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  • Culture Cafe on RTÉ 2XM Podcast and Playlist Show 37: 04/04/2012

    Culture Cafe 37Episode 37 – thanks to my guests, Briana Corrigan and Kevin McSherry, loved chatting with them both. I spent ages at Kevin’s exhibition, just chatting about stuff, I will have the full chat up as a podcast as soon as I can.

    Here’s what happened:

    1. DJ Flip & Freezemaster Slick: Crossroads

    2. Eugene McGuinness: Shotgun

    3. Born Blonde: I Just Wanna Be

    4. The Cast of Cheers: Animals

    5. Chat with Briana Corrigan

    6. Briana Corrigan: Rain

    7. Briana Corrigan featuring Mervin Sweet: Angel’s Cradle

    8. Funeral Suits: All Those Friendly People

    9. Foreign Slippers: Avalanche

    10. Chat with Kevin McSherry

    11. Willy Moon: Yeah Yeah

    12. Beach House: Myth

    13. Breton: How Can They Tell

    14. Caan: Every Little Thing

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  • Nessycast #9: Kevin McSherry Interview

    Nessycast #9: Kevin McSherry Interview

    Artist Kevin McSherry gave me a personalised tour of his exhibition ‘The Exile’s Return’ at The Copperhouse Gallery in Dublin.

    It was a wonderful opportunity to find out how an artist’s thoughts are transformed into actual paintings. We had a wonderful look at Kevin’s art and a great chat about his Irishness, which really puts me to shame. Delightful.

  • DeCode Magazine Launched Today!

    DeCodeI’m delighted to say that DeCode, a brand new Irish Arts and Culture magazine was launched today.

    It’s the baby of Steven O’Rourke and James Hendicott and the pair have been working like maniacs behind the scenes to get it off the ground. Here’s Issue 1 and I’m delighted to say I’ve two little contributions in the music review sections.

    Make yourself a cuppa, sit back and have a read!

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  • Free Music Monday 02/04/2012: Red Hot Chili Peppers

    RHCP EU EP 2011I’m leaving it a bit late today to recommend some free music and thanks to my buddy Lar for pointing this out.

    Red Hot Chili Peppers start the American leg of their ‘I’m With You’ tour today and have announced that 72 hours after each gig, you will be able to buy the complete concert at www.redhotchilipeppers.com/live. As a taster to this, Chad from the band has picked some tracks from the European Leg of the Tour that you can download for FREE!! Get all the info here.

    Tracks included are:

    • Look Around
    • Dani California
    • Monarchy of Roses
    • Give it Away
    • If You Have to Ask

    Now you do have to make an account so they get your email address, but hey, for this, it’s worth it!