The Joe Jackson Interviews

Sinead O’ Connor. ”This song I want played at my funeral.”

As I say in the intro to this short podcast, I was too upset to listen to my podcast re-post Sinead O' Connor: The Music That Made Me, the night I heard Sinead had died. It wasn't until a listener told me last night, July 27th, I realised that Sinead had told me what song she wanted played at her funeral. But I love what she says about death. It doesn't mean that a person's magic is gone." Amen

Sinead O’ Connor 2001 talks about the media, her childhood, her mother and abuse

I never expected when I posted this podcast two or so years ago - today is July 28th 2023 - that Sinead would be dead by the time I reposted it. Her death, which has moved deeply millions of people all over the word, adds another dimension to this interview, which many saw was the most revealing she ever gave. 

Sinead O’ Connor and Elvis sing Wooden Heart.A plaintive poignant memory of Sinead

I always loved this little exchange with Sinead. It's on The Music That Made Me podcast I posted of Sinead and me in 2000. But I cut the song. Following her tragic death this week - the response to which has proven to me she may be the most beloved Irish musician of all time – her plaintive singing of a song she first sang aged seven sounds more poignant than ever. She described Elvis as an "Angelic,' during our chat. So was Sinead. So is Sinead. R.I.P Sinead

Sinead O’ Connor . R.I.P. Remember her this way. Sinead: The Music That Made Me.

anyone who, like me, was lucky enough to come in contact with the beautiful but troubled soul of Sinead, will be brokenhearted by the news of her death. May she rest in peace, finally.  

Dermot Morgan 1993 Revisited Part Two. Still uncensored and Enraged

I am delighted that so many people listen to, and downloaded part one of this repost. It's good to know that Dermot is not forgotten. 

R.I.P. Tony Bennett. A Joe Jackson celebratory podcast made for his 95th birthday

I love Tony Bennett's music and was blessed to interview the man three times and have dinner with him on one occasion, as his guest. May he rest in peace. 

Dermot Morgan 1993 Revisited. Uncensored and Enraged

It doesn't seem like thirty years since Dermot and I had this chat, as he set off to the UK to make a TV series, some may have since heard of, called Father Ted. Repost

Dave Fanning making some sense abut dealing with the death of parent. Repost

Mr Fanning is the news in Ireland, having denigrated Christy Dignam before he was even buried and also attacked a government committee investigating misrepresented payments to his agent. But here, he talks some sense about how to deal with the death of a parent. A repost

The Joe Jackson ’Zooropa’ interview revisited 30 years later. Repost

Hard to believe it's been thirty years since Bono gave me a world-exclusive preview of the Zooropa album. This is a radio show - never broadcast - I made in 2016. To mark the 30th anniversary of this album, I am reposting this 2020 podcast

Soul-Searching with Celebrities. The Backstory of The Joe Jackson Interviews Episode 1

I am reposting this old podcast simply because a lot of people seem to have become more interested my own story since I published in 2022 my best-selling book in Ireland, Richard Harris: Raising Hell and Reaching for Heaven. It's all the same story, actually!