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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 May 18, 2024
Saturday May 18, 2024
Sedaka says he has "balls and substance" and that Manilow doesn't. You decide!
Saturday May 18, 2024
Saturday May 18, 2024
I had a bit of fun with my namesake while we discussed his musical influences. Btw, he was originally 'David Jackson' and I was always 'Joe'!
Saturday May 11, 2024
Saturday May 11, 2024
A great wide-ranging chat with Boy George, who had told me in 1987 that he fancied Larry!
Saturday May 11, 2024
Saturday May 11, 2024
A timely repost for this fun recording made in my home studio in Dublin, where Nils saw an 'Elvis guitar' I had and said "Bruce would love that." He didn't say Bruce who.
Saturday May 04, 2024
Saturday May 04, 2024
This was an amazing chat I had with Taylor in a hotel in London in 1988. It remains provocative and controversial. Repost
Saturday May 04, 2024
Saturday May 04, 2024
At home with Mark, in his home studio, talking abut the music that made him what he is
Saturday Apr 27, 2024
Saturday Apr 27, 2024
I think we all should define for ourselves what is "cool." At one point it was decidedly uncool to liker the music of the Carpenters, but here I happily celebrated them on an Irish radio show
Saturday Apr 27, 2024
Saturday Apr 27, 2024
Here in 1993, I took Jon Bon Jovi to task for using the word "faggots" on stage, and he talks about all that other stuff. A slice of rock history.
Saturday Apr 27, 2024
Saturday Apr 27, 2024
For people like me who love John Lennon's song. A Day in the Life, and early Fleetwood Mac, this little chat is a revelation!
Saturday Apr 20, 2024
Saturday Apr 20, 2024
Not one of my favourite interviews and far from one of my favourite interviewees. But here, from my archive is a repost of the Gene Simmons interview from 1996