Cork-born, singer-songwriter, producer and multi- instrumentalist, Darian June, is making the leap in 2022 with her fresh approach to the Electro Pop genre. A pop lyricist at heart, Darian June intertwines her passion for both electronic and R&B music to create catchy, hook dominated songs. Through her distinct use of relatable themes and lyrics along with her synth-driven progressions, Darian June creates a lasting impression on her listeners.
‘Love Ain’t As Cool’ was written, recorded and produced by Darian June in her tiny bedroom studio at home in Cork, Ireland. Inspired by the events of a bad break-up, the song delves into the idea of how love can be so much more exciting and thrilling when you are younger and haven’t had the experience of true heartbreak yet. Throughout the track, Darian June’s despair of the modern age of love is conveyed through a sweet yet strikingly powerful vocal accompanied by a deliciously funky bass line and driving guitar hook. The song is reminiscent of the great, upbeat indie pop tracks of the mid 2010’s and provides a hint of nostalgia with of course, a Darian June electro-pop twist. Whether it’s the killer groove between the drums and guitar or the catchy melody line, Love Ain’t As Cool is the perfect “scream at the top of-your lungs-like” breakup anthem.
‘Love Ain’t As Cool’ will be released October 28th 2022 on all major music streaming platforms.
Due to demand Glen Hansard will now be performing on Sunday 4 December in addition to his previously announced date on Saturday 3 December. The NCH is thrilled to announce these rare performances by Glen and his band – Joseph Doyle, Ruth O’Mahony Brady, Earl Harvin. These shows will introduce some new songs and reacquaint the audience with some old musical friends from Glens extensive back catalogue.
Glen is one of Ireland’s best-loved singer songwriters, his output over the last 30 years – whether solo, with The Frames, The Swell Season or in other guises – has brought joy to hearts at home and abroad. His exceptional talent has also garnered him numerous honours, including an Academy and Olivier Award and 8 Tonys. 2022 has seen him play to a home crowd of 15,000 fans for The Frames rescheduled 30th anniversary concert in the Royal Hospital Dublin. He was also nominated for a Guild of Music Supervisors Award for Best Song Written for Film with Eddie Vedder (with whom he regularly tours) for ‘My Father’s Daughter’ from Flag Day.
Glen is used to being in a constant state of motion – whether it be creatively or physically. Not being able to get out in front of real audiences during the pandemic was especially tough, but it gave him space and time to write. He has been quietly working away on new music with his current band mates Joseph Doyle (bass), Earl Harvin (drums) and Ruth O’Mahony Brady (keyboards). The fruits of their labours should see the light of day in 2023. Glen is very much looking forward to getting back to the stage where he is most at home.
Produced by Islander and directed, filmed & edited by Myles O’Reilly
Premiering at The Everyman, Cork
1.30pm, Saturday 19th November
As part of Cork International Film Festival 2022
“A City Under Quiet Lights” is a new short film showcasing Cork, and a selection of the artists who performed at Quiet Lights 2021 – a unique winter festival celebrating contemporary folk and traditional music in Ireland.
Produced by Islander and directed, filmed & edited by Myles O’Reilly, the film features recorded performances from Lisa O’Neill, Junior Brother, Rachael Lavelle, Laura Quirke & Joshua Burnside, Niamh Regan, and Caoimhín Ó Rallaghaigh, Kate Ellis & Caimin Gilmore, in some of Cork city’s most iconic locations – The Shandon Bells, The Shakey Bridge, The Everyman, Crawford Art Gallery.
Speaking of the new film, Myles says:
“A City Under Quiet Lights” is a love letter to Cork City. The film takes place during ‘Quiet Lights’ music festival in November 2021. I was there to capture live performances from six different acts performing at unique locations across the city. I used each session to soundtrack what I saw through my lens as I spent a generous amount of time moving between every venue, watching the city and its people. Immersing. There was a noticeable sense of joy in the air. It was the first winter out of Pandemic restrictions, and the air was thick with a palpable celebratory feeling. A renewed vigour, bustle and excitement. A sparkle like no other year. Cork was a city rejoicing in a return to glorious normality. Buskers on every corner, families out walking and shopping together, taking selfies beside the giant Santa, stopping for a spiced beef sambo or cheese & onion potato pie, everywhere Corkonians were making the most of their freedom. Getting on famously with enjoying themselves. The music and songs I filmed helped capture that feeling in a bottle.”
