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  • The London Ear on RTÉ 2XM // Show 194 with Meltybrains?

    The London Ear on RTÉ 2XM // Show 194 with Meltybrains?

    The London Ear on RTÉ 2XM // Show 194 with Meltybrains?

    Hello London, hello Ireland, hello Europe. On this week’s episode of The London Ear, I spoke to Brian and Donnacha from the mighty Meltybrains? They are such a good band.

    It’s a while since I’ve seen them live but I, and you, have the chance to sort that out this week. They are coming to London for an event in Rich Mix in Shoreditch along with Loah and Emmet Kirwan, which is being billed Alternative Ireland. Should be a great night.

    Meltybrains? are also embarking on a mammoth project this year as the are releasing 12 singles… they’ve already released three. Nine more to come.

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

    The London Ear on RTÉ 2XM // Show 194 May 12 2018 // Playlist

    Here’s the full playlist of what happened on this week’s episode of The London Ear.

    1. Childish Gambino: This is America
    2. Ben Khan: 2000
    3. Heavy Soda: Businessman
    4. Talos: Kansas
    5. Loah: This heart
    6. Meltybrains: sensitivity
    7. Chat with Meltybrains:
    8. Meltybrains: Fracture
    9. Kojacque: Eviction Notice
    10. Ryan O’Shaughnessy: Together
    11. Jay Pryer: Rich Kid$
    12. Joaquin Torres: Honey

    Listen On Demand to The London Ear

    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 Meltybrains from here

  • The London Ear on RTÉ 2XM // Show 156 with Linda Em

    The London Ear on RTÉ 2XM // Show 156 with Linda Em

    LondonEarShow156 - Linda Em

    It’s been a tough week for London but I have to say there’s a major sense of camaraderie and love in the air. Love will win.

    Chat with Linda Em

    On this week’s edition of The London Ear, I catch up with Waterford born, London based, roots/folk singer, Linda Em. Linda has just released a AA single Buccaneer / Stories and we had the chance to chat about the release as well as what it means to be Irish growing up in the UK.

    You can find out more on Linda’s website as well as Twitter and Facebook.

    The London Ear on RTÉ 2XM // Playlist June 10 2017

    1. Road Wives: Miracle
    2. Sinead Harnett feat Wretch 32: Heal You
    3. Loah: This Heart
    4. Graham Mitchell: Disappear
    5. U2: 40 (Live from Madison Square Garden 1987)
    6. Inca Maps: The Fall
    7. Linda Em: Stories
    8. Chat with Linda Em
    9. Linda Em: Buccaneer
    10.The Strypes: Behind Closed Doors
    11. Fangclub: Bad Words

    Listen On Demand to The London Ear

    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

    Watch the video for Linda Em’s Buccaneer

    https://youtu.be/RcMe4cbgrk0

  • The London Ear on RTÉ 2XM // Show 155 with Swimmers Jackson

    The London Ear on RTÉ 2XM // Show 155 with Swimmers Jackson

    Swimmers Jackson - London Ear Show 155

    Hey hey! Bank Holiday weekend in Ireland, I have to say that even though we had a Bank Holiday last weekend here in the UK, we’re still feeling a little left out. Never fear! Swimmers Jackson is here with his new single, ‘Summer’s Here’, to cheer us all up.

    Interview with Swimmers Jackson

    Swimmers Jackson is a London based Irish musician, he also plays in the band Bouts and is now involved with another London based band. The man likes to keep busy! If you’ve ever lived in Dublin and gone down to the canal with some mates, ‘Summer’s Here’ is the song for you!

    You can find out more about Swimmers aka Niall C Jackson on Facebook and Twitter. You can buy Summer’s Here from Bandcamp. You can also keep up to date with Niall’s travel blog.

    The London Ear on RTÉ 2XM // June 3rd 2017 Playlist

    1. Nousom Knots: Midnight
    2. Mark Geary: Battle of Troy
    3. Loah: This Heart
    4. Road Wives: Miracle
    5. Ailbhe Reddy: Fingertips
    6. Romes: Tryna Be
    7. Dreaming of Jupiter: Light of my Life
    8. Warsaw Radio: Still Have You To Hold
    9. Saint Sister: Causing Trouble
    10. Masasolo: Really Thought She Loved Me
    11. Chat with Swimmers Jackson
    12. Swimmers Jackson: Summer’s Here
    13. The Coronas: Reel Feel

    Listen On Demand to The London Ear

    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 Swimmers Jackson from Bandcamp © Niall Jackson

  • 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.