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  • Culture Cafe on RTÉ 2XM Playlist and Podcast Show 23:28/12/2011

    Culture Cafe 23Last show of the year, great honour and opportunity to get on 2XM this year, thanks to Mark for giving me the chance and to you for listening. A special thanks also to everyone who I chatted to on the show, without you there wouldn’t be a show. Thanks

    1. DJ Flip & Freezemaster Slick: Crossroads

    2. Dot Rotten: Keep It On The Low

    3. Chat with Zoe Keers, Manager of National Youth Orchestra of Ireland

    4. Maverick Sabre: No One

    5. Chat with Aidan

    6. Aidan: Bells of The Morning

    7. Chat with Michelle from Carosel

    8. Carosel: Star

    9. Nero: Reaching Out

    10. Chat with Andrew Handrick

    11. Andrew Handrick: Alibi

    12. Caan: Now Hear This My Friends

    Don’t forget you can listen to the full show at any time on the fancy RTÉ player.

  • Culture Cafe on RTÉ 2XM Show 22 Playlist and Podcast:21/12/2011

    Culture Cafe 22

    Episode 22 of Culture Cafe on RTÉ 2XM, here’s what happened:

    1. DJ Flip & Freezemaster Slick: Crossroads

    2. Maccabees: Pelican

    3. Clock Opera: Once and For All

    4. Chat with Daniel Spencer of Pegbar.ie

    5. Autamata: Liberty Bell

    6. Cathy Davey: Bad Weather

    7. Event Guide with Kevin McCabe

    8. Train: Shake Up Christmas

    9. Slow Moving Millie: Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want

    10. Chat with Leo Moran of the Saw Doctors

    11. Saw Doctors: Downtown

    12. Little Comets: Worry

    13. Lana Del Ray: Off to the Races.

    14. Katie Herzig: Make A Noise

    15. The Duke Spirit: Don’t Wait

    16. Fixers: Majesties Ranch

    Thanks for listening.

  • Tune of the Week 30/12/2012: The Animators

    theanimatorsI got send the video for this track yesterday and saying it’s quality is a little bit of an understatement. I think 2011 brought the Irish hiphop scene into a lot more people’s consciousness and with the arrival of Lethal Dialect’s LD50 Part 2 at the end of January and this piece of awesomeness from The Animators, Irish Hiphop is looking safe for 2012. I love the old school soul vibe about this track, produced by Mathman, aka Breakonomics’ Adam Fogarty, this is the kind of track that could be huge. Love it!

  • Bono, Glen Hansard and Liam O’Maonlai: Busking on Grafton St, Dublin

    Another Christmas Eve, another chance for Bono, Liam O’Maonlai and Glen Hansard to get together for an auld song on Grafton St. This has become something of a tradition now as the lads do their bit for charity but it’s a pity Bono couldn’t remember/didn’t know the words to Mic Christopher’s Heyday.

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