Tag: Ballads

The Indignant Muse reviewed in the Irish Independent – Feb 2019

https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/radio/how-the-national-archives-rose-like-a-phoenix-from-ashes-37770990.html ‘Also excellent, and worth making the effort for, is The Indignant Muse, a 10-part series just begun on brilliant Dublin-based local station Near FM (Fri 6.30pm). Based on the mammoth, much-praised 2016 Lilliput Press book of that name, this chronicles Ireland’s revolutionary past “through song and poem”. Host Terry[Read More…]

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The Indignant Muse

History comes alive through the songs and poems of Ireland’s modern revolutionary period (1887- 1926)   Broadcasting every Friday at 6.30pm from Jan 18th until March 22nd The Indignant Muse is a ten part radio series adapted from the landmark book of the same name published by Lilliput Press. Join[Read More…]

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