For The Love Of – Details, episodes & analysis

Here's Clare with a wee bit about what to expect from For The Love Of. It's going to be a monthly podcast about music and why folk do it. The first episode, with Ruairidh Graham of Niteworks, is out with is week on Thursday the 12th November. Make sure you subscribe so as not to miss it.

Hello and welcome to our first episode. In this one, Clare sits down with Niteworks drummer, Ruairidh Graham, to find out why he does music and what it means to him. After 17 years, the band play their final gig this week.

They chat about growing up in Skye, Gaelic culture, his lifelong friendship with band mate Innes, getting an ADHD diagnosis later in life, the impact Niteworks have had on him and others, why they are stopping, and what now.

There is also some talk of chasing your own jobbies into the sea.

The art work has been done by Rona Nicolson, who is normally a tattoo artist. You can find her work here: https://www.instagram.com/rona.skye.ink/

The podcast is edited by John at Telt Media: https://telt.media/

The music has been supplied by Clare herself, who normally performs are Mima Merrow: https://www.mimamerrow.com/

And you can find the podcast on instagram on: https://www.instagram.com/hellofortheloveof/?hl=en-gb

In this episode, Jill O' Sullivan tells Clare about music and why she does it.

She is currently performing as Jill Lorean, and she has just released the excellent album Peace Cult. In a previous musical life, she was the singer and guitarist with Sparrow and Workshop. They were Radio 6 darlings, had a record deal, and toured with Idlewild and the Pogues. But they stopped. Jill tells Clare why.

She also tells Clare about being introduced to music in the Chicago school system, what it meant, and how it felt. They talk about growing up in an Irish family that couldn't see the arts as a career. And they discuss how Jill has found a way to continue to do music in a way that better suits her life, as the industry and her own priorities from those early days have changed.

Jill's latest Album can be bought on band camp

https://jilllorean.bandcamp.com/

The artwork for the podcast is by Rona Nicolson, who is normally a tatoo artist

https://www.instagram.com/rona.skye.ink/

The podcast is recorded and edited by John at Telt Media.

And more information on Clare's performances can be found at

https://www.mimamerrow.com/