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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 Jun 08, 2024
Saturday Jun 08, 2024
My father once said to me, 'Joseph, working-class people like us are not supposed to write poetry." He told a few people that he wrote poetry. I still write poetry and rarely show it to anyone. But 46 years after I found him dead from a fall at the age of 50, I am putting this poem in a podcast to celebrate the love a son can feel for a father.
Saturday Jun 01, 2024
Saturday Jun 01, 2024
It's great when you interview a musician who turns out to be as fanatical about music and certain music heroes, as you are
Saturday Jun 01, 2024
Saturday Jun 01, 2024
Richard, as I say in his bio, Richard Harris Raising Hell and Reaching for Heaven, hated the idea that all his fans wanted to hear about were his brawling and women and drunkenness, but this is a bit of fun!
Saturday May 25, 2024
Saturday May 25, 2024
I always championed the Sawdoctors, and here we have great fun about the music they love and created.
Saturday May 25, 2024
Saturday May 25, 2024
When this interview was published nearly thirty years ago, a magazine editor cut this section about Dunphy's experience with U2. I think it should be on-the-record.
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