Interview with Caoimhe Barry (Wyvern Lingo)

Last week, I sat down with Caoimhe Barry of Irish trio Wyvern Lingo on the release day of their sophomore album 'Awake You Lie.' We spoke about how it's not a COVID album having mostly been recorded in Berlin in late 2019, but it also kind of is a COVID reflection. We also chatted about musical influences, video games and Caoimhe gave the inside scoop on being on one of Ireland's most successful indie record labels (RubyWorks).

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During the interview, I referenced Jennifer Batten who's probably most famous for being the guitar god in Michael Jackson's 80/90s touring band. Caoimhe wasn't familiar with her stuff, so specifically for her - here's video of Batten being awesome.

Even on their best days, there's few guitar gods who can properly play that 'Beat It' solo, never mind while also dressed up as a laser-beam-blasting-S&M-robot-tree! The end of the video is only from a few years ago - she's now 63 and still a badass.

Anyway, if you enjoy the interview, please check out Wyvern Lingo's new album 'Awake You Lie' - maybe even buy it?

An edited version of this interview was broadcast on Beat 102-103 on Sunday 28th February 2021.