The Jewel Case
By John D'Arcy
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Description
John D'Arcy's weekly music radio show - sometimes interviews with special guests, and sometimes a little thematic rummage through the CD collection. Broadcasting Tuesdays 8-9pm on Lisburn's 98FM, Bangor FM and FM105 Downpatrick Community Radio (and podcasting soon after) each week.
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Ep. 54: End of the year catchup with Ryan McGroarty | The end of 2017 is nigh! I’ve only done a couple of podcasts this year so I’ve been feeling a bit guilty. To find some absolution I sat down for a catch up with friend-of-the-podcast Ryan McGroarty and pressed record. We talk about nostalgia, | 10 12 2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Ep. 53: Tumble Circus [Leonie Pony takeover] | Leonie McDonagh (aka Leonie Pony) is back for another a PODCAST TAKEOVER. This time she is chatting to Belfast-based hijinx-co-ordinators Tumble Circus! Leonie catches some of the Tumble Circus crew at a rare moment of quiet before they put up t | 6 12 2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Ep.52: Oona Doherty [Leonie Pony Takeover!] | It’s been a while, but The Jewel Case is back! Lately John has been neglecting his duty to interview artists working in Northern Ireland, so Leonie McDonagh (aka Leonie Pony) is staging a PODCAST TAKEOVER. In her first takeover episode, | 7 11 2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Ep. 51: The Undocumented Tale of Dr. G (Una Lee) | This week I talk to composer and performer Una Lee about her upcoming show – The Undocumented Tale of Dr. G – taking place 18 May at Sonic Arts Research Centre, Belfast. The Undocumented Tale of Dr. G is a music theatre piece brings together Una | 11 5 2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Ep. 50: Resist (Koichi Samuels & Liam McCartan) | This week I chat to techno musicians Koichi Samuels and Liam McCartan about RESIST – a series of live events showcasing electronic music and visual artists in Belfast. Their next show is Friday 21 April at The Black Box (tickets here). | 14 4 2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Ep. 49: Eoin Dara | “The best artists working now are those that are asking difficult questions.” Eoin Dara is an art curator who has been based at The MAC Belfast since its opening in 2012. But big changes are afoot, as Eoin is about to move to Scotland to take up t | 7 3 2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Ep. 48: Brilliant Corners preview with Brian Carson from Moving on Music | This week I met Moving On Music‘s Brian Carson for a preview of their Brilliant Corners festival. The festival runs Tuesday 7th until Saturday 11th March with a string of great gigs in the realm of jazz, bop, experimental and free improvisation. | 1 3 2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Ep. 47: Intent Magazine and Podcast | Intent Magazine and Podcast is a new venture from Belfast-based friends and housemates Fiona McDonnell and Constance Keane. The project will highlight people who make and are involved with art, music, and culture on the island of Ireland – using in | 21 2 2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Ep. 46: Valentines playlist with Suzie McCracken | HAPPY VALENTINES DAY! Whether you’re loved up, lonely or just looking for an alternative squishy-feelings playlist – have a listen to this week’s show where I catch up with journo buddy and music-nerd Suzie Mccracken. | 13 2 2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Ep. 45: Bad Fit | Bad Fit are the baddest band in Belfast! Their first single ‘Strong Forever’ was the baddest pop tune to come out of NI last year! Now they’ve a new single called ‘In the City’ – and it’s particularly bad! On this week’s show I’ | 7 2 2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Ep. 44: Rayna Gellert | Rayna Gellert is an Old Time American fiddler and singer-songwriter with deep roots in American traditional music that has led to her collaborating with artists such as Sara Watkins, Abigail Washburn and Loudon Wainwright III. | 31 1 2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Ep. 43: Leonie McDonagh (Ponydance) | It’s the first episode of 2017 and it’s a good one! I’m joined by Leonie McDonagh (aka Leoniepony) – creative powerhouse and director of Ponydance Theatre Company. Leonie presents the solo ‘Idiom’ at Cathedral Quarter Arts Festival’s | 23 1 2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Ep. 42: Ultimate Christmas Song Showdown (Part 2) | In the last episode we started the THE ULTIMATE CHRISTMAS SONG SHOWDOWN – a knock-out bracket to decide the best christmas song ever. We worked our way through the first round match-ups and now we’re ready to decide the finals. | 23 12 2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Ep. 41: Ultimate Christmas Song Showdown (Part 1) | One year on from the first ever episode of The Jewel Case I decided to re-festive-ise my playlist and get some Christmas songs on the stereo. This time last year I picked some of my favourite winter warmers for an intimate seasonal set. | 20 12 2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Ep. 40: Duke Special | This week I caught up with Duke Special ahead of his three-night stint at Belfast’s Lyric Theatre that caps off a year-long residency at the theatre. I find out what the Duke has been up to in 2016 and how his creative process has changed since the | 14 12 2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Ep. 39: Stephen Maurice Graham | For this week’s podcast I took a trip to Edenderry Village to visit the home studio of illustrator Stephen Maurice Graham. A few years ago Stephen decided to give it a bash as a full-time