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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 Apr 20, 2024
Saturday Apr 20, 2024
I knew Bob socially, growing up in Dun Laoghaire, but he complained to an editor that I was "too hard on him: during this interview, You decide. Repost
Saturday Apr 20, 2024
Saturday Apr 20, 2024
This is a podcast from my archive, first posted during the COVID pandemic and what Cohen says applies to us all, singers or otherwise
Saturday Apr 13, 2024
Saturday Apr 13, 2024
This interview happened by chance when I attended a Chieftains recording session in Zappa's home. It was one of his last interviews
Saturday Apr 13, 2024
Saturday Apr 13, 2024
I'm reposting this because it helps set in a historical context Beyonce's country album. Ray went there first, sixty years ago, and we touch on that subject
Saturday Apr 06, 2024
Saturday Apr 06, 2024
Saturday Apr 06, 2024
Great exchange with the late Gordon Stoker, one of the Jordanaires who tells it like it really was and not as you will read it in books about Elvis and that Sinatra show!
Saturday Apr 06, 2024
Saturday Apr 06, 2024
Mike Love and I backstage at a Beach Boys gig in America in 1989, reflecting on classic albums such as Pet Sounds, and more.
Saturday Mar 30, 2024
Saturday Mar 30, 2024
This was originally a radio show, and it became one of my first podcasts in 2020. Time for a repost, of this revealing encounter with the man who has since become President of Ireland.
Saturday Mar 23, 2024
Saturday Mar 23, 2024
The rapport I had with Nanci, apparent in this 1993 interview, led to her asking me in 1998 to co-write her book Nanci Griffith's Other Voices. I'm told, from Texas, there is a resurgence of interest in her work. That thought delights me. I dedicate this podcast to anyone discovering Nanci!
Saturday Mar 23, 2024
Saturday Mar 23, 2024
Joan was a joy to interview, and even meet. Her story is hugely inspiring for those of us who sometimes yield to dark feelings