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Pat Shortt has been busy rummaging through the RTÉ Archive to share his very own festive favourites from over five decades of RTÉ music production. Damien Dempsey and Maire Brennan deliver a fiery version of Fairytale of New York, Enya reflects on her early recording days, Mary Black and Sinead OConnor duet on a beautiful rendition of a festive favourite, theres some stunning singing from a December 25 edition of the Late Late Show, from 1972 no less.
In an extra-long Yuletide special, Pat presents a selection of festive favourites from over 50 years of RTE Archive including offerings from St. Patrick's Cathedral Choir accompanied by the James Last Orchestra, Colm Wilkinson, The Corrs and Dolores O' Riordan. Plus, Bing Crosby in conversation with reporter Aine O'Conor in Dublin way back in 1976
The first programme in Pat Shortt's archive odyssey features a glittering array of musical memories mined from five decades of music making. Fans of Mod main man Paul Weller will be eager to catch The Jam on their only RTÉ appearance, back in 1978, when they performed 'Down at the Tube Station at Midnight'. We'll hear from the iconic Johnny Cash describing how his classic 'Forty Shades of Green' came about and Nanci Griffith unveils 'From a Distance' on her very first Irish appearance. Christy Moore mesmerises an Abbey Tavern audience, we have rarely seen performances by Joe Dolan with the RTE Concert Orchestra and we'll be hearing about Big Tom Mc Bride's defection from The Mainliners to The Travellers, a moment as cataclysmic for his fans as Zayn leaving One Direction!
Episode Two of Pat Shortt's trawl through RTÉ television music archives has unearthed gems from: The Smiths, David Gates performing two of his biggest hits, including ‘Guitar Man’, Maura O’Connell, Ella Fitzgerald, Paul Brady and from Dublin’s National Stadium some rarely seen concert footage from the legendary Neil Sedaka.
In episode three of Pat Shortt's trawl through RTÉ television music archives we go country with clips from Dolly Parton and Kris Kristofferson.
Variety is the order of the day as Pat Shortt discovers footage of everyone from Debbie Harry to Christy Hennessy.
Rare footage of Joan Armatrading from the RTÉ archives tonight as Pat Shortt continues to trawl for the best music clips from 60 years of television.
From rocker Rod Steward to housewives' favourite Val Doonican, Pat Shortt unearth's some real gems from the RTÉ music archives in episode six.
The much-loved Rory Gallagher features in this week's episode as Pat Shortt continues to unearth the hidden gems in the RTÉ music archives.
The last episode of Pat Shortt's Music from D'Telly celebrates all things Irish with performance from everyone from The Cranberries to Paul Brady.
In the first of Pat’s new series of archive-based music shows, he uncovers some rare material on Irish songwriter Jimmy Kennedy. Kennedy, who before the Beatles, was the most successful European purveyor of pop to hit America, wrote chart-topping songs for a whole slew of recording stars, including Bing Crosby. Brush Shiels is also featured as is ‘outlaw’ country-music legend Waylon Jennings, Johnny Cash is in cracking form from Cork’s Opera House, and John Denver delights thousands of singing revellers in a field in Munster!
In the second episode of Pat’s new series of archive-based music shows, he looks back at classic music from Carole King, The Pogues, Christy Moore, Jackson Browne, Phil Coulter and Luke Kelly.
In the third episode of Pat’s second series of archive-based music shows, he looks back at classic music from Michael Bolton, BB King, Phil Collins, The Blades, Louis Stewart and Bill Whelan.
The fourth episode of Pat’s second series of archive-based music shows features a profile of Philomena Begley and performances by Mary and Frances Black, Jewel, Macy Gray, Leslie Dowdall, Pauline Scanlon and Nana Mouskouri.
This week Pat scours the archives for Blues, Soul and R 'n' B favourites, including Simply Red, Michael Bolton, Phil Collins and, Dublin hipsters, The Blades.
The sixth episode of Pat’s second series of archive-based music shows focuses on the music and life of rural Ireland. Featuring, Rita Coolidge, Lindisfarne, Focus, Dervish, Planxty, a 1981 John Denver concert in Co Cork, plus Fleadh Cheoil.
Programme 1 looks back and re-visits a wide selection of some of the most memorable and best loved songs to emerge from Dublin city as Pat gazes back to the Gaiety Theatre in 1980 where Luke Kelly and the Dubliners delivered the definitive and spine tingling version of Brendan Behan’s ‘Auld Triangle. Imelda May’s spectacular ’One Night Only’ appearance, Paul Cleary and Blades ‘pop promo’ version of ‘Downmarket’, documentary footage of U2’s magnificent Croke Park homecoming gig back in 1985 alongside offerings from Sinead O’Connor and Philip Lynott should also delight. The programme also features the travails of a disgruntled 1960’s Dublin barfly on the arrival of female drinkers- and live music, no less!- into his favourite watering hole.
Featuring archive performances from Amy Winehouse and Robbie Williams, plus a rarely seen 1982 interview with Rory Gallagher and the story of a government-appointed song collector.
Featuring archive performances by John Martyn, Paddy Reilly, Emmylou Harris, Eleanor McEvoy and Mary Black, plus a 1960s report on the perils of underage dancing in Limerick.
Pat Shortt's musical retrospective includes Cook and Greenaway, Planxty and Joe Dolan, Big Tom and Twink and US song writing legend, John Prine.
Pat Shortt provides a chance to see a 'shocking' 1987 report on Dublin's underground nightclub scene, before music from Mary Black and Hal Ketchum, Brendan O'Dowda, Don McLean and The Mavericks.
Pat Shortt and his musical time machine present music from Kris Kristofferson and Johnny Cash, Take That singing 'Shine', and a Michael Ryan report on the 1969 Fleadh Ceol. Paul Weller and Sting too perform memorable classics. Pat also takes a nostalgic look at the origins of the Castlebar Song Contest
One of David Gray’s earliest television performances features on tonight’s episode of Music from D’Telly. Back in 1982 Alison Moyet and Vince Clarke, best remembered as the proto synth duo Yazoo, talked and performed on what was their very first television appearance courtesy of RTE’s ‘Anything Goes’. Ace reporter Nick Coffee braved the wilds of the west of Ireland for his 1976 ‘Next Stop’ report on aspiring super-group Tarzan and The Monkees while an early ‘80’s ‘Evening Extra’ profile of Rod Stewart featured RTE presenter Carolyn Fisher in hot pursuit of the former Faces superstar.
The final programme in the current series features some sparkling singing as both Ed Sheeran and Michael Bublé dazzle and delight on their respective ‘Late Late Show’ debuts. Singer-songwriter Sinéad Lohan displays her considerable interpretive skill as she excels on Bob Dylan’s ‘To Ramona’. RTÉ reporter Pat Butler and singer Jimmy Crowley check out the delights of an ‘early house’ pub on the River Lee for a 1983 edition of ‘Evening Extra’, and the late and much missed Bill O’Herlihy can be seen exploring the wonders of Cork fiddlers from his 1966 report for the magazine programme ‘Newsbeat’.
