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Ann Marie Kelly is a broadcaster and documentary maker. On this Podcast you will find examples of her work including her award winning work Are you blind or what? episodes from young people finding hope and purpose during Covid and material Ann Marie Kelly has uploaded from her Radio shows as broadcast on RTE Radio 1 and Midlands 103.
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Send us a text Summer Cabin Sessions with great young live band who met in BIMM Music College, Dublin. Members hail from all over the country, including Tullamore. Influences range from The Velvet Underground to Johnny Marr. For Wifeswap, it's all about friendship and playing live.
Send us a text Barry J Walsh travels with family in tow to perform 2 beautiful tracks for the Roadhouse Cafe. Barry talks about his love for music and songwriting.
Send us a text Peter Doran is my special guest on my Summer Cabin Sessions first broadcast on the Roadhouse Cafe on Midlands 103. The Westmeath singer tells us about his home built studio, plays tracks and chats about his new album.
Send us a text Intimate Summer Cabin Session featuring singer Dave Clancy who opens up about a deep felt loss and sings a beautiful Christy Moore song especially for his 80th birthday.
Send us a text Tullamore artist Dubh Lee on the release of her new song My Poor Boy. Interview and Session
Send us a text SUMMER CABIN SESSIONS with Pete Holidai. The former Radiators from Space member and Trouble Pilgrims singer talking about his new album Electric Jukebox Vol 1, & the first time he saw The Beatles and TRex.
Send us a text A look at the musical career of the late Aslan frontman Christy Dignam from a lifelong fan. Looking at his life in music from the release of 'This is' to his last gig at Bob's Bar Durrow. Co Laois Broadcast on Midlands 103 AMKelly's Roadhouse Cafe
Send us a text George Harrison Special! The youngest Beatle, born on the 25th February, 1943, would've been 80. On the Roadhouse Cafe, with a little help from my friends Pete Brennan and Mick Lynch from 'Beatles Ireland' we remember George with heartwarming stories and music. His Irish roots, his many visits to Ireland, his solo records, his time with the Travelling Wilburys, right up to his death in 2001. It's two hours of chat and music broadcast originally on Midlands 103
Send us a text Broadcast on the weekend of the 80th Birthday of Paul McCartney. With the writer of 'The Beatles and Ireland' Book, Broadcaster Ann Marie Kelly speaks with Mick Lynch about the man, the Beatle and the solo artist from the 1950s to the present day as he sets out on tour again. This is a two hour special with his music from the early Quarrymen, The Beatles, Wings to his collaboration with Michael Jackson and back to present day.
Send us a text Rossi M is a 15 years old from Stradbally County Laois. During lockdown he used his ingenuity to create a Web Radio Studio for the community, make music, live stream funerals and stay connected with his Nanny, one of the 'Golden Girls' you'll meet in this episode of The Open Door first broadcast on Midlands 103 August 30th 7pm
Send us a text What got you through lockdown? Five 3rd Year Students from Portlaoise College, County Laois come together exactly one year after the first lock down to discuss what pieces of art helped them through the last 12 months, at a time when they were unable to see their friends. With no Junior Cert exams to worry about, it allowed them to explore other Poets not on the curriculum and form even better relationships with their teachers! For Josh singing songs from "Waitress" helped him ...
Send us a text "I'd like to think I know him best because he smiles a lot when I'm around especially when I pretend to slip and fall" Sean Ryan from Portlaoise is 12. His twin brother Liam has Cerebral Palsy. Sean is very proud of once having been awarded the youngest Carer of the year. His first thoughts of the day are about his brother. His mother Niamh says this comes with growing up around siblings with complex needs and it naturally brings out the kindness in him.
Send us a text "I always stand up for myself because that's what you have to do. It is hard, but I just do it to say that I'm able to do stuff myself" 20 year old Aoife Byrne from County Laois has never let her Down Syndrome get in the way of her life. As a volunteer for the Irish Red Cross, and now studying, she tells Ann -Marie of her many hopes, among them, her dream of living independently in the country. Aoife's mother Geraldine talks of a difficult time Aoife experienced when she had to...
Send us a text "The Pandemic has exposed the extremities of the working conditions of the Carer in the Private Homecare Sector. Not receiving sick pay, not being able to make ends meet". 25 year old Nicholas O Neill from Abbeyleix believes his research can make a change. Being the first in his family to go to college, Nick has just received a substantial award to undertake a PhD with his research. After jaw dropping findings, the research became 'like a piece of investigative journalism'&nb...
Send us a text Kai is turning 18 and last year, during the first lock down, he decided it was time to come out and transition. He felt such a relief when he could finally speak about it to his family and friends because as he says 'I was a very angry person for so many years.' Kai's brother and sister, parents and grandparents have been incredibly supportive - His father Jason who is in the army says: 'He's still my child, all we can do is support his decision and make sure he's happy....
Send us a text Tobi-A is a 21 year old R'n'B singer originally from Mountmellick, Co. Laois who has found his voice after playing drums and rapping for many years. Tobi is a devout Christian. At the age of 17 he "found his faith and joy in Jesus" which, he says, made him the person he is today. This is the first episode in a 6 part series, produced by award-winning Broadcaster Ann Marie Kelly. In it, she documents the hopes and dreams of young people, now confined to their bedrooms, hi...
Send us a text "Grief has always been a big part of my music." Broadcast on the Roadhouse Cafe, an indepth interview with Belfast singer Joshua Burnside after the sudden death of his best friend Dean. How writing about it helped him to come with terms in some way with his grief.
Send us a text Special Guest on the Roadhouse Cafe, Matt Benson. It's all about finding your voice. The Trombone player from Belfast, who has played with George Ezra, Bad Manners and Neil Hannon, has just released his debut single, and what a voice he has.
Send us a text An intimate chat with Denison Witmer on his new album 'Anything at all'. Produced by his longtime friend Sufjan Stevens. It is a beautiful interview about hope and finding peace at this time in the world.
Send us a text ARE YA BLIND OR WHAT? My new Radio Documentary follows a group of visually impaired people in the process of making a radio play. Members of Sightless Cinema speak about how they live without light. The documentary is the result of months and months of conversations, train journeys and rehearsals. Are you blind or what? is about the ability for members to let the light in, even when you cannot see. The documentary reveals that it's not always about the Radio Play or the perfo...
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