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  • Tune of the Week // Loah – This Heart

    Tune of the Week // Loah – This Heart

    Loah - tune of the week - nessymon.comOne of the things I really miss about Dublin is popping into town and seeing some of the great local musical acts gigging that week. I haven’t seen Loah live yet but I really can’t wait to.

    Who is Loah?

    Loah is Sallay Matu Garnett, who grew up between Maynooth in Co Kildare and Sierra Leone. She’s already worked with Villagers and co-wrote ‘Something New’ with Hozier, from his mega selling album. Oh yeah, they only went and won BMI award for that.

    Loah describes her sound as ‘ArtSoul’, combining soul with West African influences. The first track I had heard by Loah was ‘Cortege’, a song sung in Sherbro and Mende, languages of Sierra Leone.

    ‘This Heart’ is sung in the English tongue and will make the track far more accessible to a radio audience. I’d like to add here that people are weird, we’ll watch the Eurovision which has the guts of 40 countries and different languages, but many don’t want to hear anything else on our radios only English. Much like ‘foreign film’, ‘World music’ seems to be a niche for the masses.

    ‘This Heart’ puts Loah firmly front and centre of the great soul singers of our generation. Her influences are blended together beautifully on ‘This Heart’. She’s got a fantastic tone to her voice, she reminds me of someone or something in a time of yore. Listening to ‘This Heart’ gives me the hairs on the back of my neck that I don’t feel too often and wish I felt more with some music, like the first time I heard Sade’s Ordinary Love.

    I’ve listened to this song over and over in the past few days. It doesn’t dull, it doesn’t lessen the impact. Loah and ‘This Heart’, we’ve got something special.

    ‘This Heart’ is the title track from and EP released on June 16th and this is the first time Loah has tried the UK market. She’s going to make a splash.

    You can find out more about Loah on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

  • The London Ear on RTE 2XM // Show 123 with Shura

    The London Ear on RTE 2XM // Show 123 with Shura

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    Show 123 with Shura // July 9 2016

    I was delighted to finally get Shura on the show. Her album, ‘Nothing’s Real’, came out this week and it thoroughly deserves your attention.

    Here’s what happened:

    1. Remi: Substance Therapy
    2. MØ: Final Song
    3. Hozier: Better Love
    4. Wyvern Lingo: Left Hand Free / Don’t Let Go
    5. Júníus Meyvant: Signals
    6. Cathy Davey: The Pattern
    7. Shura: Touch
    8. Chat with Shura (Part 1)
    9. Shura: What’s it Gonna Be
    10. Chat with Shura (Part 2)
    11. Shura: White Light
    12. Twin Atlantic: No Sleep

    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.

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  • The London Ear on RTE 2XM // Show 109

    The London Ear on RTE 2XM // Show 109

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    The London Ear // Show 109 // February 20 2016

    I decided this week to play you some of the best music I’ve heard over the past week or so. I guess I’m like most people. I never fall out of love with music. Never ever. But sometimes I guess I’m more in love with it. Does that make sense? It does to me.

    Here’s what I played:

    1. Animal Collective: FloriDada
    2. Primal Scream: Where the light gets in
    3. Touch: Shura feat Twalib kweli
    4. Daughter: Numbers
    5. Take it there: Massive Attack feat Tricky
    6. At Most a Kiss: Blossoms
    7. Jake Isaac: War is our name
    8. Hozier: Cherry Wine
    7. Swings and Waterslides: Viola Beach
    8. Yeasayer: I am Chemistry
    9. Lucius: Born Again Teen
    10. The 1975: The Sound
    11. Don’t Get No Betta: Timbaland feat Milla J
    12. Rinse and Repeat: Riton feat Kahlo

    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.

  • The London Ear on RTE 2XM // Show 108 with Wyvern Lingo

    The London Ear on RTE 2XM // Show 108 with Wyvern Lingo

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    The London Ear on RTE 2XM // Show 108 with Wyvern Lingo // Feb 6 2016

    On this week’s show I’m catching up with Wyvern Lingo. I met up with the band in Brixton Academy, where they were opening for Hozier on his three night sell out run, part of his UK tour.

    I really enjoyed the chat and the ladies were lovely! It was a big week for them on Wednesday they also played their biggest London headline show so far. Not bad for a week’s work! Oh, have to say thanks to Anne, Tour Manager for the band, for all her help, cheers buddy!

    Here’s what happened:

    1. The London Ear Intro
    2. Primal Scream: Where the Light gets in
    3. Blossoms: At Most A Kiss
    4. Massive Attack Feat Tricky & 3D: Take it There
    5. Yeasayer: I am Chemistry
    6. Chat with Wyvern Lingo (Part 1)
    7. Wyvern Lingo: Subside
    8. Chat with Wyvern Lingo (Part 2)
    9. Wyvern Lingo: Letter to Willow
    10. Victoria + Jean: Hårligt Sverige
    11. Class A’z feat Liam Geddes: Something’s Coming
    12: Death Grips: Runway D

    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.

    The London Ear on RTE 2XM // Show 108 with Wyvern Lingo by Nessy on Mixcloud