Eva Porter 2011

Eva Porter interview Friday Oct 14th 2011

Well after a long spell I decided it was time to invite Eva back into the studio once again to see how she is getting on since we last spoke.First and foremost I must stress I am a big Eva Porter fan, so this report may be biased but hey its my blog. now the wonderful Eva Porter for those that might not know is a very talented singer songwriter from Carrigtwohill in County Cork. What made this lady so special in the first instance was her desire to write some songs, record an album, sing on it and release it to the world. Nothing special in that you may say well you would be wrong, the reason it was so significant is simple, She had never sang in public, she had never recorded before, and in the music world she had left it a lot later then many other singer songwriters to start her musical journey.

David Blaize

David Blaize interview Friday 23rd Sept 2011

This week I had the pleasure of chatting with David Blaize singer songwriter from Cork. David who hails from Tralee in Co Kerry but now living in Cork has been playing music for aseveral years now but its only in the last year or two that he has decided to branch out a little more as a singer songwriter.  I first came across David on Myspace and while listening to some of his tunes decided I would contact him and see would he do an interview, I sent off an email and the following day I got a reply from David musch to my surprise he agreed to an interview so we set it up and he arrived at the studio on time and in great form.

Cormac O Caoimh

Cormac O Caoimh interview Aug 25th 2011.
There are weeks when all around you do great interviews, a friend of mine interviewed Jeremy Irons another interviewed several stars at Cork Opera House, but me, I think I topped them all off.  One of the reasons I decided to do this radio show and continue to do it was it gave me a chance to interview singer songwriters, the real deal of the music world, the unsung hero so to speak who normally go unnoticed.  The first time I came across Cormac O Caoimh he was on the bill  with The 4 of Us in Cypres Avenue in Cork, we got chatting after his set and I invited him down to have a chat on radio. I got home and put on his CD  "Start a Spark" and was blown away with the strength of his songs, I decided that I would have to follow up on the interview idea and email him to be sure. The following day I emailed and got an immediate response it was all set. Today was that day and as it turned out a special day. Cormac O Caoimh singer songwriter from Cork arrived in studio,  complete with guitar and on time.

Tango Extremo

Tango Extremo interview August 18th 2011

Ah What a week its been this week I had the pleasure of meeting and chating with the group Tango Extremo from The Netherlands who were on tour here in Ireland. Tanya Schaap who plays violin and is the artistic director was accompanied in studio by the rest of the group. Ben van den Dungeon who plays soprano saxophone, Rob van Kreeveld the pianist of the group, Matias Pedrana from Argintina on accordion and Bandoneon and Stefan Lievestro on the double bass.

Pat Short

Interview on Thursday 28th July 2011.

Where does one start this write up. Ever since I played a song "Sit Down for the raffle",by Pat Shortt and Jon Kenny, I wanted to have Pat on this show as a guest. When my sister working as assistant director on the film "Man about Dog" told me all about this fella called Pat Shortt, I knew we would one day cross paths. Then, one of the greatest hours on radio ever with Joe Rooney, who now appears in Killinaskully,  followed by the legend Mike Hanrahan from Stocktons Wing who is The Chef, the main man and leading light in the kitchen in Pat Shortts bar in Castlemyrter. guested on my radio show. The signs were there, it was only a matter of getting the timing right.

Hell for Leather

Hell for Leather interview Thursday 14th July 2011

We caught up with the group Hell for Leather once again, after our first interview last year things have moved on since for the band. I asked the lads what was new in the world of this band. Well the band has increased by one bringing the group to four. The inclusion of an accordion player from Dripsey has added an element of lunacy that this group has not seen before. Ritchie is a welcome addition and Pete O Keeffe on guitar from Lisgould. Add in the tow lads who were int he studio today Mike and Ken then you have a bunch of lads who truly love their music and what they do.