The film premieres as part of the ‘Pure Cork’ Irish Shorts competition, at the 67h Cork International Film Festival, 1.30pm Saturday 19th November 2022, at The Everyman, Cork. Full details available at corkfilmfest.org
Islander also recently announced the return of Quiet Lights festival for 24th – 27th November 2022. The line-up includes some of the most exciting names of a new wave of Irish and International folk, traditional, and experimental talent, that are quietly forging new paths, recollecting old tales, and creating new stories.
The Festival programme includes Martin Hayes, John Francis Flynn, Aoife Nessa Frances, Elaine Howley, Eoghan Ó Ceannabháin, Rachel Lavelle, Molly O’Mahony & many, many more. A full line-up of talks and conversations are also to be announced soon.
MARTIN HAYES • JOHN FRANCIS FLYNN • AOIFE NESSA FRANCES • ELAINE HOWLEY • EOGHAN Ó CEANNABHÁIN • AOIFE NÍ BHRÍAIN • RACHAEL LAVELLE • CINDER WELL • MOLLY O’MAHONY • THE BONK • POOR CREATURE • ELAINE MALONE • RAELACH RECORDS • MYLES O’REILLY’S AMBIENT PHARMACY • DIARMUID Ó MEACHAIR • MÁIRE CARROLL • NIAMH BURY • ORA COGAN • CUAR • NIAMH O’BRIEN • MATTHEW XAVIER CORRIGAN • SLAPBANG + more to be announced
Republic of the Weird is the second album from Cursed Murphy Versus the Resistance, the eight-piece ensemble based in Wexford, Ireland, led by writer and musician Peter Murphy. It’s the follow-up to their hugely acclaimed eponymous debut, released in 2020.
The new album’s ten tracks were co-produced by Peter, Dan Comerford and Johnny Fox, written throughout 2020 and 2021, and recorded in Rosslare Strand last autumn, shortly after the band’s sojourn with the Culture Ireland-supported Here/There art exhibition to Wuppertal and Berlin. The album was mixed by Johnny the following spring, with additional production and co-writing by Kilmore duo Basciville on ‘This Is Not Your Love Song’, an industrial-disco banger somewhere between Leonard Cohen and Nine Inch Nails.
If Cursed Murphy Versus the Resistance was a head-on collision between post-punk, performance-poetry and ambient atmospheres, this new album integrates orchestral elements, using analogue synthesizers, multi-tracked violin and choral parts alongside the band’s trademark noise guitar and propulsive rhythms. Thematically, the tracks range from sinister carnival calls (‘Something Wicked This Way Comes’) to eruptions of anger and compassion (‘Hold That Line’), existential bewilderment (the title track), songs of lost love (‘The Agony of the Leaves’), trauma and war (‘Upon That Hill’, ‘Federal Hall’).
“Republic of the Weird refers to the state we’ve been living in for the past five or six years,” Peter says. “It’s about what happens when a generation of people who grew up on punk and electronic music, on dark sci-fi and speculative books and films, wake up one day to realise that their world has started to look like a present-day dystopia. But the feeling is strangely hopeful and inspiring too. We’re proud of the sound and the spirit of this record. It’s an album about future shock, but also hope and resilience.”
Republic of the Weird will be preceded by the title track’s release for streaming and download on October 21, plus an accompanying video. Cursed Murphy Versus the Resistance play a hometown album launch show at The Crown Live, Wexford, November 5th, the closing night of the Fringe Festival.
Cursed Murphy Versus the Resistance emerged in 2018 as a mashup of post-punk, German electronic music, spoken word, industrial music, big beats, sci-fi film soundtracks, Brazilian rhythms and Brechtian punk. The band released their eponymous debut album, which contained the singles ‘Foxhole Prayer’, ‘The Bells of Hell’ and ‘Climb’, in July 2020. It received stunning reviews from the Irish Times, RTE, Hot Press and the Sunday Times among other publications, as well as national airplay from Paul McLoone, Dan Hegarty, The John Creedon Show, Late Date and Arena.
The album also generated huge acclaim internationally, featuring on the Global Garage radio show, the Big Slice (UK) and in the French mag Muzzart, with fan testimonials coming from Sweden, Australia, South Africa, Hong Kong and the US. It was voted No. 2 album of the year by readers of The Last Mixed Tape, and No. 1 album of the year by Mike’s Music Express on Dundalk FM.
