The Simon O'Reilly Podcast (2007)

CPI Archive: In late 2007 Andrew Hamilton spoke with Irish artist, Simon O'Reilly, about his album Tribes, written and recorded with Luka Bloom.

IT’S evening time and Simon O’Reilly is in his small studio in Clahane. Outside, the sea is black and the wind is wild. Inside, Simon plays to a mixing desk, to an Apple Mac and pro-tools.
He labours alone. Tribe is a new album featuring a collection of songs written by Simon and Luka Bloom. The unusual thing about Tribe is that the album was written without Luka and Simon ever playing together in the same room. “We started off by sending each other a few different bits and pieces. I would start writing the music and send it up to him, and then he would put down some lyrics and ideas that he had and send them back to me,” says O’Reilly.

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Clare People Interactive

Clare People Interactive (CPI) was founded in the late month of 2006 by West of Ireland journalist Andrew Hamilton. The project was a step into the unknown, an attempt to bridge the gap between the old world of print media and the emerging new media technologies.
At the core of the CPI was a long running series of interviews with Irish and international artists, mostly musicians. These interviews, which appeared first in print and then as free audio podcasts, attempted to provide a richer experience of the subject than had previously been possible in print media. The focus was always on the artist and the work, with journalistic intrusions rare and usually (mercifully) brief.
Between 2006 and 2010, Clare People Interactive grew to just shy of 150 audio podcasts. There were also a dozen video podcasts - the Gonzo Nation series - as well as hundreds of album and gig reviews - which have all, sadly, been lost to the internet.
This archive contains the original 146 audio podcasts in their original format. As the series grew, the audio quality and (hopefully) the standard of journalism grew with it.
Clare People Interactive is the work of Andrew Hamilton. Eternal thanks to John O'Rourke for his technical support, Noel Barrett for designing the many logos and to Gerry Collison for his optimism and support.
This, is Clare People Interactive.

The Simon O'Reilly Podcast (2007)

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