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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 Nov 25, 2023
Saturday Nov 25, 2023
A bit of fun I had on Irish radio back in 1994, which annoyed some people who didn't want to know that their favourite rock songs may have gay connotations to be gay. Seems silly to deny it now.
Saturday Nov 25, 2023
Saturday Nov 25, 2023
I introduced Tori Amos to the works of Dory Previn and wish Dory had not been written out of most histories of rock, even histories of women in rock. If anyone wants to make a documentary about her, I have the taped interviews.
Saturday Nov 25, 2023
Saturday Nov 25, 2023
This is a programme I made for my radio series, The joe Jackson Tapes Revisited, but which was never broadcast. It's based on an Irish Times interview I did with Christie in 1993, and that is a moral warning to anyone wanting to enter the music business.
Saturday Nov 18, 2023
Saturday Nov 18, 2023
A near-death experience can change a person's life. Mine was five years after this interview. I pass on this podcast, hoping it might illuminate the lives of some listeners.
Saturday Nov 11, 2023
Saturday Nov 11, 2023
I made this podcast a few years ago. Elvis has gotten many new fans since then. During this interview with Sam Philips, founder of Sun Records, we talk about the rumour that Elvis was really discovered after he peddled his mother's diet pills to musicians at Sun Records.
Saturday Nov 11, 2023
Saturday Nov 11, 2023
The Beatles are back at No. 1; it seems like a good time to repost this podcast of my 1987 interview with PJ Proby, who recalls partying with John Lennon - until drugs replaced booze!
Sunday Nov 05, 2023
Sunday Nov 05, 2023
As I say in the intro to this podcast, I haven't heard this tape for thirty years. I found it fascinating. I hope fellow Beatles fans do too - love it do!
Sunday Nov 05, 2023
Sunday Nov 05, 2023
This is part of a revealing chat I had with George Martin thirty years ago when the Beatles' Red and Blue albums were released. He explains how the Beatles ended up having EMI by the "short and curlies."
Sunday Nov 05, 2023
Sunday Nov 05, 2023
There is a lot of hype around this week about the Beatles "last single, Now and Then, a song that, in my opinion, has a decidedly underdeveloped lyric and is far from the best of the Beatles. In this podcast, George Martin talks about his role as their record producer.
Saturday Nov 04, 2023
Saturday Nov 04, 2023
Paul Weller remains as popular as ever. Here's a chat we had about the music he loved and the music he made. It was recorded in his studio in 2000