In September 2021 the collective embarked on a German mini-tour, playing Wuppertal and Berlin as part of the travelling Here/There exhibition, supported by Culture Ireland. Earlier this year they played a sold-out show in Wexford Opera House with guests Basciville and poet Stephen James Smith, with whom Peter recorded a collaborative EP, Tell It to A Tree, released last December.
In January 2022 a young man from Glaslough, County Monaghan sat down at his piano in his student flat and in a matter of minutes composed a piece of instrumental music that has gone on to be one of the international viral success stories of the year.
His name is Jamie Duffy, a 21-year old musician who is also a student at Queen’s University, Belfast where he is reading Politics and International Relations. He comes from a musical family where melody and lyricism spans the generations. Emphatically part of Generation TikTok, Jamie had started posting his compositions and covers online last year to positive reactions before ‘Solas’ arrived. Sitting at his keyboard one night in Belfast, he recalled the gem of an idea that had been flickering in his head for a few weeks.
Jamie says: “I didn’t know what to post, so I just played the first melody that came into my head. It came to me in about five minutes and I really mean that. I didn’t put too much thought into it at the time.”
‘Solas’ (Irish for ‘light’) was, quite literally, an overnight success. This hope-filled, inspirational, luminous piece of music started to resonate with listeners from around the world, from Turkey to Chile, Ukraine to France and beyond. A universal balm for those seeking comfort in sound away from the troubled times in which we live.
Fast-forward to October and Jamie Duffy and ‘Solas’ continue to find new fans around the world. The track has racked up an impressive 21 million plays on Spotify and over 6 million plays on YouTube. It is the most streamed debut release by an Irish artist of 2022 and is the biggest Irish streaming debut since Hozier’s ‘Take Me To Church’ .
Jamie adds: “ Seeing the reaction and growth of ‘Solas’ since I released it back in February has been unexpected, mind blowing and amazing. It’s been incredible to see how the music has touched so many people in different ways.”
Newly signed to leading Irish independent label Rubyworks, ‘Solas’ now has an official video to accompany the track, filmed in Antrim and directed by UK-based director Wolf James.
Back to Jamie to summarize: “The team and I have put blood, sweat and tears into the upcoming music video, one which I think is going to be very fitting to ‘Solas’, and will portray that sense of light and hope that’s in the music, in a visually breathtaking and beautiful way.”
Jamie Duffy has been back in the studio working on new music for release next year. While we wait for that, there is no better introduction to the musical world of Jamie Duffy than ‘Solas’.
Kerry musician ‘Ways of Seeing’ releases his debut album ‘End Comes To Light’ on October 28th, 2022. The album was recorded and produced with Christian Best (Mick Flannery) and Alex Borwick (Niamh Regan, Rachel Lavelle). The album was mixed by Tommy McLaughlin (Soak, Pillow Queens, Ailbhe Reddy) at Attica Audio in Donegal.
“The record was made over two years with its humble beginnings in an attic space in Kerry. Once the songs were written, I worked with many talented musicians in Cork and Dublin to develop the ideas – their musicianship really helped to tie the album together and hopefully give the album its own unique sound. It is an album about change, the slow realisation that something is coming to an end, the process of grieving this end and seeing it as the start of something else. It also explores the idea of arriving at the place where you started but seeing this place in a whole new light.”
“The next step is to bring it to a live audience which will happen in the coming months. I can’t wait to see how these songs translate to a live setting and to share the live experience with others – especially family and friends. It’s been a while since I’ve played a live gig so it will be exciting!”
Ways of Seeing – Artist Bio
Ways of Seeing is the project of singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist James O’Donnell. This is his first solo project after previous musical ventures with bands ‘Hush War Cry’ and ‘Dear Desert’. This new project started in the attic of his childhood home in Kerry where his musical journey began many years before. After converting the attic into a home studio, the unfolding pandemic provided time to flesh out years of voice notes and musical sketches.
The name “Ways of Seeing” came from the idea that songs could reveal parts of the self that might otherwise never have been revealed. In an attempt to capture the subconscious, melodies and lyrics were kept as they came out on first takes of recording. The songs exist as dreamlike stories where the subconscious voice inhabits a world of lush panoramic soundscapes.
Ways of Seeing aims to use musical ideas to dig deeper into knowing one’s self while observing the world from new perspectives. Song-writing can allow us to see the world in ways we never could have imagined, for Ways of Seeing this is just the start of that journey…
IMRO Creative Rooms is an online content series that invites artists to share an intimate insight into their creative process, by showing the spaces they create in.
