Last week saw the release of Amy, the extraordinary documentary on the life of Amy Winehouse so we asked pod regular Jennifer Gannon and journalist Tanya Sweeney to join us to discuss the film and the how it re-tells the singer’s tragic story.

The Irish summer is in full swing, musically if not weather wise anyway, and the chances are that most State readers will have made it to at least one festival by the time autumn comes around. It's also likely that you'll have taken it for granted that...

The state of Irish radio is a constantly recurring topic of discussion so, for our sixth podcast, we thought we'd go to someone who knows more than most about the subject. Simon Maher started his broadcasting career in his bedroom and went on to found ...

Of all the acts playing at this weekend's Body & Soul Festival, Saturday night's main stage slot from Super Furry Animals is one to set the pulses racing for those who worship at the Welsh band's alter. Two such disciples are Jennifer Gannon and Richie...

Dig a little deeper beyond the surface of the domestic music scene and you'll find a vibrant, inspiring world of punk and hardcore bands - all driven by a fierce DIY ethos. For the fourth State podcast our editor-in-chief Phil Udell met up with two of ...

We're currently compiling our list of the best albums of 2015 so far and one of the releases we'd expect to see in there has to be The Race For Space, the second album from Public Service Broadcasting. A beautifully emotive musical re-telling of man's ...

Following our Ham Sandwich interview last week, the second edition of our podcast takes on the always weighty topic of pop music - in particular the female artists who continue to lead the way. To discuss such a topic we could think of no better people...

It's with great pleasure that we bring you the first State.ie podcast, a new weekly audio complement to these very pages. Hosted by our editor-in-chief Phil Udell, we'll be talking to international and homegrown musicians as well as discussing a variet...

De La Soul's Plug One and Plug Two, aka Deen Whitter and Jacob 'Pop Life' Barrow have a side-project entitled First Serve where they are indulging their goofy pop side. 'Must B The Music' is the debut single from it out on March 23rd with the album Fir...