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  • The London Ear on RTE 2XM // Show 112 with Cian Hughes and Playing House

    The London Ear on RTE 2XM // Show 112 with Cian Hughes and Playing House

    The London Ear on RTE 2XM
    Show 112: March 26 2016

    On this week’s show I caught up with Dublin born dancer, Cian Hughes, who chatted about his time in Ballet Central in London. They’re currently on tour around the UK.

    Also on the show were Playing House, a London based band who feature second generation Irishman, Killian McCorley in their midst.

    1. The London Ear Intro
    2. The Mighty Stef: Capri Sun
    3. Chat with dancer Cian Hughes Part 1
    4. Max Richter: Dream 13 (minus even)
    5. Chat with dancer Cian Hughes Part 2
    6. James Cramer: My World Again
    7. Runaway Go: Crawl
    8. Chat with Playing House part 1
    9. Playing House: New Haircut
    10. Eoin Glackin: Club Classic
    11. State Lights: Love is in your eyes
    12. Sheerin feat Emma Cotter: We Are One

    Thanks for listening, The London Ear broadcast on DAB radio, Saorview and outside Ireland you can listen online.You can listen to the show again on the RTE player. The show is broadcast every Saturday at 1300.

    Don’t forget to check out the RTE 2XM website. You can keep up with me here.

    Check out The London Ear on Facebook and Twitter

    Cian Hughes from the Central Ballet programme for their current tour.

    Cian Hughes Ballet Central

    Check out the new video from Playing House for New Haircut.

    https://youtu.be/GOZ21ov-jKc

  • The London Ear // Show 111 with The Mining Co and Alan Markey

    The London Ear // Show 111 with The Mining Co and Alan Markey

    The London Ear on RTE 2XM

    Show 111: March 19 2016

    On Show 111, I was delighted to be able to chat to Michael Gallagher of The Mining Co. about his brand of London Americana. His new album ‘Burning Sun & the Atomic Powers Within’ is out now.

    Also on the show was filmmaker Alan Markey, whose short Fat Freddie’s Drop is now available on the RTE player.

    Here’s what happened:
    1. The London Ear Intro
    2. Avec Sans: Heartbreak Hi
    3. Shura feat Talib Kweli: Touch
    4. Chat with filmmaker Alan Markey (Part 1)
    5. Audio from Fat Freddie’s Drop film
    6. Chat with filmmaker Alan Markey (Part 1)
    7. The Gurriers: Not Yet
    8. The Mining Co.: Country Heart
    9. Chat with Michael Gallagher of The Mining Co. (Part 1)
    10. The Mining Co.: Burning Sun and The Atomic Powers Within
    11. Chat with Michael Gallagher of The Mining Co. (Part 2)
    12. The Mining Co: Homeward Bound
    13. Ryan Vail: Wounds
    14. Clock Opera: In Memory
    15. Billion: Slave to the vibe

    Thanks for listening, The London Ear broadcast on DAB radio, Saorview and outside Ireland you can listen online.You can listen to the show again on the RTE player. The show is broadcast every Saturday at 1300.

    Don’t forget to check out the RTE 2XM website. You can keep up with me here.

    Watch the trailer for Fat Freddie’s Drop here:

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    Listen to The Mining Co.’s Album,’Burning Sun & the Atomic Powers Within’.

    Check out The London Ear on Facebook and Twitter

  • St Patrick’s Day Parade – I have a confession to make

    St Patrick’s Day Parade – I have a confession to make

    StPatricksDayhats Credit: http://www.staycity.com/blog/category-dublin/5-little-known-st-patricks-day-facts/

    My first memory of St Patrick’s Day is standing in our house in Rockfield Road in Kells, screaming my head off as my Mum was putting a nice green ribbon in my hair. Daddy was bringing me to Mass but all I remember was the ribbon knotted, feeling like a rock was sitting on the top of my hair, pulling my hair.

    My memories of St Patrick’s Day then go from one form of pain to another. I’m a cold creature at the best of times and occasionally I will throw in a ‘I haven’t been this cold since the 1983 St. Patick’s Day parade in Kells.

    Truth is, I think it was earlier than that. It could have been anywhere from 1979 – 1983. I was in Brownies, we always ‘marched’ in the parade in Kells. In between the FCA, the Silver band and the tractors, you had us, the Scouts and the local football teams. When I think about that day, I remember the cold. I remember the rain and the hail hitting my face as we walked past the old Army Barracks down Canon Street and into Suffolk Street. I remember the cold on my legs and wondering why we couldn’t wear trousers. I can’t remember if I had a coat on, I presume I must have. But I just remember the cold.

    I then remember sitting in the living room in our house and trying to defrost, with that pain in your hands and feet. The pain of the cold and the numbness slowly leaving and the feeling coming back into my hands.

    So here’s my confession. I moved to Dublin in 1997. I lived there until 2013. 16 years. 16 St Patrick’s Days. 16 St Patrick’s Day Parades in Dublin and I haven’t seen one of them.

    The closest I ever got was when, a couple of years ago, KNBR, the Bay Area sports station I listen to, were in town for the occasion. I went to meet PCon and the crew but bypassed the festivities, crossing closed roads but never seeing the parade.

    Am I the only one? Is there anyone else who has been in Dublin that long, who made the place their home and hasn’t seen the St Patrick’s Day parade? I hear people talking about the Dublin parade but going when they were kids, but they’ve been to the parade. I haven’t.

    This year, I’m going to aim to see it, not as a Dublin resident but as a tourist! Edit: March 14 2017. Didn’t make the 2016 parade either. I thought I might see the one in Navan but missed that too!

    For your enjoyment, here’s some video of the FCA in Kells at the St Patrick’s Day parade, probably about 1990/1991. Pity there was no one else in the parade.

    Image Credit: Stay City

  • Speaking Irish at Work in London // Featured in The Irish Times

    Speaking Irish at Work in London // Featured in The Irish Times

    TheIrishCrew

    Over the past few weeks, I’ve been really lucky. It’s not everyday that you get the opportunity to contribute to Ireland’s top newspaper, The Irish Times and it’s a little more of a kick when they come to you.

    This week as Seachtain na Gaeilge kicks off, they kindly asked if I could turn my blog post ‘Speaking Irish at Work – in London’ into a stand alone piece for them. I was well chuffed.
    Have a read!

    The very awesome Mr Phil Maltz took the photo of us in Chapter St, alongside me there’s Colin Hamilton, Megan Reidy and Starra Clarke.

    G’wan the Irish