Yearly Archives: 2012

Oh wow! When I was in school if you liked music there was George Michael or Boy George, you couldn’t like both cos of some press stories and general bitchiness that was associated with thirty thirteen year old girls. I was always in the Greek’s corner but there was always something about Boy George O’Dowd [...]

So remember that Bollywood film, Ek Tha Tiger, that was shot in Dublin last year? Yeah, they’ve just released a song from the movie on YouTube and I’m dying now to see the full thing. It’s a cross between Riverdance and Bollywood so it’s probably a new genre of film Riverwood or Bollydance.. Just remember [...]

Thanks to everyone for listening tonight, I really appreciate it. Here’s what went down: 1. DJ Flip & Freezemaster Slick: Crossroads 2. Le Galaxie feat. Elaine Mai: Love System 3. Chat with Gary Dunne and Noel Finnegan of Le Cheile 4. Neon Wolf: All of It’s Yours 5. George Michael: White Light (Kinky Rowland remix) [...]

Every week I chose one song to be my Tune of the week , this week it comes from Irish band, Kodaline, who are about to release their debut EP. It will be out in September and one track from the E.P., Pray, is available to download for absolutely free from praydownload.kodaline.com. My tune of [...]

Culture Cafe will make a return to the national FM airwaves this Sunday night as part of 2XM takes over 2fm. Going to play some awesome new music from Kodaline, Le Galaxie and well, you’ll have to listen in to find out who else won’t you? I’m also going to be chatting to Noel Finnegan [...]

Every week it seems that I have something a little more in our nature reserve/garden to make me go wow! Yesterday was no different, I woke up and opened the curtains. The sun was shining, which it hasn’t done in a while. As I pulled back the curtains, I actually couldn’t believe what I was [...]

Time for another quickie with… This time, your anonymous faceless interviewer asks London based band Jeeps a few questions. It was really fun meeting Glen and Edvina and Portobello Harbour can be an interesting place, we had to combat canoeists and runaway dogs. Lots of fun actually! Enjoy! [...]

Podcast (culturecafe2xm): Play in new window | Download (Duration: 15:58 — 14.8MB) | Embed Episode 52: Thanks to my guests, photographer Isabelle Pateer and to Rob Murphy of Le Petit Cafe in Arklow. Here’s the playlist: 1. DJ Flip & Freezemaster Slick: Crossroads 2. The Chevin: Bue Eyes 3. Carosel: Know You More 4. Chat [...]

I actually found it really hard to write this. I enjoyed the gig so much that I didn’t want to appear gushing, but Oh My God! These guys are amazing. It’s not just JD, it’s the whole band who make this what it is. Something quite special indeed. You can read my review on Goldenplec. [...]

Today saw the unveiling of George Michael’s video for White Light. I’m not going to write anymore about the track, I’ve done that already except to say Oh My! I’m not sure any video could be more imagery packed.. Good job! [...]