Wall St Thieves

The Wall St Thieves Interview 7th July

Well we had the lads back in studio today, after their last visit its been mad with the amount of calls from listeners asking "when are they coming back on" to keep everyone happy we got them back into studio again.   The band consist of Eric Doherty on Guitar /Vocals, Che Horgan also Guitar /Vocals, Shane Norberg on Bass/Vocals, Dereck O’Shea on Drums. This week we had the pleasure of just two lads Che and Eric Dereck and Shane were unavailable to come into the studio but it was good to be able to relax and talk with familiar faces. 

Roy Buckley

Roy Buckley interview on 1st July 2011

Cork singer songwriter Roy Buckley joined me today for a chat about music and how things have been going for him so far this year. Roy has been on the show before and at the drop of a hat he would pick up his guitar and sing a song and this time it was no different. Today we spoke about his upcoming shows this weekend where he would have some very special guests on stage

Fil Campbell

Interview recorded on Thur 30th June 2011

Well this week I had the pleasure of meeting with musician ,songwriter and great singer Fil Campbell and percussionist Tom McFarland, both who took time out of their busy schedule to come to Youghal and sit in with me for an hour to talk about music,song’s and life’s great mysteries. Fil has to date recorded  over five albums mixing many old songs with her own compositions which give the listener a great choice of sounds to listen to and to be carried away on. To top it off she presented her own radio and TV shows in Ireland

Bassline

Bassline interview Friday 24th June 2011


I thought I was in for another normal Friday radio show, start with the weather,play some music interview a new band and go through the papers for the weekend tv listings. Suffice to say I never even got to read the weather. Bassline the band had arrived in the studio and after that it was more like a sit down chat, craic and talk about music in a local bar. At one stage I even forgot we were on air.

Carol Keniry

Carol Keniry interview 17th June 2011


Well its not often I am impressed by the talents of a singer so young, but this week speaking to singer songwriter guitar player Carol Keniry I have to say I was impressed by so many things. Her attitude, her skill, her voice, her style and her personality. Sitting in a studio being interviewed by yours truly is never an easy thing to have to put up, with but Carol took it all in her stride. 

Billy Cusack

Billy Cusack interview June 10th 2011 


This week we spoke with local singer Billy Cusack. Billy has been playing the local scene for over 25 years. Starting out as a two piece with Tony Moore, who later went on to become owner of “The Meeting place". Tony got very busy so I started doing a few gigs on my own until I meet up with Padraig Parker, 

NIcole Maguire

Nicole Maguire Interview 8th June 2011

Nicole Maguire has been writing music since she was twelve years old Nicole is 24 years old now so in essence she has been writing songs half her life. Having her first original gig at fourteen where she was playing opening slots to anyone who would let her, it wasn't long before Nicole knew that her lifelong journey would be in music.

Steve Whelan

Steve Whelan 30th May 2011

Singer songwriter Steve Whelan from Youghal has a very down to earth approach to delivering his music with a spirit of honesty presence and grit.  His Smokey vocals, married with his simple but poetic and addictive melodies produces a musical honesty and edge possessed by few writer composers. I spoke with Steve this week about his new album.

Johnny Bongos Horgan

Johnny Bongos Horgan May 25th 2011


This week we had the pleasure of speaking with Johnny Bongos Horgan, Johnny from Mallow has become well known in recent time from his television appearances in 2010s All Ireland Talent show in which Johnny represented Cork and Munster with his own unique skill. Johnny would be best known for playing the spoons a tradition of making music using items you find around you in the house. 

Ely O Keeffe

Ely O Keeffe Interview 1st May 2011

Shane spoke with Ely O Keeffe singer songwriter from Knocknagree in County Cork has been making waves in recent times on the Irish music circuit. Currently working on launching her new album she is as busy as ever. The Album was two years in the making and was not without interesting times. Ely comes from a musical family and played with her own family band for about 5 years before she branched out on her own.

Cherry Jubilee

Cherry Jubilee Interview 22nd April 2011

Cherry Jubilee the band are Martina Cullinane and Abbie O’Shea who are from Lismore, Lorna Cullen from Cappoquin and Emily Aherne from Tallow. These four girls attend Blackwater Community School in Lismore, Co. Waterford. The average age of the girls is 16 and it all started when the girls used to hang around together during school and over time they developed into a group. Shane Supple interviewed the girls this week and we spoke about where it started and what they have done in such a short time span.

