We've Only Just Begun Festival 2024

Today's episode of the IMRO Podcast is focused on We’ve Only Just Begun, the annual three night music festival, taking place in Whelan’s in Dublin, on the 8th, 9th and 10th of August.

The festival started in 2018, aims to platform female and non-binary musicians and over the years, its featured acts such as Pillow Queens, Soda Blonde, Sorcha Richardson to name but a few. This year’s lineup features 23 acts, across two stages, and ahead of the festival, Danny Carroll spoke with a couple of the acts performing this week, as well as the festival’s organiser Shauna Watson.

Coming up we’ll be hearing from DeCarteret, a singer from Co. Clare who likes to make lo-fi beats and classical music. We also have an interview with Stella & The Dreaming, an emerging, piano based singer-songwriter from Waterford.

You can find out more about the full line up and tickets at www.weveonlyjustbegun.ie

Tracks featured:

1. DeCarteret - Trip Me

2. Stella & The Dreaming - First Time

3. Stella & The Dreaming - A Short Ballad For Frankie And All That We Shared (in E Flat)

4. DeCarteret - Pray For You

5. DeCarteret - MYAEROPLANE

Follow Stella & The Dreaming here: https://www.instagram.com/stellaboooooooo/

Follow DeCarteret here: https://www.instagram.com/shortladydecarteret/