Collectively Counting is a a new poem by Dublin poet Stephen James Smith with musical accompaniment from Villagers’ Conor O’Brien on trumpet and Gareth Quinn Redmond on piano with a drone video by Craig Kenny.
‘Collectively Counting’ was premiered with First Fortnight yesterday and explores Irish society living through lockdown life and its effect on our collective mental health.
‘Collectively Counting’ is a call for us all to pause for a moment and count together the many questions and wanderings that this time has brought to us.
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Niall Byrne is the founder of the most-influential Irish music site Nialler9, where he has been writing about music since 2005. He is the co-host of the Nialler9 Podcast and has written for the Irish Times, Irish Independent, Sunday Times, Totally Dublin, Cara Magazine, Red Bull and more. Niall is a DJ, co-founder of Lumo Club, event curator, Indie Sleaze club promoter, and producer of gigs and monthly listening parties & events in Dublin.
