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Songs to Learn and Sing: EP 1000 - the final episode
A few words on Episode 1000 of Songs to Learn and Sing taking in: Cork Campus Radio, West Dublin Access Radio, Dublin City FM, 30 years of community radio, Echo & the Bunnymen, and more.
Peel Sessions
On the 20th anniversary of Peel’s passing, a few words on John Peel Sessions taking in: Irish bands recording Peel Sessions, Irish Trad and Folk, Punk and beyond, Strange Fruit Records, The Smiths, The Go-Betweens, New Order, Joy Division, Microdisney, Jubilee Allstars, Billy Bragg, Stump, The Would Be’s, Finbar & Eddie Furey, LMNO Pelican, Na Filí, The Fall, Five Go Down to the Sea? and more.
Spadgietown
A few words on: Nine Wassies From Bainne’s The Knock Bonya Express and “Spadgietown” - Cathal Coughlan’s short story about Five Go Down to the Sea’s Finbarr Donnelly.
SKiN and BONE
A few words on Skin and Bone taking in: John Robb’s Death to Trad Rock, the post-punk mid-80s fanzine scene, Five Go Down to the Sea?, The Mekons, The Membranes, The Fall’s Brix Smith and Craig Scanlon, A Witness, Big Flame, and more.