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  • The London Ear // Show 301

    The London Ear // Show 301

    The London Ear // Show 301

    Hello! Thanks for joining me for this week’s episode of The London Ear. My God, there is so much good music around !! I’ve decided to share some of it from Ireland and the UK this week.

    Hope you enjoy this week’s episode of The London Ear.

    The London Ear July 18 2020 // Playlist

    Here was what was on the menu on this week’s show:
    1. Raz & Afla: Secrets & Lies
    2. Gemma Bradley: Obsession
    3. Bugeye: Don’t Stop
    4. Swimmers Jackson: Birthday Girl
    5. Gemma Dunleavy: Up The Flats
    6. Fontaines DC: Televised Mind
    7. Channel One: These Roads #FromTheVault
    8. Pillow Queens: Handsome Wife
    9. The Spiritual Leaders: Underwater With You
    10. Jess Young: Holding On & Letting Go
    11. JYellowL: Jewels
    12. Tebi Rex: I Got My Whole
    13. Elaine Mai: Something Else
    14. Maddox Jones: Dancing Feels Good
    15. FiCat: All My Love

    Listen On Demand to The London Ear

    Thanks for listening, The London Ear broadcast on DAB radio, Saorview, nationwide in Ireland and outside Ireland you can listen online. You can listen to the show again on the RTÉ player including all previous episodes. The show is broadcast every Saturday at 1300.

    Keep in touch with me on Twitter and Facebook, Insta and here on my website.

  • The London Ear 300 // In Conversation with Maddox Jones

    The London Ear 300 // In Conversation with Maddox Jones

    The London Ear with Nessy – Episode 300

    Wow! Episode 300 of The London Ear. Firstly, thank you all for listening to the show for all this time, it is very much appreciated. Thanks to everyone who has joined me on the show from the arts and culture worlds for a chat, I appreciate your time.

    I love that the show gives me the opportunity to explore new music, from Ireland, the UK and beyond, alongside some occasional classics as well as speaking to brand new artists and those further on in their career. It also keeps me in touch with the Irish music scene for which I’m very grateful.

    I think though, that the most important thing is it gives me a platform to share new projects in the worlds of music, arts and culture. After what we’ve been through for the past few months, I’m sure you’ll agree, it’s the arts and artists, and their use of technology, who have kept us entertained and occupied during lockdown.

    Thank you.

    In Conversation with Maddox Jones

    Maddox Jones side view under blue and red lights with a black background

    It’s kinda fitting that today’s guest was someone I got to know online and met at one of the first gigs I went to when I came to London.

    Maddox Jones is a singer – songwriter and has just released his debut solo EP, Headspace. Since the interview aired (not I’m not taking the credit), The Headspace EP went Top 20 in the iTunes charts in the UK.

    I actually had him do a Q&A on the blog a little while ago but I’m delighted that I had the chance to chat to Maddox on the show. I’ve learned so much about him and his talent filled life since that Q&A. For Eg, I did not know that Maddox Jones was one time member of The Departure. Check out this video of ‘All Mapped Out’ on MTV2.

    We also chatted about ageism in music, growing up in a religious community, remote songwriting and much more.

    You can find out more about Maddox Jones on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter and listen to his music on Spotify.

    This week’s #FromTheVault track is ‘Tangled’, taken from Annette Buckley‘s 2005 album ‘The Ever Changing Colours of The Sea’.

    The London Ear // Show 300 July 11 2020 Playlist

    1. Aislinn Logan: What Everybody’s After
    2. The Academic: ACting My Age
    3. Roisin El Cherif: Cross Your Mind
    4. Jafaris: Glue
    5. Annette Buckley: The Ever Changing Colours of The Sea
    6. Interview with Maddox Jones pt 1
    7. Maddox Jones: No More Ghosts
    8. Interview with Maddox Jones pt 2
    9. Maddox Jones: Headspace
    10. Interview with Maddox Jones pt 3
    11. Maddox Jones: My House
    12. The Clockworks: The Future is Not What It Was

    Listen On Demand to The London Ear

    Thanks for listening, The London Ear broadcast on DAB radio, Saorview, nationwide in Ireland and outside Ireland you can listen online. You can listen to the show again on the RTÉ player including all previous episodes. The show is broadcast every Saturday at 1300.

    Keep in touch with me on Twitter and Facebook, Insta and here on my website.

  • The London Ear 299 // With Mick Cronin, from the band, Cronin

    The London Ear 299 // With Mick Cronin, from the band, Cronin

    The London Ear 299 // With Mick Cronin, from the band, Cronin

    Hello from the land where, if you’re looking the news / telly, you’d almost believe that that pandemic was over and no longer a threat. But hey, that’s for another blog post.

