Lauren Kennedy on NYC gigs, Irish music, going viral and moving back to Ireland for the summer (Podcast)

About this episode

Lauren Kennedy discusses her experiences with NYC gigs, Irish music, and her viral success.

This month's music selector guest is the NYC and Ireland music fan Lauren Kennedy, who went viral for her Track Star video last year. Lauren Kennedy is the Athlone woman who has lived in New York for the last six years and is known for the viral video on the Track Star Youtube channel where she won $20,500 for correctly guessing all of the Irish bands selected for her on the show. Lauren very soundly donated all the money to the Palestine Children's Relief Fund. It was her second time on the show, after her first appearance where she was surprised by Bon Iver. You may, like me have been following her gig escapades in recent months in NYC where she went to see a load of Irish bands who were over to play. Lauren just moved back to Ireland for the summer so a perfect time to welcome this legend back to the country by catching up with the music she's loving at the moment. Music discussed and chosen on the episode from Dove Ellis, Florence Road, David Kitt, Rua Rí, Shamrock Showband, The Last Dinner Party, Getdown Services, Crying Loser, Lemoncello and Fundido. My Best albums of April piece. Listen on Apple | Android | Patreon | Pocketcasts | CastBox | Stitcher | Spotify | RSS Feed |…

People in this episode

Host: Nialler9

Guest: Lauren Kennedy

Topics covered

• NYC gigs
• Irish music
• going viral
• music selection
• summer in Ireland

Keywords

• Lauren Kennedy
• NYC music
• Irish bands
• Track Star
• Palestine Children's Relief Fund

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Palestine Children's Relief Fund

Books & works: Track Star, Dove Ellis, Florence Road, David Kitt, Rua Rí, Shamrock Showband, The Last Dinner Party, Getdown Services, Crying Loser, Lemoncello

Places: New York, Ireland, Athlone

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