self-employed illustrator and since then he’s made big wav | 29 11 2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Ep. 38: Twiggy Pucci Garçon & Claire Hall (KIKI film) | Last Thursday Outburst Queer Arts Festival hosted the Northern Irish premiere of KIKI – a documentary film about an LGBTQ youth-of-color subculture of New York City’s Ballroom scene, made famous in the early 1990s by Madonna’s music video “V | 23 11 2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Ep. 37: Tim Wheeler (Ash) | So I managed to catch up with Tim Wheeler from Ash while he was backstage at Belfast’s Mandela Hall. Ash are back in Belfast for performance at the Northern Irish Music Prize where they’re receiving the Oh Yeah Legend award for their amazing care | 11 11 2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Ep. 36: Halloween Spooktacular Playlist | Ahhhh! Halloween is around the corner so I thought I’d make a suitably spooky mix to soundtrack my doorbell paranoia. I’ve concocted a playlist potion of some stone-cold-rigamortis classics and some especially gruesome deep cuts. Sweet ni | 26 10 2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Ep. 35: Belfast Open Studios | This weekend a large number of artists studios in Belfast are opening their doors for Belfast Open Studios. For this week’s podcast I met with with Rob Hilken from Visual Arts Ireland to hear about the open-day and about how VAI help support loca | 20 10 2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Ep. 34: David Holmes | This week’s guest on the podcast is David Holmes – one of Northern Ireland’s most interesting musical minds. He’s the auteur of critically acclaimed solo albums Let’s Get Killed and The Holy Pictures. He’s the curator of semina | 12 10 2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Ep. 33: Remains of Youth | Back when I had braces on my teeth and gel in my hair I played my first ever gig in Belfast at the Front Page bar. One of the other bands on the stage that night were a couple of years older and a tonne of riffs wiser. | 6 10 2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Ep. 32: Go Girl Exhibition at PS2 Belfast | This month PS2 Gallery in Belfast has been hosting a group exhibition co-ordinated by the Go Girl collective – a group of young, female creatives based in Northern Ireland who organise eye-catching projects that realise feminist agendas in a very | 12 9 2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Ep. 31: Ursula Burns | This week I chat with the world’s most dangerous harpist Ursula Burns, taking a trip through her discography and looking towards her upcoming show at Edinburgh Fringe. ‘The Dangerous Harpist’ runs 16 – 18 August at Stand in the Square, Edinburgh | 9 8 2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Ep. 30: Min Kim and Tristan Clutterbuck | This week I met with Min Kim, curator of ‘Tuning the White Walls’ – a series of sound events happening in PS2 Gallery Belfast 11 – 27 August 2016. We’re joined by one of the performers, Tristan Clutterbuck, | 2 8 2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Ep. 29: Jonny Tiernan | This week I catch up with Berlin-based DJ and publisher Jonny Tiernan. We chat about Jonny’s teenage years spent growing up in Lisburn – his first gig and club experiences in Northern Ireland and his early steps in DJing. | 27 7 2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Ep. 28: Summer Festivals in N.Ireland and Ireland | Summer festival season is upon us! With loads of events coming up across Northern Ireland and Ireland in coming months, I thought I’d do a mega-round-up of local festivals you’ll want to get to. There are a bunch of nice things happening close t | 6 7 2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Ep. 27: Board Games with Jack Hughes | I knew my old buddy Jack Hughes was a nerd for things like photography and films – but just I recently found out he was a keen board game enthusiast. This week I caught up with Jack to find out more about his favourite pastime and the current | 28 6 2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Ep. 26: Michael Mormecha | This week I visited Millbank Studios to take a trip down memory lane with Micheael Mormecha, frontman of Lisburn legends Mojo Fury. We revisit Mojo Fury’s early releases along with Mike’s solo project Clown Parlour. | 20 6 2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Ep. 25: Euro Footie Songs with Michael Clarke | OK I ended up getting a bit excited about Norn Iron and Ireland at the Euros and wanted to talk about it on this week’s show. So I drafted in none other than Michael Clarke – sports broadcaster for BBC Radio Ulster & Lisburn’s 98FM, | 14 6 2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Ep. 24: Primavera Sound Festival TraveLogue | Hola, this week I’m coming to your ears from Barcelona where myself and friend-of-the-podcast Ciaran Logue recorded some of our comings and goings at Primavera Sound festival. Ciaran complains about Radiohead and I share some snippets of our fes | 7 6 2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Ep. 23: Megan-Cáitlín Dallat | This week I chat to artist and blogger Megan-Cáitlín Dallat about her ASMR-inspired art, her photo-blog VENT , Go Girl‘s ‘Share the Load’ project, and the upcoming show Murmur at the MAC. We try some ASMR triggers like whispering and binaura | 31 5 2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Ep. 22: Isobel Anderson | On this episode I chat to sound artist Isobel Anderson about her move to Northern Ireland alongside the development of her musical career. We sample some tracks from Cold Water Songs, Dark Path, In My Garden and the new remix EP. | 24 5 2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Ep. 