He had a lifelong passion for music, playing guitar in a folk band. His special Christmas morning programme, Calling Home, became another radio institution, connecting families at home and abroad for several decades. He presented his own weekday morning show on Radio Ulster throughout the 1990s...
The Irish Concertina Orchestra with Michael McGoldrick, John McCusker, John Doyle, Cormac McCarthy and the CSM big Jazz BandSaturday, 6 May 2023, 7.30pm Glór, EnnisAdded by Ellie Byrne Promotions Facebook Twitter LinkedIn WhatsApp 分享 0 503 Discover the extraordinary sonic ...
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John Byrne Band, "The Immigrant & The Orphan," 2015 John Byrne wrote the lead track of "The Immigrant and the Orphan" for his dad. But "Sing On Johnny" speaks as much to the same-named son as the father. Byrne knows the older man is okay as long as he keeps playing. Byrne himse...
Based on Roddy Doyle's novel of the same name, 'The Commitments' told the tale of a group of Dubliners forming a soul band under the tutelage of a local music geek. With the exception of the character of the older trumpet player, director Alan Parker cast unknown Irish musicians instead ...
The otherworldly synth sounds. Indulgent instrumental interludes. David Byrne’s unnerving blank stare. Talking Heads’ 'Saturday Night Live' debut was equal parts impressive and weird - but we’re pretty sure that’s how the band likes it! With their one-of-a-kind interpretation of Al Green...
Around the Dublin galleries: from Sir John Lavery to Gerard Byrne, there is a wealth of Irish art on offer in the capital.Woolmer, Susannah
Liagis an album of music from South-West Donegal that has been gestating for about thirty years. It concentrates on the more obscure corners of the repertoire and, indeed, there are only two I’m certain I’ve heard before. Dermot Byrne (button accordion and melodeon) is the Donegal man ...
In Tua Nua’s Paul Byrne on an album that influenced his band’s songwriting. In Tua Nua Niall Byrne Sat Dec 29 2018 - 05:00 Sitting in our cramped tour minibus driving across Europe in the summer of 1987, Martin Clancy passed me a cassette and said "Listen to this". I...
The otherworldly synth sounds. Indulgent instrumental interludes. David Byrne’s unnerving blank stare. Talking Heads’ 'Saturday Night Live' debut was equal parts impressive and weird - but we’re pretty sure that’s how the band likes it! With their one-of-a-kind interpretation of Al Green...