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  • The London Ear 304 with Gemma Dunleavy and FiCat

    The London Ear 304 with Gemma Dunleavy and FiCat

    The London Ear Show 304 with Gemma Dunleavy and FiCat

    Hello! A little delayed in getting this online, my apologies.

    It was really great to get the opportunity to speak to two fantastic women on this week’s show. Both are really interesting artists, doing great things in their areas of music.

    Interview with Gemma Dunleavy

    Gemma Dunleavy promo shot, looking down at the camera

    Gemma Dunleavy is an immensely talented artist. A musician and film maker, she’s been honing her hip hop style for the past few years. That has brought her to releasing her current EP. ‘Up De Flats’, which focuses on the community of Sheriff Street in Dublin. What you end up with a collection of real stories about people and situations set in a beautiful soundscape.

    For me, this is another chapter of music about Dublin life, file next to A Lazarus Soul and Mango X Mathman.

    You can find out more about Gemma on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook. Buy Up De Flats on Bandcamp.

    Interview with FiCat

    Singer FiCat promo shot, looking upwards to the right

    I really enjoyed catching up with FiCat. Here’s the thing, FiCat was actually in my year in DCU when I returned to study as a mature student. It was a pleasant surprise to find out that following a stint living in Berlin, she had returned to Ireland and was now releasing music under the moniker, FiCat.

    All My Love is FiCat’s first single and it’s a seriously danceable track. I really enjoyed our chat about how life is back in Dublin, how FiCat found a new love of trad music in Berlin and much more besides.

    FiCat has a gig (remember those?) scheduled for March 27th 2021, Upstairs at Whelans. You can buy tickets for the gig from Ticketmaster.

    You can find out more about FiCat on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Check out her music on Spotify.

    The London Ear 304, August 8 2020 // Playlist

    Here’s what was on the menu on today’s episode of The London Ear.

    1. Ailbhe Reddy: Between Your Teeth
    2. Chat with Gemma Dunleavy Part 1
    3. Gemma Dunleavy: Setting Son
    4. Chat with Gemma Dunleavy Part 2
    5. Gemma Dunleavy: Up De Flats
    6. Kynsy: Cold Blue Light
    7. Chat with FiCat
    8. FiCat: All My Love
    9. Biig Piig: Don’t Turn Around

    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 // 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