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  • First Thursdays Dublin – September 1st

    First Thursdays DublinIf you haven’t wandered around Dublin City on one of the First Thursday nights, you really are missing out. Last month I checked it out Temple Bar and there was a brilliant buzz.

    It’s a night where reative spaces and galleries open their doors to the public after hours.. So instead of going late night shopping on a Thursday you can have a relaxing jaunt through the city centre and see what’s to offer.

    The idea came from First Thursdays in London and the whole thing is organized by the good peeps at Temple Bar Cultural Trust. (more…)

  • Culture Cafe on RTE 2XM Show 6 Playlist and Podcast : 31/08/2011

    Culture Cafe 6Thanks to all my guest for today’s show. As well as the interviews, the podcast now features Kev’s Event Guide.

    Here’s what happened:

    1. DJ Flip & Freezemaster Slick: Crossroads

    2. Bombay Bicycle Club: Shuffle

    3. Chat with Paula Hanely from Cork County Arts Office about Culture Night.

    4. Alarmist: Vitamin Saturday

    5. Chat with David Ribi who plays Bobby in Dreamboats and Petticoats currently running in The Gaiety.

    6. My Morning Jacket: True Love Ways

    7. Super Heavy: Miracle Worker

    8. Chat with Shane Byrne about his play Twenty Ten in the Project Arts as part of Dublin Fringe Festival.

    10. Royseven: You Say, We Say (Recommended Free Legal Download available from Facebook.com/RoysevenOffical)

    11. The Event Guide with Kevin McCabe

    12. Chat with Caroline Duke from Spirit of Folk Festival.

    13. Arrow in The Sky: Promises

    14. Chat with Toby Kaar

    15. Toby Kaar: Bread

    I’m also going to have the full interview with Toby Kaar available as a podcast.

    Don’t forget Culture Cafe is broadcast on RTE 2XM on Wednesdays at 1000 and repeated on Sundays at 2100. You can listen online on digital radio and on UPC Channel 944.

    Thanks for listening!

  • Culture Cafe on RTE 2XM: Nightbox Interview

    Culture Cafe nightboxAs a follow up to the interview on last week’s Culture Cafe and the written piece on my blog, I’ve been asked by some people if I would share the audio from my interview with Nick and James from Canadian/Irish Band Nightbox, who are based in Toronto.

    Here it is, we chat about everything from Sweeney’s chips in Greystones, music to even the weather.. here it is! Oh, if you’re in town tonight, August 30th, catch the guys at The Academy 2 tonight, they played at Reading and Leeds last weekend and will also be at Electric Picnic this weekend.

  • Free Music Monday 29/08/2011: Ben Carrigan

    bencarriganHow many of you have gone..’Ben Carrigan ? Where do I know that name from?’ It is he, one fifth of The Thrills back with a new solo album ‘The Greatest Narrators’, due out at the end of September. ‘You knew it all along’ is not a bad track, definitely a bit of a grower and it seems like Ben has been getting his teeth stuck into this one. (We’ll even forgive him for using Papyrus on his website.)

    His bio tells me that Ben has been busy completed a course in Orchestral Studies in the Berklee School of Music and that he also has been busy doing scores for film and TV. There’s something I didn’t know!