Show Notes
On today's episode we’re focused on the Borderline Festival. Borderline is a two day event supported by IMRO, held in the Workman’s Club on the 15th and 16th of February showcasing forward-facing music from Ireland and abroad The inaugural event is being organised by the promoters Singular Artists, and ahead of the two day showcase Danny Carroll spoke with some of the people involved. Coming up we have interviews with Joe McVeigh from the Belfast noise-punk quartet Enola Gay, we...
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