{"id":325744,"date":"2026-02-07T21:29:16","date_gmt":"2026-02-07T21:29:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/325744\/"},"modified":"2026-02-07T21:29:16","modified_gmt":"2026-02-07T21:29:16","slug":"i-cant-wait-to-bring-my-show-back-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/325744\/","title":{"rendered":"‘I can\u2019t wait to bring my show back home’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Singer-songwriter Podge Lane, born and bred in Kilworth, has spent most of the last two years up and down the highways of the United States, where he relocated to further his music career and also to develop his craft.<\/p>\n

\u201cSongwriting is what I am so passionate about, almost to a fault some might say! My first three albums \u2014 Outer Monologues, Common Country Misconceptions, and Multiple Dead Ends \u2014 were a trilogy based on my past, my present, and my future. I wanted to give myself a challenge as a songwriter after writing three whole albums about myself, so I made a goal when I moved to the US to meet people \u2014 not just in the industry for my career, but to meet people and more people.<\/p>\n

\u201cI learned that being the new person in an area makes you much more observant, as you learn to read the room.\u201d<\/p>\n

Podge\u2019s reasoning has paid off as he reckons some of his best work has emerged from his new songs.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve met so many incredible people on my travels around America, and that has helped me with coming up with the stories that make up my new album Less Of Me, but it\u2019s also helped me learn about myself.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy songwriting has slowly evolved to be writing what people refer to as \u2018story songs\u2019 about the world around me. However, in another way they are more introspective because they weren\u2019t about just my life. It\u2019s a thrill to write a song such as Honesty, where people all over the states connect to it in their own way and find their own meaning.<\/p>\n

\"PodgePodge Lane will headline shows in Marino Church, Bantry, and St Catherine\u2019s Cultural Centre, Kinsale, in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n

\u201cSince releasing the album, I\u2019ve had messages from Australia, the UK, all over the world saying they\u2019ve connected to it \u2014 for a songwriter that is the greatest thing to hear.\u201d<\/p>\n

When you check out Podge\u2019s Bandcamp page (a website which gives musicians a chance to present and sell their music direct to the listener), you will find dozens of extra tracks that aren\u2019t on his albums.<\/p>\n

\u201cI do write a lot of songs, but I\u2019m also someone who doesn\u2019t like to hold on to things, I don\u2019t want to be keeping ideas if they aren\u2019t going to be used. As a listener, an album is still king; the music I love draws from concept albums, vinyl, CDs and even tapes! I believe a good album has a strong throughline. However, I also like hearing what people left off an album. With a lot of reissues and anniversary editions of records these days, you get unreleased songs or versions that give you more of an insight into the artist.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor instance, my absolute favourite Bob Dylan track is a version of This Evening So Soon from the Self-Portrait bootleg series. The audio of it might have been judged \u2018imperfect\u2019, but that performance is what hooked me to his music.<\/p>\n

\n \u201cSo I put everything on my Bandcamp page, even EPs I released before I found my voice as a writer, and I cringe now. As an artist, I don\u2019t think people are just the albums they released; I want to show the flaws and all, so I put everything up there. I want a library of all my music and ideas; if you like it, you can dig through it. Why keep them on a hard drive, when people might think it\u2019s their favourite thing I\u2019ve done?\u201d\n <\/p>\n

The mindset of sharing everything he\u2019s done carries through to Podge having to choose a genre to describe his music, he cedes that picking a term is more for filing purposes than creative.<\/p>\n

\u201cI say alt-country, the \u2018country\u2019 part is because that style is what first got me into music and songwriting first \u2014 Johnny Cash, John Prine, the storytelling element etc \u2014 the \u2018alt\u2019 part does a lot of heavy lifting, as it covers all the other music I listen to, I love so many types of music.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese days, the genres we use are being fed into algorithms and festivals. If you looked at a list of all the acts I\u2019ve supported in concert, you\u2019d have no idea what I \u2018sound\u2019 like, the music I make is simply authentic and honest to me.\u201d<\/p>\n

That sense of authenticity informs his songwriting approach, where he likes to keep himself on his toes.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy songwriting style isn\u2019t set in stone, I try to approach each album with a rule to test myself. This current record, Less Of Me, had \u2018no changing the lyrics after 24 hours\u2019.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a tough challenge. Let Me Ask You is a song that is a good example of that; listening back I was thinking: \u2018I could go back and make this sentence less brutally honest\u2019, but it would have ruined the moment of the song. Playing them live now, I am so glad I left the words as they were, as I can see them resonate with audiences.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"\u201cMy\u201cMy songwriting style isn\u2019t set in stone, I try to approach each album with a rule to test myself.”<\/p>\n

Speaking of audiences, Podge has been in front of his fair share of them recently.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve played over 100 shows last year, everywhere and everything, from small outdoor festivals to venues I\u2019d always dreamed of performing in. Me playing the songs live is the best way for people to connect with me, it\u2019s where I\u2019m most confident.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy ethic is to give every audience my best show possible, but also never the same show twice. There\u2019s no repeating anecdotes, and I\u2019m always swapping songs in and out of the set. Audiences can tell when a show is just a travelling format of what you\u2019ve done before.<\/p>\n

\u201cI can\u2019t wait to bring my show back to Ireland and do it all at home. The one thing I don\u2019t want is people leaving the show saying: \u2018It sounded just like the record\u2019. No matter the size of the audience, I want them to know it was specifically for them.\u201d<\/p>\n

Podge\u2019s return to Ireland means he has plenty up his sleeve.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy main two headline shows when I get home are Marino Church in Bantry on Friday, February 13, and St Catherine\u2019s Cultural Centre in Kinsale on Friday, March 6. There will be other shows and support slots announced too.\u201d<\/p>\n

Go to www.podgelane.com<\/a> for ticket information, streaming links, and future gig announcements.<\/p>\n

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