My Tunes with John McColgan

John McColgan’s My Tunes podcast John McColgan has recorded a brand new series of six podcasts from his little studio in Howth. An avid fan of music all his life, the lockdown gave John the chance to research and record the six 90-minute podcast shows. Speaking of the podcast John explains what it is all about, ‘Its song, stories, poetry and memories of parts of my life. My Tunes is a very eccentric and eclectic mix from Elvis to Johnny Cash, Leonard Cohen to Bob Dylan, Seamus Heaney to Seamus O’Rourke, Maureen Potter to Eamon Kelly along with a splattering of country music. It may sound like a mess, but as modest as I can be, I think it is very entertaining!’ To Listen to episode one in full https://soundcloud.com/user-682413562-561358898/john-mccolgan-my-tunes-e01/s-Anmlc0iSz6y

John Banville and Mike Murphy discuss books, short stories and poetry collections. John Banville is an Irish novelist, short story writer, adapter of dramas and screenwriter. Though he has been described as "the heir to Proust, via Nabokov", Banville himself maintains that W. B. Yeats and Henry James are the two real influences on his work. John has won the 1976 James Tait Black Memorial Prize, the 2003 International Nonino Prize, the 2005 Booker Prize, the 2011 Franz Kafka Prize, the 2013 Austrian State Prize for European Literature and the 2014 Prince of Asturias Award for Literature. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 2007, Italy made him a Cavaliere of the Ordine della Stella d’Italia (essentially a knighthood) in 2017. John is a former member of Aosdána, having voluntarily relinquished the financial stipend in 2001 to another, more impoverished, writer. He was born in Co Wexford and he published his first novel, Nightspawn, in 1971. A second, Birchwood, followed two years later. "The Revolutions Trilogy", published between 1976 and 1982, comprises three works, each named in reference to a renowned scientist: Doctor Copernicus, Kepler and The Newton Letter. His next work, Mefisto, had a mathematical theme. His 1989 novel The Book of Evidence, shortlisted for the Booker Prize and winner of that year’s Guinness Peat Aviation award, heralded a second trilogy, three works which deal in common with the work of art. "The Frames Trilogy" is completed by Ghosts and Athena, both published during the 1990s. Banville’s thirteenth novel. In addition, John publishes crime novels as Benjamin Black — most of these feature the character of Quirke, an Irish pathologist based in Dublin. Banville is considered a contender for the Nobel Prize in Literature

My Tunes John McColgan has recorded a brand new series of podcasts from his studio in Howth. An avid fan of music all his life, the lockdown gave John the chance to research and record this podcast series Speaking of the podcast John explains what it is all about, ‘Its song, stories, poetry and memories of parts of my life. My Tunes is a very eccentric and eclectic mix from Elvis to Johnny Cash, Leonard Cohen to Bob Dylan, Seamus Heaney to Seamus O’Rourke, Maureen Potter to Eamon Kelly along with a splattering of country music. It may sound like a mess, but as modest as I can be, I think it is very entertaining!’ Video of John at his studio desk in Howth talking about the podcast: https://youtu.be/bu8VpctLTR8

John McColgan - My Tunes - Episode 8 by Senior Times

John McColgan’s My Tunes podcast John McColgan has recorded a brand new series of six podcasts from his little studio in Howth. An avid fan of music all his life, the lockdown gave John the chance to research and record the six 90-minute podcast shows. Speaking of the podcast John explains what it is all about, ‘Its song, stories, poetry and memories of parts of my life. My Tunes is a very eccentric and eclectic mix from Elvis to Johnny Cash, Leonard Cohen to Bob Dylan, Seamus Heaney to Seamus O’Rourke, Maureen Potter to Eamon Kelly along with a splattering of country music. It may sound like a mess, but as modest as I can be, I think it is very entertaining!’ Video of John at his studio desk in Howth talking about the podcast: https://youtu.be/bu8VpctLTR8 Recorded over the last number of months , John endeavored to record each episode as one, though sometimes with a little editing help from Mark Murphy, John’s good friend Mike Murphy’s son. The result is 6 wonderfully entertaining walks through a selection of the music, stories and memories across John’s life and career. A new episode will be released each week. To Listen to episode one in full https://soundcloud.com/user-682413562-561358898/john-mccolgan-my-tunes-e01/s-Anmlc0iSz6y

