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Joe Jackson is a journalist, interviewer, author and IMRO-Award nominated radio presenter/producer. He has interviewed roughly 1,400 people in the world of the arts, politics, and entertainment for all major media outlets in Ireland, including RTE Radio 1, The Sunday Independent, The Irish Times, and Hot Press. His articles have been published globally in magazines such as Vox, Rolling Stone, and Snoozer. His radio shows include The Years Go Pop, 26 one-hour documentaries a 26 on the history of popular culture, People Get Ready, 52 one-hour documentaries on the greatest music acts of the 20th century, and Under The Influence, which was nominated for a 'Best Music series' award. In 2018, his documentary about Elvis Presley, Conversations about the King, was nominated for an IMRO Award in the 'Best Music Documentary' category.
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Saturday Jul 25, 2020
Saturday Jul 25, 2020
This is a moral tale with a warning for all musicians, in terms of the music industry and whether you do or don't like the music of Christie Hennessy. When I did this interview for weekly 'The Joe Jackson Interview' slot in The Irish Times in 1993, I was bound by legal restrictions from telling the full story of the sometimes spirit-crushing things that happened to the nevertheless irrepressible Christie Hennessy. I still am, but not to the same degree. Either way, if you need your eyes opened and, in the end, your spirit raised, check this out.
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