Juliet Turner

Juliet turner interview 20th April 2010

Juliet Turner is a singer/songwriter from Tummery, near Omagh, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. She has been a part of the Dublin music scene since she started recording in 1996. In the course of her career she has opened for such artists as Bob Dylan, U2 and Bryan Adams and toured with Roger McGuinn, Joan Armatrading and Brian Kennedy. Turner also sang on two tracks of Peter Mulvey’s live album Glencree. Her first album “Lets Hear it for Pizza” was released in 1996 on the Scottish label “Sticky Music” followed by “Burn the Black Suit” released on her own “Hear This! Records” label.

Hillary Reynolds

This week Shane Supple spoke to Hillary Reynolds, Musical Director of the Orpheus Choir which is Only in its 6th year of operation.  I asked Hillary about herself and where was she from and she explained that she was born in Venezuela and then moved to England where she spent most of her young life and studied music in London before moving to the Nederland’s where she met her husband. She spent approximately 20 years of her life teaching and performing music around Europe when she was offered a position in UCC. Her husband had a book shop in Rotterdam which specialised in Irish Literature So when the opportunity came they moved to Ireland. When she got to Cork they looked around for a place to live after a search herself and her husband decided to settle in Tallow Co Waterford.

Wall St Thieves

Wall St Thieves interview 4th April 2011

This week Shane Supple spoke to The Wall St Thieves who are a 4 piece group the lads, ranging in age from early to mid twenties,Eric Doherty on Guitar/Vocals, Che Horgan also Guitar/Vocals, Shane Norberg on Bass/Vocals, Dereck O’Shea on Drums. This week we had the pleasure of their company and to be honest it wasnt easy trying to pin them down on a few questions.

Darragh Flemming

A DJ was traditionally known for standing behind a record player spinning records and making announcements between songs. However times have moved on and so has the brief for the modern DJ no longer does the DJ stand there and just line up the next song with a new style known as mixing he has to blend one track into another without loosing a beat he finds a track that has the same BPM (beats per minute) as the one currently playing and fades from one to the other in a seamless fashion, sometimes even mixing the two tracks together. Another part of this mixing is when a DJ might take two or three tracks and mix and blend them continuously as if they were one song. So basically what the modern DJ does is create a new song using recorded material from other artists.

Ger Thompson

Ger Thompson interview 24th March 2011

This week Shane Supple spoke to singer songwriter Ger Thompson who is originally from Dublin but now living in locally. He moved to Cork with his wife Eileen whom he met while studying at Drama Collage. He spent most of his working life as an actor even after he got married. About a year and a half ago he was laid off from his job, like so many others in this current climate and he found it hard to adjust from working every day to not working. But while one door closes as they say another will open and he found that he had time to finish some projects he had always wanted to do but never had the time.

Stephen Leeson

Stephen Leeson interview 20th March 2011

This week Shane Supple had the honor of chatting with Stephen Leeson, Stephen who has decided to go solo after a long career working with other bands. Best known for his unique voice, Stephen has toured all over Ireland, Europe, America & parts of Asia.  He has been front man and lead singer for bands such as: Porter Black, Dublin Legacy and for 4 years with the ‘Dublin City Ramblers’.

Art Supple

Art Supple interview 13th March 2011

This week I spoke with Art Supple during the week on Youghal Radio and I know Art and myself are related but when it comes to music and music connections the simple fact that Art is one of our best known musicians in Cork. I asked Art to explain how he became involved with the music business.

Will they Run

Will they run interview 6th March 2011

This week the band Shane spoke with are called Will They Run
This week I spoke with two members of the band “Will They Run” Singer Diarmuid O Leary and drummer Greg Ahern. The lads are currently working on getting new songs sorted and a set list put together, they have been rehearsing for the last several weeks getting themselves ready to launch on an unsuspecting world. I asked them where did it start.