Cathal Funge
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Music Documentarian | Radio maker for @RTERadio1 @RTElyricfm @todayfm @radionova100
Dublin City, Ireland
Joined May 2016
Delighted to have Paul Cleary from the @TheBladesBand as my final guest on Headful of Hooks tonight!. Tune in from 8pm on @radionova100 . All other episodes available here - .
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Imagine you spent a lifetime writing songs and were then asked to retrace your life in music by telling the stories behind what you regard as your best songs. Well, that is the premise of Headful of...
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Great having @gemma_hayes as my guest on @radionova100 over the weekend reflecting on a life in music & chatting about six key songs from her back catalogue. Podcast available here - .
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Imagine you spent a lifetime writing songs and were then asked to retrace your life in music by telling the stories behind what you regard as your best songs.
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Delighted to have @paulisanoonan from @BellX1 as my guest on this weeks episode of Headful of Hooks. Tonight at 8pm on @radionova100 . Check out the previous episodes with @tomhappens & Paul Linehan from the @frankandws here - .
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Imagine you spent a lifetime writing songs and were then asked to retrace your life in music by telling the stories behind what you regard as your best songs. Well, that is the premise of Headful of...
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Spent a bit of time with Paul Linehan in the Templebreedy Holy Trinity Church, Crosshaven a few weeks ago. He picked out & chatted about some key songs from the @frankandws back catalogue. You can hear the full programme tonight at 8pm on @radionova100
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As always the brilliant @fanningsessions is ahead of me on this one - my new series on @radionova100 is also available as a podcast. @tomhappens is in flying form in Ep1.
Enjoying episode 1 of the latest documentary series from @CathalFunge on @radionova100 . 'A Headful of Hooks' featuring an extended chat with @tomhappens who takes us through 5 tracks from the Something Happens back catalogue
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Been a minute……….back on the radio this evening with a new series!. ‘Headful of Hooks’ features one songwriter each week picking & chatting about six songs from their back catalogue. My guest this week is the mighty @tomhappens . @radionova100 8pm.
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Seriously addictive music and the latest news, music news, and entertainment news from Dublin, Kildare, Meath, Wicklow.
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A final push for this. Uncovering the stories of eight independent Irish recording companies, from the birth of recorded sound to the present day.
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Cathal Funge uncovers the stories behind some of the most influential Irish recording companies of the past 100 years over eight musically diverse episodes. From the early days of recorded sound on...
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Loved this doc - well worth a listen.
This Sunday (Nov 12) at 6pm An Draíocht, my #SliabhLuachra doc w/w @eo_sullivan (wherein I try to track down 6 old Sliabh Luachra LPs from 1977) is rebroadcast on @RTElyricfm @LyricFeature
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Having started this series at the dawn of the recording age in the early 1900’s tonight we get to the present day for the story of Diffusion Lab. Final episode of Label of Love at 7pm on @RTERadio1 .
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Cathal Funge uncovers the stories behind some of the most influential Irish recording companies of the past 100 years over eight musically diverse episodes. From the early days of recorded sound on...
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Spending the bank holiday editing the final episode of Label of Love. Had a mighty time making this series for @RTERadio1 – if you missed any or all the previous episodes on the radio they’re available right here ⬇️.
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Cathal Funge uncovers the stories behind some of the most influential Irish recording companies of the past 100 years over eight musically diverse episodes. From the early days of recorded sound on...
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Hey back on your radio box this evening for the penultimate episode in the Label of Love series!. This time round we get to the 21st century for the story of Rubyworks. @RTERadio1 at 7pm!.
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One for the 90’s indie kids this evening on Label of Love as we shine a light on the legendary Setanta Records. @RTERadio1 from 7PM.
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Cathal Funge uncovers the stories behind some of the most influential Irish recording companies of the past 100 years over eight musically diverse episodes. From the early days of recorded sound on...
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This is all true and features interviews with the Chiswick Records founders Ted Carroll & Roger Armstrong plus a few words from @buddyholidai about The Radiators time with the label. @RTERadio1 from 7pm this evening!.
In tonight’s episode @CathalFunge looks at Chiswick Records. @RTERadio1 @ 7pm and @RTEplayer . Roger Armstrong was a very special guest at the Sean O’Casey Theatre to celebrate Philip Chevron. @buddyholidai @hotpress @theGOOdublin @niallmcg @Michael26760098 @trionacheile
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Already up to episode four of Label of Love & this evening we head to Belfast for the story of Major Minor Records & the man behind the label Phil Solomon. @RTERadio1 from 7pm!.
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Cathal Funge uncovers the stories behind some of the most influential Irish recording companies of the past 100 years over eight musically diverse episodes. From the early days of recorded sound on...
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Little reminder that Ep 3 of Label of Love is on at 7pm this evening on @RTERadio1 . This week it’s the amazing story behind Tradition Records - a label set-up by the American song collector Diane Hamilton & Paddy Clancy in Greenwich Village in the 1950’s.
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Cathal Funge uncovers the stories behind some of the most influential Irish recording companies of the past 100 years over eight musically diverse episodes. From the early days of recorded sound on...
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We head back to the 1940's this evening for Ep2 of Label of Love to tell the story of the Irish Recording Company and the man behind it, the pioneering sound recordist Bill Stapleton. @RTERadio1 at 7pm!.
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Cathal Funge uncovers the stories behind some of the most influential Irish recording companies of the past 100 years over eight musically diverse episodes. From the early days of recorded sound on...
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Delighted to say that I've got a new @RTERadio1 music series starting this evening at 7pm. It’s called Label of Love – more info below. Ep1 features the amazing story of Leitrim woman Ellen O’Byrne DeWitt.
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Cathal Funge uncovers the stories behind some of the most influential Irish recording companies of the past 100 years over eight musically diverse episodes. From the early days of recorded sound on...
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Lovely review for the @MellowCandleOf1 doc I made for @RTElyricfm in today's @TheSundayIndo. big thanks @declynchwriter!. ICYMI listen here 👉
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RT @RTElyricfm: Swaddling Songs recently turned fifty and to celebrate this landmark anniversary, @CathalFunge retraces the #MellowCandle….
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