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Girl from the North Country is a musical written and directed by Dublin playwright and screenwriter, Conor McPherson, using the songs of Bob Dylan. Dave chats to Conor about bringing his musical to The 3Olympia this week

The Baz Luhrman film that follows the life and career of Elvis Presley is bringing his music back into the spotlight. Professor of music at University College Cork, J. Griffith Rollefson, talks to Dave about the influence of Elvis on the course of modern music history

With everyone bursting to soak up some live music again, there’s a lot of interest in both established Festivals and newcomers to the scene. One such newcomer is Livestock Festival in county Galway. It’s the brainchild of married couple Cormac Jennings and Sharon Sweeney. Cormac chats to Dave about the festival and its interesting origins

Music Publicist Barbara Charone has written a memoir, ‘Access All Areas; A Backstage Pass Through 50 Years of Music And Culture’. A publicist at Warner Brothers Records for twenty years, Barbara Charone has experienced first-hand, the changes in the music landscape. She talks to Dave about her career and working with Madonna and Depeche Mode

Cian Sullivan joins Dave to discuss pride anthems.

Aifric joins Dave in studio to discuss the stories of the week.

Andrea Cleary joins Dave to discuss Glastonbury 2022.

Eoghan Cannon joins Dave to discuss the Obama's production being made in West Cork.

Niamh Farrell, singer with Irish band Ham Sandwich, joins Dave to discuss her favourite album, the Romeo + Juliet Motion Picture Soundtrack

Doug James, aka ‘Billy The Crowd Surfer’, received his new nickname after a legendary crowd surf at The Killers gig in Manchester last weekend. His antics caused the band to stop, mid song, to check on him. Dave chats to Doug about what happened

Last weekend people were surprised to see the Taoiseach, Micheál Martin, playing a bass guitar. He’s not the first politician to show their musical side. Alan Corr joins Dave to tell him about some other politicians who have appeared in bands or played to the masses

Ricki Wynne recently broke the world record for most vertical meters ascended and descended in 24 hours. Dave spoke to the Leitirm man about breaking the record on Croagh Patrick