21: Miguel Martin | Tonight on The Jewel Case I chat to artist Miguel Martin about the latest developments in his artistic practice and his favourite music for dancing to. We talk about Miguel’s Not Nice Portraits, his drawings of Belfast’s widely-loved and recently-de | 4 5 2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Ep. 20: Ciaran Logue | This week I welcome back Ciaran Logue for a catch-up to celebrate my 20th episode. During the show we each share five tracks that send us on a range of tangents about Record Store Day, the upcoming election and the re-televisation of the O.J. | 26 4 2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Ep. 19: Claire Hall and Conan McIvor | The week’s episode is a double-A side with TWO special guests! DJ / Party Queen Claire Hall (aka Venus Dupree) talks about the New York House Ballroom scene and her appearance at JAMJAR SERIES this Sunday evening. | 20 4 2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Ep. 18: Mike’s Fancy Cheese | This week I’m joined by Michael Thomson, the local cheese-maker behind Mike’s Fancy Cheese. We talk about his first steps making cheese in Sheffield, how he launched Northern Ireland’s first raw-milk blue cheese ‘Young Buck’, | 13 4 2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Ep. 17: Drive-by with Bee Mick See | This week I got out of the studio and hip-hopped into the car for a drive around Belfast with local rapper Bee Mick See. He took me on a drive past some important spots that have shaped his life growing up and making music in Belfast – Cave Hill, | 9 4 2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Ep. 16: Wrestlemania Special with Chris Bateman | With Wrestlemania coming up this Sunday I thought I’d get my old friend (and grappling specialist) Chris Bateman from Drum & Bates in for a chat. We break down the best and worst WWF/WWE entrance music, reveal Batesy’s secret alter ego ‘Kid Se | 30 3 2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Ep. 15: Joyalists (Benén Dillon & Tony Moore) | This week I’m joined by Benén Dillon and Tony Moore from Northern Irish skateboarding collective Joyalists. We talk about music in and around the skateboarding scene – the soundtracks of big skate vids (David Bowie, The Stooges, Witch, | 22 3 2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Ep. 14: Mickey McCullagh (Son of the Hound) | This week my favourite Omagh troubadour Mickey McCullagh popped round for a cup of tea and a chat about his musical journey – from writing and riffing for jangle-pop upstarts Colenso Parade to his recent ramblings as a soloist under the moniker Son of | 15 3 2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Ep. 13: Emily Dedakis | This week I chat to Emily Dedakis from Accidental Theatre about immersive theatre and performance art ahead of her upcoming show ‘Gordon Osràm’s Funeral’. But the real reason I wanted to sit down with Emily was to discuss what she describes as | 8 3 2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Ep. 12: Jan Carson | This week I caught up with Jan Carson who is in the midst of launching her new book ‘Children’s Children’. Jan shares her love of magic-realism, medical dramas and her musical influences including Pavement, Neutral Milk Hotel, Emmylou Harris, | 4 3 2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Ep. 11: Richard Davis (Heliopause) | This week I chat to Richard Davis from Heliopause about finding, refinding and refining his artistic voice on the new album ‘How Can We Laugh After This..’ We talk about Richard’s major musical influences including The American Analog S | 23 2 2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Ep. 10: Beauty Sleep | This week Aimee, Cheylene and Ryan – the synth pop dreamboats Beauty Sleep – join me to talk about their musical roots, the prospect of starting a new band and their new single ‘The Dark’. Photo of Beauty Sleep by Megan-Cáitlín Dallat Th | 17 2 2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Ep. 9: Colin Bateman | Following the launch of his new book Paper Cuts, I’m joined by author Colin Bateman to talk punk rock, local newspapers and his hatred of banjos. The Jewel Case broadcasts Tuesdays at 8pm on Lisburn’s 98FM, Bangor FM and FM105 Down Community | 12 2 2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Ep. 8: Playing the Changes with Paul Stapleton | This week I’m joined by musician, lecturer and mixologist Paul Stapleton. We’re talking about improvisation in music and elsewhere – covering some of Paul’s influences and delving into some of his recent projects including QUBe and Fauna. | 10 2 2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Ep. 7: Move On Up and Out – with guest Chris Ryan (Robocobra Quartet) | After seeing John Grant last week I got thinking about artists who have redefined themselves after moving to a different city. For the first half hour I’m honing in on Van Morrison, John Lennon, David Bowie and John Grant. | 5 2 2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Ep. 6: ’91 with Ryan McGroarty (Wonder Villains / Beauty Sleep) | This week John catches up with Ryan McGroarty – guitarist, vocalist and producer with a bunch of great Northern Irish bands including Wonder Villains, A Bad Cavalier, Future Chaser and his new project Beauty Sleep. | 26 1 2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Ep. 5. Factor 50 festival with Ciaran Logue | This week John welcomes back Ciaran Logue for a follow up to their chat last week. They’re mulling over their favourite shows again – this time turning their attention to a music festival they have attended together over the past couple of years | 19 1 2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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