Recorded History

Camille O'Sullivans life offstage has been as fascinating and captivating as she is on it. Her father, a dashing racing car driver, falling in love with her French mother in Monaco. The family moving to rural Cork and her exposure to music through her sister's bedroom wall, a near fatal car accident, a potential career as an architect and of course her incredible career as one of our most beloved...

On   29th September, Claddagh Records will publish  Real to Reel: Garech Browne & Claddagh Records by James Morrissey  – a new large-format hardback book together with a vinyl box set celebrating the life of Guinness heir Garech Browne and his quest to preserve Ireland’s musical and spoken-word heritage with Claddagh Records.  James joined Ed to discuss the book, the r...

With her powerful voice and equally incredible band, Fight Like Aoes, Maykay belted onto the scene in the early noughties and absolutely lit up the Irish music scene. After 3 albums the band went their separate ways but her journey sontinued with the likes of the isonic Le Galaxie and collaborations with the likes of Elaine Mai. As much a force for good in front of the camera as she is behind the...

Al Hester, aka Maser is one of Ireland's most respected and influential visual artists with a reputation that has gained worldwide recognition. From his beginning as a young teen with just a bag of spraycans on his back and a gang of pals, Dublin was and still is his canvas and his first love. In this week's episide he tells his story through four very different albums and he paints quite a pictur...

Mundy is nothing short of a legend of the Irish music scene and one of our most beloved and prolific singer songwriters for nearly 30 years. His career has known some incredible highs since he picked up a guitar in his father's pub in Birr. From featuring on one of the most iconic soundtracks of all time, to sharing a stage with the likes of Neil Young, The Manic Street Preachers and Shane McGowan...

Ciara Kelly is a restless soul. It's fair to say she's made some big decisions that has taken her life from potentially treading the boards, heading the boardroom, holding court, a GP's practice and now an awarding winning career as a broadcaster and journalist. If she hasn't done it all she's certainly seriously contemplated it and all the way through these twists and about turns she has picked u...

Ahead of their return to Ireland to play Collins Barracks on August 27th Franz Ferdinand lead man Alex Kapranos shares his Recorded History, the legendary scene in Scotland that they emerged from and some of the bands and records that have inspired him. Enjoy! If Alex inspires you to go and buy one of the records he mentions (or just one from your own Recorded History) then we’d love if you suppor...

Don Was' musical C.V is quite simply astonishing. From his beginnings at the height of Detroit's music industry zenith, seeing Iggy Pop play his high school, his success with Was Not Was and then his jaw dropping career collaborating with some of the biggest names in the game from Willie Nelson, Ringo Star, Roy Orbison, Brian Wilson, Neil Diamon, Carly Simon and The Stones to name just a few. It's...

Donal Dineen has been a softly spoken giant of the Irish music scene since he helmed the hugely influential No Disco back in the 90s. His legendary radio shows on Today FM along with his collaborative DJ sets and events since have had an imeasurable impact on countless listeners and musicians alike. He joined Ed to discuss his predictably fascinating story and musical influences, his journey from...

Neil Delamere has been making people laugh on stage and screen for nearly 20 years. From his early days of standup as a student to conquering television's Everest, Mastermind he tells his story honestly and hilariously all by way of 3 (hard to extract) musical moments. Enjoy! If Neil inspires you to go and buy one of the records he mentions (or just one from your own Recorded History) then we’d lo...

Ed caught up with the Blur bassist, Beatles fanatic and cheese merchant for a chat ahead of the band's triumphant return to Ireland that night in Malahide. Alex reveals his earliest musical influences, his take on Britpop and how their stunning new album The Ballad Of Darren came to be. Enjoy! If Alex inspires you to go and buy one of the records he mentions (or just one from your own Recorded His...

Irish pop star Aimée has firmly established herself as one of Ireland's most played and most loved performers. As you'll hear in her Recorded History she was absolutely born to do it and her drive and determination to hone her talent is real as is her devotion to her three legendary inspirations. She's absolutely great craic too. Enjoy! If Aimée inspires you to go and buy one of the records she me...