    On today’s episode of The London Ear, I catch up with Mick Cronin, from the band Cronin. They released a new mini album ‘A view from the next room’. We chat about the release, adjusting to the changing world as a musician and a recording studio owner. We also chat about Mick’s Irish identity, having lived between Drumlish, in Longford, and Leeds, what it meant to be Irish at school in Leeds and how Boyzone helped the lads with the ladies.

    We also get a ‘hello’ from Mick’s daughter, Tara. From the sounds of things, she’ll be on the show with her own band in no time!

    You can find out more about the band on their website, Facebook, Twitter and Insta.

    This week’s #FromTheVault track comes from Me In The Park, a fantastic band from Dublin.I love ‘2nd Opinion’ which I played on the show.

    Next week I’ll be chatting to Maddox Jones.

    The London Ear // Show 299 July 4 2020 – Playlist

    Here’s what happened on this week’s show:

    1. Irish Women in Harmony: Dreams
    2. Maddox Jones: My House
    3. FiCat: All My Love
    4. Marquis Drive: Truth Don’t Shock
    5. Ailbhe Reddy: Time Difference
    6. Zapho + Tolu Makay ft Jenny Browne: Collide
    7. Chat with Mick Cronin
    8. Cronin: Electrolenza
    9. Chat with Mick Cronin
    10. Cronin: Several Perceptions (Snipe Mix)
    11. Me In The Park: 2nd Opinion
    12. Phil Collins: Sussudio
    13. Tayne: Gone

    Listen On Demand to The London Ear

    Thanks for listening, The London Ear broadcast on DAB radio, Saorview, nationwide in Ireland and outside Ireland you can listen online. You can listen to the show again on the RTÉ player including all previous episodes. The show is broadcast every Saturday at 1300.

    Listen on Mixcloud

    Keep in touch with me on Twitter and Facebook, Insta and here on my website.

    Photo of Cronin taken from here

  • The London Ear 298 // The Pride Edition // In Conversation with Dyvr

    The London Ear 298 // The Pride Edition // In Conversation with Dyvr

    The London Ear Show 298 // The Pride Edition

    Happy Pride!

    I’m delighted to be able to devote an episode of The London Ear to Pride and all things LGBTQ+ on today’s show.

    Pride is a little different this year as we can’t have parades and wave our flags but it’s still really important, even virtually, to remember why we have a Pride parade. It started as a protest march for equality for all LGBTQ+ people and it’s really important that we don’t forget that. Now, more than ever and no one is excluded.

    It’s great that I got to play an array of artists, International and Irish. This week’s #FromTheVault track was one I’m guessing hasn’t been played on Irish radio before, but is in my music vault as a great. It comes from a UK based act called Infamy, which basically featured George Michael, his cousin Andros and also Pepsi, of Pepsi and Shirlie, on vocals. I’m playing the Forthright mix of Infamy’s cover of Dead or Alive’s ‘You Spin Me Round’. Not sure you can get much more LGBTQ.

    Conversation with Dyvr

    I was truly honoured to chat to Dyvr for this week’s show. At first, the chat was going to be just about his new single. ‘Ocean’ with St. Bishop. But, the London born, Belfast based musician is more than a musician. He’s an activist, also working to provide LGBTQ+ musicians and artists with safe spaces.

    He’s also launched a range of ‘Quearrings by Dyvr’ and also runs a Queer storytime on Instagram every Saturday, where people talk about their lives and stories.

    You can find out more about Dyvr on Facebook, Twitter and Insta. You can listen to his music on >Spotify.

    The London Ear roundel in front of a rainbow pride flag.

    The London Ear 298 June 27 2020 Playlist

    Here’s the menu for today’s show.

    1. Scissor Sisters: Let’s Have a Kiki
    2. Pillow Queens: Handsome Wife
    3. The Late David Turpin: Fur
    4. Ailbhe Reddy: Time Difference
    5. Chat with DYVR
    6. Diana Ross: I’m Coming Out
    7. Chat with DYVR
    8. DYVR feat St Bishop: Ocean
    9. Zapho & Tolu Makay ft Jenny Browne: Collide
    10. Infamy (George Michael): You Spin Me Round

    Listen On Demand to The London Ear

    Thanks for listening, The London Ear broadcast on DAB radio, Saorview, nationwide in Ireland and outside Ireland you can listen online. You can listen to the show again on the RTÉ player including all previous episodes. The show is broadcast every Saturday at 1300.

    Listen on Mixcloud

    Keep in touch with me on Twitter and Facebook, Insta and here on my website.