John McColgan’s My Tunes podcast John McColgan has recorded a brand new series of six podcasts from his little studio in Howth. An avid fan of music all his life, the lockdown gave John the chance to research and record the six 90-minute podcast shows. Speaking of the podcast John explains what it is all about, ‘Its song, stories, poetry and memories of parts of my life. My Tunes is a very eccentric and eclectic mix from Elvis to Johnny Cash, Leonard Cohen to Bob Dylan, Seamus Heaney to Seamus O’Rourke, Maureen Potter to Eamon Kelly along with a splattering of country music. It may sound like a mess, but as modest as I can be, I think it is very entertaining!’ Video of John at his studio desk in Howth talking about the podcast: https://youtu.be/bu8VpctLTR8 Recorded over the last number of months , John endeavored to record each episode as one, though sometimes with a little editing help from Mark Murphy, John’s good friend Mike Murphy’s son. The result is 6 wonderfully entertaining walks through a selection of the music, stories and memories across John’s life and career. A new episode will be released each week. To Listen to episode one in full https://soundcloud.com/user-682413562-561358898/john-mccolgan-my-tunes-e01/s-Anmlc0iSz6y

John McColgan’ s My Tunes podcast Series - Ep 5 John McColgan producer, director and one of the creators of Riverdance recorded a series of podcasts from his home studio in Howth. The result is wonderfully entertaining walks through a selection of the music, stories and memories across John’s life and career. John has been an avid fan of music all his life, Covid lockdowns gave John the chance to research and record this series of podcasts for us. John explains what it is all about, ‘Its song, stories, poetry and memories of parts of my life. My Tunes is a very eccentric and eclectic mix from Elvis to Johnny Cash, Leonard Cohen to Bob Dylan, Seamus Heaney to Seamus O’Rourke, Maureen Potter to Eamon Kelly along with a splattering of country music. It may sound like a mess, but as modest as I can be, we think it is very entertaining!’ To View a Video of John at his studio desk in Howth talking about the podcast: https://youtu.be/bu8VpctLTR8visit https://seniortimes.ie/

John McColgan’ s My Tunes podcast Series - Ep 4 John McColgan producer, director and one of the creators of Riverdance recorded a series of podcasts from his home studio in Howth. The result is wonderfully entertaining walks through a selection of the music, stories and memories across John’s life and career. John has been an avid fan of music all his life, Covid lockdowns gave John the chance to research and record this series of podcasts for us. ‘Its song, stories, poetry and memories of parts of my life. My Tunes is a very eccentric and eclectic mix from Elvis to Johnny Cash, Leonard Cohen to Bob Dylan, Seamus Heaney to Seamus O’Rourke, Maureen Potter to Eamon Kelly along with a splattering of country music. It may sound like a mess, but as modest as I can be, we think it is very entertaining!’ To View a Video of John at his studio desk in Howth talking about the podcast: https://youtu.be/bu8VpctLTR8visit https://seniortimes.ie/

John McColgan’s My Tunes podcast Episode 03John McColgan has recorded a series of six podcasts from his little studio in Howth. An avid fan of music all his life, the lockdown gave John the chance to research and record the six 90-minute podcast shows. ‘Its song, stories, poetry and memories of parts of my life. My Tunes is a very eccentric and eclectic mix from Elvis to Johnny Cash, Leonard Cohen to Bob Dylan, Seamus Heaney to Seamus O’Rourke, Maureen Potter to Eamon Kelly along with a splattering of country music. It may sound like a mess, but as modest as I can be, I think it is very entertaining!’ Video of John at his studio desk in Howth talking about the podcast: https://youtu.be/bu8VpctLTR8

John McColgan’s My Tunes podcast Ep 2 John McColgan has recorded a series of podcasts from his studio in Howth. An avid fan of music all his life, the lockdown gave John the chance to research and record a series of podcast shows. ‘Its song, stories, poetry and memories of parts of my life. My Tunes is a very eccentric and eclectic mix from Elvis to Johnny Cash, Leonard Cohen to Bob Dylan, Seamus Heaney to Seamus O’Rourke, Maureen Potter to Eamon Kelly along with a splattering of country music. It may sound like a mess, but as modest as I can be, I think it is very entertaining!’ Video of John at his studio desk in Howth talking about the podcast: https://youtu.be/bu8VpctLTR8

John McColgan’ s My Tunes podcast Series - Ep 1 John McColgan producer, director and one of the creators of Riverdance recorded a series of podcasts from his home studio in Howth. The result is wonderfully entertaining walks through a selection of the music, stories and memories across John’s life and career. John has been an avid fan of music all his life, Covid lockdowns gave John the chance to research and record this series of podcasts for us. John explains what it is all about, ‘Its song, stories, poetry and memories of parts of my life. My Tunes is a very eccentric and eclectic mix from Elvis to Johnny Cash, Leonard Cohen to Bob Dylan, Seamus Heaney to Seamus O’Rourke, Maureen Potter to Eamon Kelly along with a splattering of country music. It may sound like a mess, but as modest as I can be, we think it is very entertaining!’ To View a Video of John at his studio desk in Howth talking about the podcast: https://youtu.be/bu8VpctLTR8visit https://seniortimes.ie/