With a year of challenges, opportunities, and rebuilding ahead for music in Cork city, Cork's musicians, promoters, venue heads and journalists talk with Mike McGrath-Bryan about their hopes for the near future.

While most of us are glad to be rid of the year 2020, everyone has emerged on the other side with valuable life lessons, if nothing else. Mike McGrath-Bryan with some of the artists, promoters, writers and venue owners in Cork's music scene about what they've learned, and how they're looking at moving forward.

2020 was a year to forget for Cork music: the Covid crisis resulted in venue closures and festival postponements, while lockdown has changed how we interact with music completely, and an uncertain future awaits. Mike McGrath-Bryan speaks with musicians, promoters, venue owners and writers as they collect their thoughts on the year that was.