Returning to Liverpool
Liverpool Irish Festival returns for their 20th festival this week, with ten days of 40+ Irish arts and culture events celebrating the connections between Liverpool and Ireland...
Ending the silence
Jaki McCarrick told David Hennessy about her play Belfast Girls which tells the story of the Irish orphan girls that were shipped out of...
Another round of Coronas
Danny O’Reilly, lead singer of The Coronas told David Hennessy about the band’s new album, being joined onstage by his mother Mary Black at...
Happy Gilmore
Singer- songwriter Thea Gilmore told David Hennessy about escaping a toxic relationship, touring with Joan Baez and Bruce Springsteen saying he liked her cover...
Still doing something right
Foster and Allen told David Hennessy about their new album, how they started in Kilburn and collaborating with young stars like Shayne Ward.
After 47...
The Smiths’ final album… 35 years on
Mike Joyce, former drummer with The Smiths told David Hennessy about 35 years since Strangeways, Here We Come, his Irish upbringing and his current...
Murphys’ law
Ken Casey of Boston Celtic rockers Dropkick Murphys told David Hennessy about their new album, breathing new life into Woody Guthrie’s words and how...
Loretta Lynn, country music icon, dead at 90
The original ‘Coal Miner’s Daughter’ – and bona fide Queen of Country Music - Loretta Lynn died today, aged 90, at her home in...
Getting back on the horse
Film maker Kim Bartley told David Hennessy about Pure Grit, the award-winning documentary that gives insight into both the dangerous world of bareback racing...