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  • The London Ear on RTE 2XM // Show 134 with Wes Dalton of Funny Feckers Comedy

    The London Ear on RTE 2XM // Show 134 with Wes Dalton of Funny Feckers Comedy

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    Today’s show featured a type of person that I’ve always been kinda scared to interview. What if I was crap? What if they had one liners I couldn’t respond to? Yes, I faced my fear and interviewed… a comedian!

    Wes Dalton chats about Funny Feckers comedy night

    Wes Dalton is an Irish comedian living in London and has set up not one, but two comedy nights in London.

    Every Thursday Funny Feckers has a home in Slam in Kings Cross. Every second Sunday night you can head along to Little Feckers in The Constitution in Camden.

    Entry is free and at the end of the night, you have the option of donating to a tip jar. Myself and Wes also chat about how you can get involved if you’re a budding stand up.

    You can keep up to date with Wes on Twitter. You can find Funny Feckers on Twitter and on Facebook.

    The London Ear on RTE 2XM // Show 134 // Playlist

    1. George The Poet: Wake Up
    2. Chase and Status feat. George The Poet: Spoken Word
    3. Columbo: Bad Behaviour
    4. Kmawa feat Stylo-Vera: Vowels
    5. Shaefri: Pixelate
    6. The Young Folk: Home
    7. We Cut Corners: Oh
    8. Chat with Wes Dalton of Funny Feckers
    9. James Darkin: Destroyed
    10. You Me At Six: Night People

    Listen Again

    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.

    Check out The London Ear on Facebook and Twitter

  • The London Ear on RTE 2XM // Show 131 with Jack O’Rourke

    The London Ear on RTE 2XM // Show 131 with Jack O’Rourke

    Jack O'Rourke - The London Ear 131 - nessymon.comEpisode 131 of The London Ear, gave me a chance to catch up with an artist who I had missed out on since moving to London.

    Interview with Jack O’Rourke

    Jack O’Rourke is a Cork musician with such a beautiful voice. It has a depth and warmth that many will envy. Think along the lines of John Grant or Leonard Cohen. He has just released his album ‘Dream Catcher’.

    You can find Jack on Twitter and Facebook or on his website. You can check out Dream Catcher on Spotify

    The London Ear on RTE 2XM // Show 131 // October 15 2016 // Playlist

    1. James Darkin: Chase
    2. Secret Cameras: Going Places
    3. Two Door Cinema Club: Gameshow
    4. The Academic: Mixtape 2003
    5. Gypsies on the Autobahn: Torrents
    6. Jack O’Rourke: Naviety
    7. Chat with Jack O’Rourke (Part 1)
    8. Jack O’Rourke: Iggy
    9. Chat with Jack O’Rourke (Part 2)
    10. Jack O’Rourke: On The Downlow
    11. The Japanese House: Face Like Thunder
    12. John Gibbons: Would I Lie To You?

    Listen Again

    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.

    Check out The London Ear on Facebook and Twitter

  • The London Ear on RTE 2XM // Show 130 with Abe Tarrush and Martin McNamara

    The London Ear on RTE 2XM // Show 130 with Abe Tarrush and Martin McNamara

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    On The London Ear this week I was delighted to be joined by with film maker and photographer Abe Tarrush and playwright Martin McNamara who chats about In The Shadow Or In The Shelter Festival.

    Abe Tarrush speaks about his short film ‘The Proposal’

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    I’ve known Abe Tarrush a few years now and I was delighted to be able to catch up with him while he was in London. Abe was passing through following the screening of ‘The Proposal’ at the inaugural Exit 6 Film Festival in Basingstoke.

    We had a great chat and I enjoyed hearing Abe chat about the process of filmmaking and hearing about having his short screened at a festival.

    You can keep up with Abe on Twitter

    Martin McNamara speaks about ‘In The Shadow or In The Shelter Festival’

    Martin McNamara nessymon.comMartin McNamara is a journalist and radio producer who has worked on ‘The Parting Glass’, a documentary presented by Fintan O’Toole on the Celtic Tiger. Martin also produced and presented ‘From Inside: The Guildford Four’ a documentary about the Guildford Four.

    As a playwright, his first full length play, The Magic Hour, was produced at the Brockley Jack in 2013 and his first film script, The Shy Russian, is under option with Future Films USA.

    Martin joined me to chat about ‘In The Shadow or In The Shelter Festival’. It’s a series of six one hour plays which tell the story of Irish immigrants to the UK from 1916 until today. Martin’s play ‘Traitors, Cads & Cowards’ runs as part of the festival.

    In Shadow and In Shelter Festival - nessymonThe festival runs in the Lion and the Unicorn Theatre and then moves to River to Colour House Theatre from October 21st to 23rd.

    You can get tickets for the Lion and Unicorn Theatre here and River to Colour House Theatre Here

    You can keep up with the festival on Facebook and Twitter.

    The London Ear on RTE 2XM // Show 130 // October 08 2016

    1. Wallis Bird: Control
    2. Divine Comedy: How Can You Leave Me on My Own
    3. Chat with Abe Tarrush
    4. Benjamin Francis Leftwich: Kicking Roses
    5. The Twigs: These Words
    6. The Four of Us: Sugar Island
    7. Chat with Martin McNamara
    8. Placebo: Jesus’ Son
    9. Two Door Cinema Club: Gameshow
    10. The Japanese House: Face Like Thunder
    11. James Darkin: Chase

    Listen Again

    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.

    Check out The London Ear on Facebook and Twitter

    Photo of Martin from his website

  • Tune of the Week // James Darkin – Chase

    Tune of the Week // James Darkin – Chase

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    As I was putting this week’s episode of The London Ear together, I received an email from James Darkin with the video for this song. Immediately I emailed back asking for the track to play on the radio.

    Who is James Darkin?

    James is an extremely talented sound engineer and producer. He’s head guy in Temple Lane Studios in Dublin and has worked on sessions for the likes of Rihanna and Will.i.am and has worked on mixes for Hozier, The Original Rudeboys and Plutonic Dust (who I love).

    Why make Chase ‘Tune of the Week’?

    I love James’ production and I love the electronic industrial-ness of ‘Chase’. This is an instrumental track and you don’t miss vocals. The track builds and ebbs beautifully. I’ve been playing it constantly since I heard it. Being totally honest, this is the kind of music I’d like to make.

    Chase is the follow up to Needle Noise from earlier this year and is taken from ‘Go No Matter What’, James’ album due out on October 31st.

    Hat tip also to Conor Donoghue for the ever so cleverly trippy video.

    You can find James at his website or on Facebook and Twitter

    Photo from here