On tonight's Roadhouse new music from Melts, Oisin Leech Fontaines D.C. Davie Furey Music Dea Matrona. Plus the new Amy Winehouse 'Back in Black' soundtrack. And gems from Primal Scream, Prince and Nick Cave & One Morning in August.
Tune in from 10pm midlands103.com

🥁To celebrate Stone Roses Drummer, Reni turning 60, I'm playing some of the Best Drum Intros of all time on tonight's Roadhouse Cafe. Led Zeppelin, Foo Fighters, even Deep Purple. Plus new Vampire Weekend, Khruangbin and Susan O Neill. Tune in 10pm midlands103.com

A brilliant mix of music 🎶 on tonight's Roadhouse.
On the menu; Marvin Gaye, De la Soul, Nick Cave, Pillow Queens Four Tet, Niamh Bury Martha & The Muffins, Gurriers, The Lemon Twigs, Vampire Weekend, Marry Waterson & naimee coleman
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On tonight's Roadhouse, Café for the day that's in it, playing tracks featuring the word GOOD.
From Lizzo to Tammy Wynette, Dodgy to Nina Simone, Beach Boys to The Specials. Also brand new elbow adrianne lenker, mark geary music a lazarus soul
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Layer it on thick
Sit back
Let me pick
Spread it smoooth
Stay slack
Needle in the groove
Fontaines D.C. The Murder Capital The Scratch
NEW The Saw Doctors Ollie Jennings
The Pogues Christy Moore Van Morrison Chad Smith Hozier
James Chicer
John Ann Marie Kelly

DUETS!
A great start to the bank holiday weekend with a great mix of classic duets, new Irish and the Pixies at the BBC.
Inspired by the new Marry Waterson & Adrian Crowley album playing Johnny Cash & June, Marvin Gaye & Tammy Tyrell.
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Women's Day Special on tnites Roadhouse from 10pm.
Patti Smith PJ Harvey Kate Bush Lisa Hannigan Nina Simone Lisa O'Neill Naimee Coleman CMAT Mitski Pillow Queens Cocteau Twins First Aid Kit.
Tis only brilliant. Tune in 10pm midlands103.com
#InternationalWomensDay

If Pixies were an Irish band you would safely assume that “Here Comes Your Man” was a song about a group of people spotting the local dose of shite approaching.

Mark Hollis died five years ago today: a conclusive silence layered over an existing silence. I remember staying up most of that night to write this for Guardian culture
theguardian.com/music/2019/feb…

The Smiths debut album is 40 this week. Celebrating tnite on the Roadhouse with music that inspired the album from Iggy Pop, Nico, Patti Smith, TRex.
New I D L E S mark geary music, Niamh Bury Davie Furey Music Tune in 10pm for a proper reel around the fountain! midlands103.com

Are ya blind or what?
Listen back to my latest radio documentary.
Following the journey of 30 blind/visually impaired people making a radio play and discovering where the light really is.
open.spotify.com/episode/48NRCb…

Changing the soundtrack makes this an entirely different movie

My new Radio Documentary 📻
Are ya blind or what? Coming to Midlands103 Feb 20th 11am. Write up here Leinster Express / Laois Live
leinsterexpress.ie/news/arts---en…
#blind #Radio #documentary

❤️Love Songs Galore....but the good ones!
The best love songs ever written on tonight's Roadhouse Café.
Think Marvin Gaye, Smokey Robinson, Peggy Lee, Bob Marley, The Temptations, The Mamas and the Papas, Sam Cooke, The Little Dippers.
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I've just figured out the answer to #TrueDetective4 Sky
It was the snails all along!

It's all about the girls tnite with a few boys too
The Selector Niamh Bury Blondie Marry Waterson London Grammar and
NewDad Lisa Hannigan Nouvelle Vague thelastdinnerparty Housewife Paramore-Music.com
Plus new mark geary music James Vincent McMorrow elbow
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It's 1999 on tonight's Roadhouse Cafe. 25 years!
A brilliant mix of gems like
The Red Hot Chillis Scar Tissue, Blur’s Bettlebum, Lauryn Hill’s Ex Factor.
Plus - Irish debut albums from New Dad and Conchúr White
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#1999
#newirish

Is that a Bass intro or wha?
On tonight's Roadhouse songs with iconic bass intros from The Who, Breeders, The Clash, New Order
Plus, brand new Villagers, RIDE, The Lemon Twigs & San Rocco
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And remember, it's all about the bass!

Thin Lizzy giveaway on tonight's Roadhouse Café. It's the purple vinyl 50th anniversary edition.
Also remembering Kate Bush's long time collaborator Del Palmer.
Brand new @sprintsmusic San Rocco Future Islands RIDE
It'll be mighty!
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My favourite part of Dublin.
I always stop and look at this beautiful structure on South City Markets Building, Georges Street, Dublin.
Built 1880s
Architect Lockwood and Mawson/W.H Byrne.
It's almost like a fairytale. I hope they never touch it!
#Dublin
#georgesstreetarcade