The Joe Jackson Interviews

Joe Jackson celebrates the artistry of Aznavour.

I am reposting this to go with the upcoming movie. I remember Bono telling me in 1994, 'I discovered Aznavour." I was too cool to tell him, so did I, 20 years earlier!

Riverdance: Jean Butler and Michael Flatley. Clash of the Dancers

I interviewed Flatley once, he wasn't happy with the interview. So?

I interviewed Jean twice. She was.

Here is the backstory of their clash.

Richard Harris: "My Last pub Brawl." From The Joe Jackson Archive

My final interview with Richard took place in the Savoy Hotel in London a year before he died. It lasted nine hours, and forms part of my book, Richard Harris: Raising Hell and Reaching for Heaven. 

This is a fun story

Scott Walker on drinking, Johanna, and sexual tensions in his work

It wold have been inappropriate of me to ask Scott Walker if he was gay. This is as close as we came to discussing the subject

The Monkees Revisited with Mickey Dolenz. The Joe Jackson Archive

As a child I loved The Monkees TV show, It was a delight to interview Mickey and it shows! Great chat about, among other things, the 'postmodern deconstruction of The Monkees' that was the movie Head!

Noel Gallagher 1995 Part 1. "Don't disrespect me on stage"

Let's go back to the glory days with Oasis. Here, in an interview we did in Dublin the morning after an Oasis gig I attended, Noel discusses gigs, fans, songs and his music heroes such as John Lennon and Burt Bacharach. It fades at his claim,'I am a romantic" which we will discuss in our next podcast!" Is he? 

Scott Walker discusses the Songs of Jacques Brel

During the 1970s, I discovered those 1960s Walker recordings of Brel's songs. In the 1990s we got to talk about them 

Clashing with Van Morrison. A Monty Python sketch, of sorts

Summer re-run of the fun, and fractious encounters I had with my fellow Irishman, the moody Van Morrison

A Golden Half of Conversation with Larry Gogan 2002. JJ Archive

Broadcasters are rarely remembered after they die. Larry Gogan should not be forgotten. He brought great joy in generations of Irish radio listeners. 

k..d. Lang talks about Joni Mitchell, Roy Orbison and Leonard Cohen

k.d. one of the great singers, talks about here heroes Joni Mitchell, Roy Orbison and Leonard Cohen. Four amazing talents