So this week was show 70 on 2XM, time flies eh? Thanks to this week’s guests, musician Willy Moon and Mark O’Brien from axis in Ballymun. Here’s the running order of what happened:
1. DJ Flip & Freezemaster Slick: Crossroads
2. Stereophonics: In A Moment
3. Avec Sans: The Answer
4. Julie Feeney: Cold Water
5. Liz Lawrence: Bedroom Hero
6. Chat with Mark O’Brien, director of axis in Ballymun about Playground, arts mentoring initative
7. Solar Taxi: Saturday’s Children
8. The 1975: Sex
9. Willy Moon: I Wanna Be Your Man
10. Chat with Willy Moon (Part 1)
11. Willy Moon: Railroad Track
12. Chat with Willy Moon (Part 2)
13. Willy Moon: Yeah Yeah
14. Dutch Uncles: Fester
15. Everything Everything: Cough Cough
16. Walter Murphy: John & Lori at Work/A Walk in The Park
Pretty full show this week’s so much jammed in there that I didn’t get to play all of Avec Sans’ The Answer, thanks to my guests. Rachel Austin, Preachers Son and Motor Cycle Display Team. Don’t forget to enter the competition for a copy of Captatio Benevolentio.
Here’s what I managed to squeeze into sixty minutes:
1. DJ Flip & Freezemast Slick: Crossroads
2. The Rolling Stones: Doom And Gloom
3. Mark Geary feat Jenna Nicholls: That’s What They All Say
4. Rachel Austin: Appletree
5. Chat with Rachel Austin
6. Rachel Austin: Don’t Call Me
7. Chat with Preachers Son
8. Preachers Son: Come On
9. Motorcycle Display Team: Betweenager
10. Chat with Motorcycle Display Team
11. Motorcycle Display Team: Better Than Sex
12. Motorcycle Display Team: Brickwall
13. Avec Sans: The Answer
Show 64: Since there was a ickle technical hitch last week, I thought it only fair that I air the interviews I did with Example and with Frank Benbini from Fun Lovin Criminals.
Here’s today’s playlist:
1. DJ Flip & Freezemaster Slick: Crossroads
2. Bastille: Bad Blood
3. Fun Lovin’ Criminals: Scooby Snacks
4. Chat with Frank Benbini of Fun Lovin’ Criminals (Listen to the interview podcast here)
5. Fun Lovin’ Criminals: Korean Bodega
6. Fun Lovin’ Criminals: Loco
7. Chvrches: The Mother We Share
8. The Other Tribe: Skirts
10. Example: Say Nothing
11. Interview with Example (Listen to the Podcast Here)
12. Example: Changed the Way You Kissed Me
13. Skream & Example: Shot Yourself In The Foot
14. Example: Won’t Go Quietly
16. Strange Boats: Boys Walk Faster Than Girls
17. The Plea: Staggers Anthem
Thanks for listening, remember you can listen to the show anytime on the RTÉ player. The show is broadcast on Wednesdays at 2pm and repeated on Sunday nights at 9pm GMT on RTÉ 2XM
I had the pleasure of attending the launch of the Spirit of Folk festival last month and took a little video footage on my handy pocket camera. I’ve finally got round to putting the bits together.
Spirit of Folk takes place this year from Friday 21st to Sunday 23rd of September in Dunderry Park in County Meath and features a wealth of folk favourites and also some hugely exciting new acts. Amongst the line up are John Spillane and Glastonbury faves Treetop Flyers. I saw John a while back and I don’t think I’ve ever laughed so much at a gig, hugely entertaining.
Full music line up includes:John Spillane; Treetop Flyers; Lisa O’Neill; The Henry Girls; The Spook of the Thirteenth Lock; Túcan; Mossy Nolan; Little X’s for Eyes; Cry Monster Cry; Jig Away the Donkey ;Aoife Scott; The Hot Sprockets; Pete Cummins; Gypsy Rebble Rabble; The Young Folk; The Eskies; Wookalily; Coscán; The Man Whom; The Bonny Men; John Blek and the Rats; David Hope; Wyvern Lingo; Traz; Bunoscoinn; Hidden Highways; Trad Side of the Moon; Twin Headed Wolf; Wicker Bones; Tír na Nóg; Lynched; Alpaca Jamboree; JP Trio & Niamh; TAC; Ross Breen; Mark Maxwell; Easy Buoy; Corner Boy; Valentine Black; Joy Booth; Gordon Reeves; The Greasy Coat Stringband; No Bread; Polly Barrett
It’s not just all music though. There’ll be lots of family friendly talks and workshops with arts, crafts, games, folklore and much more will keep everyone, not just folk music lovers happy over the weekend. Including :
A ‘Living History’ area will be at the Festival where you can see ancient crafts and skills brought to life by experimental archaeologists, and festival-goers will get a chance to witness a weapon-smith’s products in action at battle re-enactments.
A range of talks and workshops on holistic lifestyle and ecology will take place in a beautiful nordic tipi, where Irish Shamanic and Druidic ceremonies will be held in an intimate and immersive environment.
Storytellers will be on hand to spin their lively and legendaryyarns in a replica Megalithic chambered Cairn, and in addition to this there will be a games area, falconry displays, archery and a host of market stalls selling wares.
Weekend camping tickets start at €85. Day tickets cost €45, and children under 14 can go free. More information on the festival, including the full line-up and range of activities can be found at www.spiritoffolk.com
If it’s half as much fun as the launch night was it will be a blast!
I had the pleasure of attending the launch of the