TheIrishTimesOur Podcast no six is already over one thousand listens so we must be doing something right.
CarlowOperaIts Day 8 and Podcast 6 in The Irish Times Election 2011 audio series. Its a busy morning and Michael O'Regan gives his verdict on last night's Tv debate while Political Editor, Stephen Collins, talk up reform and why its on the agenda.
madeinirelandEpisode 4 is Broadcast on the 24th of October 2011 on the Today with Pat Kenny Show on Rte radio 1, presented by Ella McSweeney
Seeing the Light
“One day you will get out of bed and it will just happen”, so said the Irish stained glass artist Willie Earley to his young apprentice, Evan Connon, who had spent 3 years perfecting the art of drawing in his Dundrum studio. Stained glass artistry was in the blood. Evan’s grandfather worked for the genius Harry Clarke. Evan shows Ella his studio and shows her his favourite piece of Harry Clarke work in North Dublin. She meets Willie Earley and sees one of his last pieces of work in Co. Meath.
HighFidelityJJEpisode 18 broadcast on 12th September broadcast on RTÉ lyric fm at 7pm.
Abbey Road
Perhaps the most influential band and song-writing duo in the 20th century. The Beatles story, songbook and the legacy of Paul McCarthy and John Lennon. The story of Abbey Road Recording Studios and the bands who have made history there including Pink Floyd and the Shadows.
HighFidelityJJEpisode 14 will be broadcast on RTÉ lyric fm on 15th August at 7pm
Folk to Pop
From the 1950s onwards sound recording make it easier to capture and preserve folk music, musicians, songs and singers like the blind Hungarian fiddler Zerkula or Irish sean nós singer Labhrás ó Cadhla. It’s a folk legacy which flows into modern music and composition/performance inspiring the folk music revival led by people like Pete Seeger, Ewan McColl and in Ireland Dominic Behan and Luke Kelly. This episodes features Simon & Garfunkel, Peggy Seeger, Roberta Flack, Christy Moore, Moving Hearts, Paul Brady and Karan Casey. We Hear Julie singing ‘The Reaper’ a traditional song she learnt from June Tabor and we get the story behind the folk song Scarborough Fair.
athenamediaieDeath of an Empire is a 5 part series which begins on Saturday 7th January at 7.30pm on RTÉ Radio 1. The series explores twenty years since the dissolution of the Soviet Union led by Seamus Martin, former Moscow correspondent of The Irish Times, and exploring what made the Soviet Union, what lead to its collapse and what it’s like inside modern Russia today.