John Kelly

Looks like my Steve Reich WTC 9/11 programme on RTE lyric FM has been nominated for a New York Festivals Award.

full details here

Thanks for all the kind words about my radio play The Pipes. Much appreciated.

The podcast is available here

The final touches now being put to The Pipes. A great cast, great production team and a few serious all-nighters at the Pro Tools.

RADIO CLASH 83 first broadcast 02/05/12

• The Beatles - Tomorrow Never Knows
• T- Rex - 20th Century Boy
• Big Star - Ballad of El Goodo
• The Band - The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
• The Band with Van Morrison - Tura Lura Lural (That's An Irish Lullaby)
• The Band with Van Morrison - Caravan
• The Tamlins - Baltimore
• Bob Marley & The Wailers - Lively Up Yourself
• Bob Marley & The Wailers - Stir It Up
• Elvis Costello & The Attraction - Watching The Detectives
• The Replacements - Left Of The Dial
• R.E.M - Get Up
• Pixies - Something Against You
• Joey Ramone - What a Wonderful World
• Dr. John - Such a Night
• Van Morrison - Jackie Wilson Said (I'm In Heaven When You Smile)

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This from the Journal of Music. Short interview.

read here

Radio Clash first broadcast 25/04/12

RADIO CLASH 82

• Luke Slater - Hard Knock Rock
• Guessmen - Spaceship
• The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - Heavy (Dante Ross/John Gamble remix)
• Blakroc  feat. Jim Jones & Mos Def - Ain't Nothing Like You (Hoochie Coo)
• Jeff Buckley - Grace
• PJ Harvey - The Words That Maketh Murder
• Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - Go Folks, Go
• Serge Gainsbourg - Melody
• Iggy Pop - Initials BB
• Jacqueline Taieb - Le Coeur Au Bout Des Doigts
• Tosca - Rondo Acapricio
• Echoboy - Canada

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Great night as MC at the French Ambassador's residence in Dublin. Congratulations to the winners. Niamh Boyce who won the New Irish Writer and the Emerging Poetry awards, Viv McDade who received the Emerging Fiction award and Barbara Tarrant who won the First Fiction award. Big respect also to John Boyne who was inducted into the Hennessy Literary Awards Hall of Fame.

This from John Boyne's site

Niamh Boyce's blog  has pics here

and here I am with one of the judges - writer Giles Foden

Enjoyed meeting everyone at the Drinkaware Awards. Congratulations to all concerned.

details here

Tonight on The Works we review Marley. Movie trailer here