Raphael Olympio, known professionally as Olympio, is an Irish rapper, spoken word artist, singer and songwriter. Olympio is a proud Cork native with Togolese heritage. He first encountered music in church, where he developed a taste for live gospel music and also began writing poetry and fictional stories whilst in direct provision. In his early teenage years, he started composing songs, poems, and spoken word as he found it easier to speak up about the struggles of his life through music. On television, Olympio looked up to singers, actors, comedians, and just generally good entertainers who looked like him. Unfortunately, the media did not view people of colour in a positive light unless they were “entertainers”. As a result, these were his only role models when he was younger. Influenced by artists such as 2Pac, Jay-Z, 50 Cent, Kanye, Lecrae and Kid Cudi, Olympio aspired to be just like them. His communicative style has so far contributed to a number of collaborations and performances at Indiependence, Electric Picnic, Other Voices and more.
Olympio is currently an independent artist who enjoys dabbling into various genres to explore his versatility. His music is driven by narratives that reflect his current situation, the challenges in his life and the community he belongs to.
His latest single ‘EPG‘ is a critical reflection of history, as it amalgamates with the current challenges we face as individuals but also as a society.
How important is it for you to have a dedicated creative space?
My ability to concentrate and be in the zone is enhanced by having a dedicated creative space. My lifestyle is pretty hectic because I work a part-time job, attend college full-time, perform music/gigs and catch up with mates. So limiting distractions from the various activities I do in my life by having a space set apart for simply doing music benefits me immensely.
What makes this space work for you?
I need space within the space. An area where I can listen to music as loud as I want. An ideal setting where I can practice and perform a song I have finished composing or am currently working on. A place where I can be vulnerable, take risks, and experiment without fear of failure. I suppose it’s a place where I can confront my thoughts or escape them and this space does exactly that for me.
In what way(s) does this space influence your output?
Solely because I feel so secure there. I don’t overthink things and feel free to write about whatever I choose. As a result of who I am, the environment I live within and the experiences that I’ve gone through, I am drawn to writing about my personal perspectives on social injustices, my identity, and culture. I also enjoy working collaboratively with other artists and producers! I love emulating the atmosphere that Dreamville creates in their revenge of the dreamers documentaries. Such a vibe, and the energy in the room lets you know you’ve got something special.
What’s your favourite instrument/piece of kit? And why?
I thought about this carefully and considered what would impact me the most if it went missing or was taken from the studio, and quite honestly, it would be my laptop. I got a Macbook Pro with logic pro and waves plugins.Once I had the money to buy the laptop and experiment with the software and plugins, I could more clearly communicate my desired sound to other producers and overtime noticed that my sound and style was significantly improving.
What would make this space better for you?
Higher spec gear and more space would be great, but for the time being it works pretty well. A coffee maker and a mini fridge would be amazing, but unfortunately, we don’t have enough room for either but we’ll see.
“EPG is a critical reflection of history, as it amalgamates with the current challenges we face as individuals but also as a society. The chant ‘Exploitation, Power, Greed, I can’t breathe’, captures the pain of the struggles that are not standing still but moving and constantly evolving. The song is one to invoke hope, not pity, it is a call to mobilise and see the powers that move the pieces. The enemy is not each other, the enemy is ignorance, the machine of systemic injustices and a history left behind and unacknowledged.“
(Olympio)
Background
Growing up in Ireland, Raphael Olympio (artist name Olympio) was not aware of the richness of his heritage and ancestral background. He grew up believing that the stereotypes were real. His history was taught in schools exclusively in terms of slavery and colonisation. It was only when Raphael went to visit Togo that he was hit with the reality of beauty and acceptance that was quite overwhelming for the young artist. Arriving back, he took a deep dive into learning about the emperors, kingdoms and most importantly the people. “It’s true what they say, only through the past, we can know ourselves.”
Music Video Insights
Exploitation
Power
Greed
In looking at the past, the warriors depicted in the video highlight the strengths of women that are often invincible in revolutions.
EGP does not exist as one entity, the reference to the biblical story of Samson and Delilah highlight this form. The three EPG characters (depicted as three masked people with black suits) move between the past and the present, what exists as invisible forces in our society are now given faces and can be held accountable.