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Bastille were in town this week so a perfect time to hear Ed's chat with lead man Dan Smith in a very wide-ranging chat through his beginnings, inspirations, love of cinema, THAT song and all by way of three equally diverse and interesting album choices. Enjoy! If Dan inspires you to go and buy one of the records he mentions (or just one from your own Recorded History) then we’d love if you suppor...

This week it's the turn of the Recorded History of one of the most acclaimed and beloved singer songwriters of his generation, the supremely talented Conor O'Brien. From his the early inspirations to pick up a guitar, forming one of the great bands of their era and going solo with Villagers, his is quite the tale and he has picked 3 equally amazing records to tell it. Enjoy! If Conor inspires you...

This week Ed get's into the musical influences and inspirations of the international sensation that is Sigrid. From the amazing legends that surrounded her childhood table, bursting onto the scene with an era defining banger, battling her way through the music business to falling into a mutual love affair with Ireland. Enjoy! If Sigrid inspires you to go and buy one of the records she mentions (or...

Niall Horan's rise to international fame and acclaim is a remarkable one. From being thrust into the spotlight at aged just 16, being part of the biggest boyband in history, and his own hugely successful solo career and even befriending an Eagle along the way. He tells this story through three stunning record choices here in an honest, interesting and revealing trawl through his Recorded History....

This week's record haul is through the Recorded History of acclaimed podcaster, mental health activist, author and of course musician Bressie. We hear about his early immersion into music, the Ireland he grew up in the 80s and 90s, his music career and his powerful take on the attitudes to mental health, corporal punishment and homelessness. So many fascinating topics and stories and 3 excellent a...

On this week's episode we delve into the musical life and times of one of Ireland's most respected political journalists, radio presenters and podcasters, Gavan Reilly. We hear how Gavan showed his journalistic instincts at the tender age of 7, how a music teacher introduced him to the magnificence of Radiohead, his complete career about turn in college, falling in love and being reminded of a glo...

This week we get to delve into the life and record crate of Kelly-Anne Byrne. Rightly considered one of Ireland's most respected and beloved DJs and radio presenters, Kelly-Anne's knowledge and passion for tunes is the stuff of legend. She has full of such great stories and powerful insights from how Jane Fonda kickstarted her love of music, coming face to face with racism in the U.S to how she st...

This week's episode of Recorded History, is some unholy craic as Ed is joined by Sister Michael herself, the incredible and hilarious Siobhan McSweeney who discusses how and why she got into acting, her genuine love for that iconic character in Derry Girls and the 3 records that have soundtracked her remarkable journey so far. This episode was recorded live at Electric Picnic and in front of an ad...

Next up to share their life and times through their Recorded Hiostory is Irish music legend, Paul Noonan. He tells the story of how Bell X1 rose from the ashes of his first band, the tragedy that struck his life in the year 2000, appearing on David Letterman, offering PJ Harvey a biscuit and eventually how he's turned his musical talent to helping those who need it most. He even spoils us with a b...

This week we get to hear about the life, times and tunes of the brilliant Michael Fry. His rise to comedy stardom is an incredible story from his Navan schooldays to appearing in Derry Girls, his sharp and surrealist sense of humour has won him fans the world over and he's only getting started. He knows a good album when he hears it too. Enjoy! Michael's records: 1. La Roux - La Roux (2009) 2. Suf...

There's no denying that Louis Walsh is an absolute giant of Irish music. From his upbringing in Co. Mayo to creating and managing the biggest pop acts in the world by way of the the showband scene, Eurovision and above all a genuine and encyclopaedic love of music. His success story is remarkeable one and its one he tells brilliantly in this week's episode of Recorded History. Enjoy! Louis' choice...

In this week's Recorded History, Ed chats with author, journalist and twitter thread legend Séamas O' Reilly @shockproofbeats. They discuss THAT Mary McAleese tweet that changed his life, his hilarious and heartbreaking book about life in Derry with 9 siblings and an incredible/entertaining Dad after the passing of his mother. Séamas tells some brilliant stories and by way of the 3 albums that mea...