possible. This was the 1980s, the Troubles in Northern Ireland nearing the end of their second decade and Stock Aitken and Waterman and 'Rio' providing the soundtrack for Thatcher's Britain. Cue Rave on Andy White, recorded in a field in County Antrim. On the cover, the Belfast songwriter sat on the back seat of a Volkswagen Beetle with an acoustic guitar on his knees. It looked like a Bob Dylan album and sounded like nothing else sounded like at the time. It was rocking, intense, punk, folk and country. It was Irish but it was Northern Irish. This is the sixth series of This podcast is only temporary and Episode 1 is published on Monday September 28. Andy's albums are available on Bandcamp or www.andywhite.com Podcast artwork: Sebi White

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  Episode #8

  The government of love

  May 1, 202619 minS5

  This is the season finale. Or is it? Something of a cliffhanger from Andy as he wraps up the story of the writing and recording of his 1994 classic album 'Destination Beautiful' by taking us through Learning to Cry, I Couldn't Leave You and – yes – The Government of Love. Side Two of the album is a very personal story and ends up with a roll call and a celebration. Andy also lets us know that he has a new poetry book out this June, in time for his appearance at the Belfast Book Festival. Here, he will be in conversation with Northern Irish writer Lucy Caldwell as well as launching the book at a reading in the Seamus Heaney Centre. He then heads south to read at Chapters Bookstore in Dublin for the June edition of The Write Stuff , and to Sellers and Newel in Toronto and the Ironwood in Calgary. Andy will be playing a solo performance of the album on his YouTube Channel in the next couple of weeks. To get an invite to the premiere, just subscribe to the channel and we will write when the date is settled. For the record, on the record are: Rod McVey - keyboards, Mudd Wallace - electric guitar, Brendan McGarrity - drums, Dave Early - percussion. Rod and Andy produced, Mudd engineered at Homestead Studios, Randalstown. If you have enjoyed the series, please share, and subscribe wherever you find your podcasts. Andy writes, "Special thanks to Sebastian for the artwork, Ian and all at LNFG in Glasgow for reissuing the LP, and my tiny but much-loved band of friends & listeners who write in every week with words of encouragement (and reminding me I need to put the next one out). You are all life members of only government that means anything at all. Thank you!" Andy's albums are available on Bandcamp or www.andywhite.com Podcast artwork: Sebi White

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  Episode #7

  Poetry moments

  Apr 17, 202625 minS5

  In Episode 7 Andy starts off by talking about connections between his poems and songs and how (and why) the lyrics of some songs start off as poems, or lines or sections from poems. His first book of poetry The Music of What Happens was published in 1999, and in it you can find poems directly linked to songs on Destination Beautiful. Looking for Friends is one, and he goes on to talk about Ciao Baby, which is another. The poems he reads sections from are: 'Home', 'I'm in love with this city', 'The street symphony of Napoli', and 'Christmas in Italy'. The album with readings and live band performances recorded at Real World (and released at the same time as The Music of What Happens) is Speechless . Andy touches on many subjects including metaphor and simile (is this what one of his classes is like?) and rock'n'roll stories of the Italian tour on which he wrote Ciao Baby. It's a fun episode, and he plays tracks from the recently released first LP edition of Destination Beautiful. The version of Ciao Baby you hear in the intro and outro of this series is from the 5-track EP of unreleased and hard-to-find mixes available through Glasgow company LNFG . Finally, he reveals why poetry is on his mind – his latest book will be published at the start of June – and promises to update us with details before the end of the series. If you've listened to Series 1–4, welcome back. If you are a newcomer to the podcast, do check out previous episodes in which Andy goes track by track through his most recently released albums, telling stories about the songs and playing unreleased studio mixes that you will only find here. Happy listening and see you next week for what may be the final episode. We can never tell how many songs AW is going to get through until he sends us the recording! As always, if you are enjoying the series, please share, and subscribe wherever you find your podcasts. Andy's albums are available on Bandcamp or www.andywhite.com Podcast artwork: Sebi White

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  Episode #6

  Love changes everything

  Apr 6, 202619 minS5

  Episode 6 of the new series of This podcast is only temporary and Andy finally gets round to keeping his promise to describe the writing and recording of more than one song from his 1994 album Destination Beautiful, recently release on vinyl for the first time by Glasgow company LNFG . The first LP edition of Destination Beautiful is a bright explosion of positivity and comes in blue or yellow vinyl. We are talking Bluebell Blue or Daffodil Yellow. In this episode Andy manages to avoid telling the whole story of She Doesn't Want You Any More and He's Out There but does open up these intimate songs for us – and plays the guitar line from one and a previously unheard monitor mix of the other. The musicians he is talking about are Dave Early who played percussion on the album and Mudd Wallace who engineered and played electric guitar. If you've listened to Series 1–4, welcome back. If you are a newcomer to the podcast, do check out previous episodes in which Andy goes track by track through his most recently released albums, telling stories about the songs and playing unreleased studio mixes that you will only find here. Happy listening and see you next week for further adventures. If you are enjoying the series, please share, and subscribe wherever you find your podcasts. Andy's albums are available on Bandcamp or www.andywhite.com Podcast artwork: Sebi White

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