The triad that is EPG, is a force that has distorted and manipulated the truth, invaded human lives, eroded human rights, natural resources, and so much more. They have not only colonised nations but also history, creating narratives that invoke violence, acts of segregation that continue to persist. “I believed that there was no more to me and my history than slavery and colonisation.”
In this world, we do not have a poverty issue, we have a problem with wealth distribution.
We do not have a hunger issue, we have a problem with accessibility, we don’t need to look too far back in our history to see the tragedies of the famine, the exodus of the young people, friends, and families separated.
Raphael believes that everyone can connect to these three words when it comes to a difficulty they are going through in their life – migrant or not. Many of his friends discuss their heritage and how they came to be the way they are. On a larger scale, people of colour and those from minority origins face a lot of prejudice and racism in the west today because of the colour of their skin, their identity, the cultures they practice, or the beliefs they hold. Their past is even exploited against them. “In a sense, I’m calling it out.”
Bio
Raphael Olympio, known professionally as Olympio, is an Irish rapper, spoken word artist, singer and songwriter. Olympio is a proud Cork native with Togolese heritage. He first encountered music in church, where he developed a taste for live gospel music and also began writing poetry and fictional stories whilst in direct provision. In his early teenage years, he started composing songs, poems, and spoken word as he found it easier to speak up about the struggles of his life through music. On television, Olympio looked up to singers, actors, comedians, and just generally good entertainers who looked like him. Unfortunately, the media did not view people of colour in a positive light unless they were “entertainers”. As a result, these were his only role models when he was younger. Influenced by artists such as 2Pac, Jay-Z, 50 Cent, Kanye, Lecrae and Kid Cudi, Olympio aspired to be just like them. His communicative style has so far contributed to a number of collaborations and performances at Indiependence, Electric Picnic, Other Voices and more.
Olympio is currently an independent artist who enjoys dabbling into various genres to explore his versatility. His music is driven by narratives that reflect his current situation, the challenges in his life and the community he belongs to.
His latest single ‘EPG‘ is a critical reflection of history, as it amalgamates with the current challenges we face as individuals but also as a society.
Live Dates
21/09/22 – Music Cork Showcase, Cyprus Avenue, Cork
29/09/22 – Other Voices, University College Cork
18/10/22 – Theatre Forum Conference, Marina Market, Cork
Application: Please send a CV and covering letter outlining how you meet the criteria for the role to hr@nullimro.ie
Deadline for applications is 5.00pm on Friday 4th November 2022.
IMRO administers the performing right in copyright music on behalf of its members (songwriters, composers and music publishers) and on behalf of members of the international overseas societies that are affiliated to it. IMRO’s function is to collect and distribute royalties arising from the public performance of copyright works.
IMRO’s Distribution and Operations Team manages the efficient distribution of royalties, overseeing repertoire and providing market leading member services including the resolution of any member queries which may arise.
Job Description
We are currently recruiting for a full time Royalty Account Manager to join our Operations Team. The successful candidate will work across a member client list, ensuring support is provided across all day-to-day distribution activities. The key goal is to deliver reactive and proactive support for member clients, ensuring enhanced membership satisfaction levels and retention.
This is a senior level role, ideal for someone who has strong client relationship experience in the business aspects of the music industry.
The candidate will be required to have strong communication skills, proven experience in a royalty tracking environment and thrive in a fast-paced setting.
Main Tasks
Develop, manage and maintain strong member client relationships.
Assist with the development of processes to manage a growing number of member clients whilst maintaining a high touch responsive level of service with a personal feel.
Guiding members through any documents or procedures that require completion in relation to their membership.
Establishing and maintaining processes with members to ensure catalogue is ingested, maintained and distributed correctly.
Creating and delivering bespoke reports to assist members in their royalty tracking exercises
Interrogating royalty data file formats for research and revenue generation purposes, including claims files.
Contacting members in a proactive manner to ensure that their international/ live / broadcast / online performances are tracked accurately and to work closely with the international colleagues to increase overseas income.
Resolving queries which may arise from member distributions.
Requirements
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Strong experience in client account management
Proven experience with royalty accounting, income tracking or, similar areas within Music industry
Solid experience in building and maintaining relationships
An analytical mindset and exceptional attention to detail
Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Excel (Power BI is a plus)
>>> A BREAKDOWN OF THE TOP 100 SONGS ACROSS IRISH RADIO (IRISH AND INTERNATIONAL) OF 2021 – ED SHEERAN IS THE MOST PLAYED #1 ARTIST ON IRISH RADIO IN TOP 100 RADIO CHARTS OF 2021 WITH DERMOT KENNEDY THE #1 MOST PLAYED ‘IRISH ARTIST’ IN THE OVERALL TOP 100.
