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Borderline Festival 2025 (with YARD & Steve Taylor)

February 19, 2025 • IMRO - Irish Music Rights Organisation

On today’s episode we are turning our attention to the Singular Artists festival, Borderline. Taking place across three rooms in the Workman’s Club in Dublin, the two day event showcases an eclectic mix of international and local acts.

Borderline returns to the Workman’s this weekend, Friday 21st and Saturday 22nd of February and ahead of these festivities, Danny Carroll spoke to Steve Taylor (Booking Agent with ATC Live) and Dan Malone from Dublin trio YARD.

Steve Taylor, is a Glasgow based booking agent with the company ATC Live, one of the largest booking agents in Europe. Steve looks after the Irish trio Adore, who are performing at Borderline this Saturday, and he spoke to us about developing artists at the early stage of their career.

Before this we hear from Dan Malone, guitarist with YARD. They'll be performing on Saturday night in the Workman’s Cellar, and ahead of the show, he dropped by the IMRO office to tell us more about the band’s origins and plans for the future.

Featured Songs:

1. YARD - Big Shoes

2. YARD - Call

3. Adore - Supermum!