Sean Griffin

Sean Griffin

From The Chatterbox Redux Podcast with Nick & Sue by Nick & Sue

May 7, 2026 · 33 min · Season 1 · Episode 58

About this episode

Nick and Sue are joined by Sean Griffin to discuss his new album and the journey of his music career.

Today's episode is brought to you in association with the Strong Coffee Company. Please scroll down to the bottom for your exclusive 20% discount. Listen out for more from the Strong Coffee Company on today's podcast. In this edition of the Chatterbox Redux Podcast Nick, Sue and Twinkle are joined in the Chatterbox Studio by Irish-American Singer-Songwriter Sean Griffin. Sean Griffin’s People Are Mad is, in a sense, decades in the making. The album arrives after 25 years of The Ruffians becoming a formidable voice in Irish punk rock, a reputation that’s led to them sharing the stage with Irish punk icon Shane McGowan and earned them the distinction of being called the “Y-Generation Pogues” by legendary rock critic Jim DeRogatiis. The project is a deeply felt collection of songs pulled from both Griffin’s present day and his past. Extending the burly, rambunctious sound established under The Ruffians while bringing his multifaceted songwriting to the foreground, Griffin reached out to Grammy-winning producer Kenny Siegal (Langhorne Slim, Chris Whitley) in 2023, and the pair got to work and recorded the entire album within the year while capturing the same in-the-room sound that…

People in this episode

Hosts: Nick, Sue

Guest: Sean Griffin

Topics covered

  • Irish-American music
  • punk rock
  • songwriting
  • album production
  • interviews

Keywords

  • Sean Griffin
  • The Ruffians
  • Irish punk rock
  • music production
  • Strong Coffee Company

Sponsors

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Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Ruffians

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