Today FM’s Fiachna Ó Braonáin hosts Poetic Champions Compose – a celebration of classic Irish albums ‘championed’ by Ireland’s leading contemporary artists.
Go here & jump down to the one with Paddy Casey talking about The Waterboys’ “Fisherman’s Blues”. The whole thing is really interesting, and Colm shows up around minute 34. Each of the shows is really cool actually, have a listen through when you’ve got the time.
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A Sense of Place with World Cafe
In December 2011, NPR’s ‘World Cafe’ featured Dublin in its ‘Sense of Place’ series. There is an audio portion here and then Glen takes host David Dye on a little walking musical tour of the city. See part 1 of 8 below. Click here to see the other 7 videos!
Throughout the week, World Cafe travels to Dublin, Ireland — the first stop in a quarterly series called Sense of Place. We hope to give you an idea of the past and present of the city’s local music scene and provide tips from musicians and music lovers for those hoping to visit this culturally rich town.
World Cafe – Sense of Place – Dublin from World Cafe Sense of Place on Vimeo.
The Frames on The Live Music Radio Hour – 1992
For this week only (until Sunday the 20th), The Live Music Hour at BBC Radio is featuring 3 live songs from The Frames in August 1992 – Masquerade, Picture of Love, Right Road (Wrong Road). They’re tucked in between R.E.M. at Glastonbury in 2003 & a Peel Session from The Family Cat. Go to 37 […]