Specialist Music

Soundtrack

Soundtrack is a bi-weekly show on Near FM, Sundays 8.30pm – 9.30pm, with Peter Cunningham and featuring a unique co-presenter each week playing the songs that they live their lives to. Shows by NearSoundtrack on Mixcloud

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Jazz Profiles

Jazz documentary series presented by Vincent Flood focusing on a different artist each week Cloudcasts by Jazz_Profiles on Mixcloud

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BackTracking Nanu Nanu & Unit 1 Studios Feature

  This Thursday evening, the 19th June, from 18.00 – 20.00 we will be broadcasting a two hour BackTracking feature delving into the “Alien Pop” duo of Nanu Nanu and the work currently begin explored at Unit 1 Studios in Rathgar. “Following the last three years of over 180 gigs[Read More…]

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Lovers of Life

                                Lovers of Life is a 4 part documentary series, which captures a snapshot of the Dublin Independent Music scene in 2013. At a time when the music industry worldwide is having to continuously change[Read More…]

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LIVE Traditional Music from the EU

Stage times announced: Friday Night – Clasac – Broadcast live – 8 -11pm 8.00 – 8.30pm – Zoltán Szabó & Katalin Juhász – Hungary 8.45 – 9.15pm – Harzer Jodler Trio – Germany 9.30 – 9.45pm – Bidaia – Basque Country 10.00 – 10.45pm – Perfect Friction – Ireland Saturday[Read More…]

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The Grove Show

The Grove Radio Show is hosted by Jennifer Roche, Lynne Kavanagh & Brian Tucker and broadcasts on alternate Fridays between 9.30 pm and 11:30pm. The show plays music and memories from The Grove Social Club 1967 to 1997 and accepts listener playlists to thegroveradioshow@near.ie. The show can also be played back[Read More…]

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Backtracking Now

Backtracking on Dublin’s NearFM with Andy Flannery is a meticulously planned hour of chaos every Wednesday from 16.30 to 17.30. Loads of great tunes, mostly indie but always with a surprise or 2. Regular interviews and occasional feature’s with deadly local and international artists. Carefully chosen and reviewed songs and albums[Read More…]

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Sunday Afternoon Show

Programme Name:  Sunday Afternoon Show Presenter Name: Dara Duffy What attracted you into presenting a magazine programme? I love the mix of music and chat. I try to keep it as lighthearted as possible – nothing too serious for a Sunday afternoon! How do you select the items of information[Read More…]

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Near's Golden Years

Programme Name: Near’s Golden Years. Saturday 8.00am – 9.30am (Repeated Wednesday 6.30am – 8.00am) Presenter Name: Dave O Connor How did you get involved with Near ?: I’ve been presenting programmes since 1985. yes, I really am that old! I started off in the pirate days (North Dublin Community Radio),[Read More…]

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Music Mix

Programme: Music Mix When: Thursday 4.30 PM Presenter: Andrew Reid What genre’s of music do you play? Well, most, from traditional Irish to Rock, 60’s stuff, 70’s, disco , chart, 80;s. A lot of the time it depends on the mood I’m in. I really take it as it comes[Read More…]

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