>>> 0 Artists of colour from Ireland featured in the Top 100 Most played songs on Irish radio in 2021.
>> Irish women artists make up just 3% of the Top 100 Most played songs on Irish radio in 2021.
>> NEW BROADCASTING BILL (Gender, Cultures & Other Diversities) aims to retune Irish Radio as Why Not Her? calls for a cross-party initiative in the Irish Government across all Political parties to back women’s Voices and Artists of Diversity on air.
LINK TO VIEW THE REPORT PRESENTATION HERE on Canva: https://bit.ly/3OBnybi – Why Not Her? Gender Disparity Data Report 2022.
Minister Catherine Martin Issues Proposal On Gender Balance In Broadcast Media
Under new government plans to encourage greater participation of women on the airwaves, Radio and TV programs may be required to show or publish their gender balance.
Media Minister Catherine Martin’s proposal will be included in several amendments in the Online Safety and Media Regulations Bill which provides for radical moves for the establishment of Coimisiún na Meán.
Some of Ms Martin’s new amendments will provide that Coimisiún na Meán may make media services codes to promote gender balance on current affairs programmes on TV and radio, as well as promoting the broadcasting of musical works composed or performed by women on radio services.
A report released in 2015 by the National Women’s Council of Ireland entitled ‘Hearing Women’s Voices?’ found that there was a 28:72 ratio of women to men participating in news and current affairs shows on Irish radio. The ‘Why Not Her?’ Collective has also highlighted the inequity in airplay between male and female artists.
Minister Martin is set to stress to Cabinet colleagues that there is a need for significant improvement on this.
On July 7ththe team at Why Not Her? met at Leinster House with Senator Marie Sherlock of the Labour Party and many others from various parties to put forward an amended Broadcasting Bill (Gender, Cultures & Other Diversities) that ‘aims to retune Irish Radio’ towards gender parity and diversity.
Why Not Her? call on all TD’s Senators, Ministers and Politicians to join in a cross-party initiative to support the new Bill that has been drafted, and delivered to party members in July, and urge them to support Minister Martin in her request for significant improvement on this.
Comments from Why Not Her? and women in music
Comment from Linda Coogan Byrne, Founder of WHY NOT HER? & Data Analyst:
“We welcome the Minister’s support and the Government’s impending support on making the shift towards Gender Balance. Since publishing the first Gender Disparity Data Report, I have been blacklisted, threatened, and had my social media accounts hacked and deleted… I have been removed from some of my peer groups within the music industry and financially affected for simply asking the question Why Not Her? I also had a book I had been writing about this whole journey, hacked and deleted. A complete invasion of my privacy and an attack on my livelihood for simply seeking out gender balance and equality on the airwaves.
However, it will not deter me from seeking equality and diversity along with inclusion on air. I’d like to thank the Changemakers and Equalisers in broadcasting and indeed the industry who have viewed the data Why Not Her? has put together, and instead of turning a blind eye to it, have used it as a vehicle for change. Which is what it was intended to do. I welcome everyone to do the same.
There is a diverse multicultural vibrancy that is at an all-time high, this needs to be reflected in the radio stations in Ireland. It is my continued hope that these data reports can continue to set the precipice for a lot of change to come. We will continue as a collective to stand with our colleagues and friends in broadcasting and the music industry in working towards reaching an equal voice for women and artists of colour alongside the LGBTQIA+ community across every facet of Irish culture and we will never be afraid to ask the question Why Not Her?”
Eleanor McEvoy, Chairperson of IMRO and Singer/Songwriter commented:
“It is so fantastic to have this data and it is terrific to see the huge progress made by many stations. It is, however, very disappointing to see the stations that are continuing to fail in the area of gender and diversity. Are these broadcasters best serving the needs of the people of Ireland – or only some of the people of Ireland? Hat’s off to the team at Why Not Her? for the extensive work that has gone into this research…”
Pauline Scanlon founding member of the Fair Ple Collective and Singer-Songwriter commented:
“There have been some really positive improvements which is proof that change is not only possible but can be done quickly and efficiently without compromising musical integrity or quality of output. We hope this can spark change in the stations that lag behind and we are hopeful things will continue to get better. Thank you to Linda and Why Not Her? for their tireless work and their continuous support for women in music.”
