Arts and gig news, and two poems this week, with tracks from Alannis Morrisette, Adele, Blondie, Brian Deady, Freddie White, and David Bowie amongst others! Enjoy the sunshine; enjoy the show!
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Radio work
The Western Skyline Podcast – 19 May 2018
On The Western Skyline: The Silver Branch screens in Kinvara, news of two art exhibitions in New Quay & Ballyvaughan, a callout to young musicians for a new orchestral initiative in Galway, ‘The Only Jealousy of Emer’ – Yeats’ s play is being performed at Thoor Ballylee, Ennistymon Book Town Festival events, and news of the Galway Early Music Festival
Plus tracks by Fat Boy Slim, The Eurythmics, Erasure, Eric Clapton, Derek & the Dominos, Lynard Skynard, M People, Thompson Twins, Madness, and M C Hammer
Comments to @karenjmcdonnell karenjmcdonnell.com or kinvarafm@gmail.com
The Western Skyline Podcast – 05 May 2018
A blend of World Music and the best of the Irish tradition, with theatre and art news, and a lowdown of what’s happening this bank holiday weekend at the Cuckoo Fleadh here in Kinvara. Plus poems with a cuckoo theme.
Music includes Ali Farka & Ry Cooder, Alain Stivell, Andy Irvine in collaboration with Paul Brady, Davy Spillane and a host of Irish & Eastern European musicians, Boubacar Traore, Clannad, and finale from De Dannan.
I really enjoyed putting this set together – I hope you like it!
The Western Skyline Podcast – 21 April 2018
PLAYING TRACKS BY
Talking Heads, Big Country, Stevie Nicks, Don Henley,Blur, Howard Jones, Dire Straits, Billy Joel, Stockton’s Wing.
On The Western Skyline: a look at some of the coming events at the Cúirt literary festival in Galway. Gigs in Gort, Galway and Kilfenora. More news from the ‘Bosom Pals’ fundraising publication for www.breastcancerresearch.ie– an exhibition of Ruth Cadden’s illustrations for the book (see the image with this podcast c. Ruth Cadden).
Also, birthdays. And a haiku to mark Poetry Day Ireland on Thursday 26th April.
Enjoy!
The Western Skyline Podcast – 07 April 2018
Tonii Kelly of Guaire Magazine joined me in studio today with an update on their children’s writing competition, and deadlines. Workshops have taken place during the winter and the closing date for the competition is 20 April. Full details and entry forms at guaire.org
Also on the show – news of ballet, theatre, gigs and concerts around Galway and Ennis, with more info on exhibitions in Kinvara.
Plus music from The Black-eyed Peas, Robert Palmer, Aimee Mann, The Script, The Beautiful South, Roxy Music, Rufus Wainwright, and Rickie Lee Jones.
Thanks for listening!
The Western Skyline Podcast – 24 March 2018
The Western Skyline – slightly shorter than usual! The panic when the playlist didn’t open. But still, we got there in the end!
Arts news – Anne Korff at the Courthouse Gallery, a concert for Easter, audio of Robert Kennedy: Martin Luther King’s 50th anniversary is April 4th – we remember the event.
Also, music by the Rolling Stones, The Waterboys, U2, Tracy Chapman, The Pogues, Stevie Wonder, and Ms. Lauryn Hill
Hope everyone had a great Easter.
The Western Skyline Podcast – 10 March 2018
This Western Skyline is all about The Mammy. Four poems this week, by Irish poets. And we play your requests for your mum. Plus some arts news, and wonderful classical music; instrumental and vocal.
The playlist includes Vivaldi, JS Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Elgar and Satie.
Enjoy. Hope you spoiled The Mammy!
The Western Skyline Podcast – 10 February 2018
Hi! Below is a link to the latest from The Western Skyline, on Kinvara FM.com . The radio station has applied for its 70-day licence, and we hope to be broadcasting live on air again soon. Roll on 92.4fm! In the meantime, you can always catch the shows at weekends from 12-8pm. And the podcasts, of course.
On The Western Skyline, tracks from various American songbooks – featuring Sarah Vaughan, Billie Holiday, Billy Joel, Suzanne Vega, The Carpenters, and Carole King. Also music from Britain, home, and the Antipodes.
Arts news includes theatre, shows, a writing workshop for children, and a local art project – The Witches Knickers. To find out more about that, go to the Russell Gallery in New Quay next Saturday!
The Western Skyline Podcast – 27 January 2018
This week on Kinvara FM, The Western Skyline looks at film, theatre and festival news. There’s a poem, and the music is traditional and folk from some of Ireland’s greatest performers – including Stockton’s Wing, Martin Hayes, Denis Cahill, The Chieftains, Seamus Ennis, Shaun Davey, Rita Connolly, The Bothy Band, and Liam Og O’Flynn. A special treat is the 11 minutes 36 seconds track: ‘Lord Baker’, sung by Sinead O’Connor & Christy Moore.
Enjoy the show.
The Western Skyline Podcast – 13 January 2018
The first Western Skyline of 2018 has an eclectic mix of music spanning 60 years – from the Beatles, Cockney Rebel, the Alan Parsons Project, Carly Simon, Sting, The Script, and others. There are details of the Music for Galway Midwinter Festival and of the planned commemoration at Kiltartan of Major Robert Gregory, on the 100th anniversary of his death in WWl (see image). I hope you enjoy the show.
Feedback is always welcome!
Karen J McDonnell 