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Ar an Imeall 16 11 25 ó @raidionalife.bsky.social
Tonight's show from raidionalife.ie
tinyurl.com/ydjbv5x8
Ceol nua/new music:
Mahotella Queens
Kasambwe Brothers
Saint Pierre Band
Tyler Childers
@hanntheband.bsky.social
Big Thief
D West
Black Brunswicker
Margaret Glaspy
Rory Block
Amanda Shires

Ar an Imeall 15ú Samhain/November 2025: Ceol nua/saghas nua/nua domsa; new/ish/to me music

Seinnliosta: Mahotella Queens - Mpho Ke Lehlohonolo The Kasambwe Brothers - Langizani Mwachikondi (Advise with Love) Saint Pierre Band - Luck and Gravity Tyler Childers - Cuttin' Teeth Hann - Yellow t...

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November 16, 2025 at 12:46 AM

Liam Smith/Mac Gabhann

@liamsmithmacg.bsky.social

At The Grand Social for The Prongs @theprongs.bsky.social and Big Boy Foolish.

Two guitarists on stage with a backdrop of "big boy foolish".

November 15, 2025 at 8:38 PM

Liam Smith/Mac Gabhann

@liamsmithmacg.bsky.social

RIP Todd Snider. The best revenge is revenge.

youtu.be/lrVSwwqoZKM?...

Too Soon to Tell

YouTube video by Todd Snider - Topic

youtu.be

November 15, 2025 at 7:37 PM

Liam Smith/Mac Gabhann

@liamsmithmacg.bsky.social

Ar an Imeall ar @raidionalife.bsky.social 8-9in MAG inniú, ceol nua;
Tonight's show on raidionalife.ie and 106.4FM, new music:
Mahotella Queens
Kasambwe Brothers
Saint Pierre Band
Tyler Childers
@hanntheband.bsky.social
Big Thief
D West
Black Brunswicker
Margaret Glaspy
Rory Block
Amanda Shires

November 15, 2025 at 12:48 PM

Liam Smith/Mac Gabhann

@liamsmithmacg.bsky.social

Turlough O'Carolan's grave, Keadew, Co Roscommon.

November 9, 2025 at 9:41 PM

Liam Smith/Mac Gabhann

@liamsmithmacg.bsky.social

Ar an Imeall 8ú Samhain/November 2025: ceol nua/new music:
@theprongs.bsky.social
@jinxlennon.bsky.social
D Brown
Immersion
@mekons.bsky.social
@sonsofsu.bsky.social
M Bradley
@kathrynwilliamsuk.bsky.social
Heaven 17
S Moxham D Trumfio
Ata Kak
Y N'Dour
Pale Blue Eyes
Divorce
tinyurl.com/4ctf4art

Ar an Imeall 8ú Samhain/November 2025: Ceol nua/saghas nua/nua domsa; new/ish/to me music

The Prongs - Hey Dandy Jinx Lennon - What Else Danny Brown - Starburst Immersion - How to Be Mekons - A Horse Has Escaped Sons of Southern Ulster - The Horse Is Dead Muireann Bradley - Clay Pigeons Ka...

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November 8, 2025 at 11:29 PM

Liam Smith/Mac Gabhann

@liamsmithmacg.bsky.social

Clár le Lá na Naomh, nach raibh ar Raidió na Life (mo botún).

Tonight's show for All Saints' Day, not on Raidió na Life due to an error on my part, but on @mixcloud.bsky.social now.

www.mixcloud.com/liam-smith2/...

November 1, 2025 at 9:52 PM

Liam Smith/Mac Gabhann

@liamsmithmacg.bsky.social

Ar an Imeall 8in MAG ar @raidionalife.bsky.social (link later), ceol le Lá na Naomh/music for All Saints' Day:
Saint Etienne
Utah Saints
Skids
Saints
Saint Sister
Dream Acadamy (Kate St John)
Bob Dylan
Bruce Springsteen
Louis Armstrong
Brian Eno
St Germain
@jinxlennon.bsky.social
Van Morrison

November 1, 2025 at 1:22 PM

Liam Smith/Mac Gabhann

@liamsmithmacg.bsky.social

Clár faoi Oíche Shamhna ar @raidionalife.bsky.net ó 10 bl ó shin. My Hallowe'en show from 2015: www.mixcloud.com/liam-smith2/...

Ar an Imeall, 31ú Deireadh Fómhair /October 2015: Clár spesialta don Samhain (Hallowe'en special)

Clár spesialta don Oíche Shamhna - taibhsí, tinte ifrinn, vaimpirí, arrachtaí, asarlaíochta, reilig, zombaí agus cnámharlachtaí. Hallowe'en special - ghosts, hellfire, vampires, monsters, sorcery, gra...

https://www.mixcloud.com/liam-smith2/ar-an-imeall-31ú-deireadh-fómhair-october-2015-clár-spesialta-don-samhain-halloween-special/

October 31, 2025 at 8:49 PM

Liam Smith/Mac Gabhann

@liamsmithmacg.bsky.social

Ar an Imeall 25 10 25 ó @raidionalife.bsky.social, ceol ó 90 bliain ó shin, 1935.
This week's show music from 90 years ago:
Bob Wills
Louis Armstrong
Michael Coleman
Billie Holiday
Benny Goodman
Duke Ellington
and my namesake Willie "the Lion" Smith
www.mixcloud.com/liam-smith2/...

Ar an Imeall 25ú Deireadh Fómhair/October 2025: 1935; ceol ó 90 bl ó shin (music from 90 years ago)

Seinnliosta Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Spanish Two Step Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Maiden's Prayer Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Get With It Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra - Wa...

www.mixcloud.com

October 26, 2025 at 8:29 AM

Liam Smith/Mac Gabhann

@liamsmithmacg.bsky.social

Ar an Imeall 8in ASÉ ar @raidionalife.bsky.social & @mixcloud.bsky.social níos déanaí; ceol ó 90 bliain ó shin, 1935.
Tonight's show on raidionalife.ie at 8pm IST (link later); music from 90 years ago
Bob Wills
Louis Armstrong
Michael Coleman
Billie Holiday
Benny Goodman
Duke Ellington
Willie Smith

October 25, 2025 at 11:51 AM

Liam Smith/Mac Gabhann

@liamsmithmacg.bsky.social

At The Button Factory @buttonfactory.bsky.social for The Congos.

October 24, 2025 at 7:40 PM

Liam Smith/Mac Gabhann

@liamsmithmacg.bsky.social

Ar an Imeall, 18 10 25, ceol nua;
This week's show, new/ish/to me music:

His Lordship
Sugar
Courtney Barnett
Tommy Womack
Boz Scaggs
Willie Nelson
Rhett Miller
Bill Scorsazi
Wednesday
New Dad
Henry Threadgill
Gard Nilssen Acoustic Unity
Lisa O'Neill
Todd Snider
tinyurl.com/5rwnybw6

Ar An Imeall 18Ú Deireadh Fómhair/October 2025: Ceol Nua/Saghas Nua/Nua Domsa; New/Ish/To Me Music

www.mixcloud.com

October 18, 2025 at 9:05 PM

Liam Smith/Mac Gabhann

@liamsmithmacg.bsky.social

Ar an Imeall 8in ASÉ ar @raidionalife.bsky.social & níos déanaí (later) ar @mixcloud.bsky.social
ceol nua:
His Lordship
Sugar
Courtney Barnett
Tommy Womack
Boz Scaggs
Willie Nelson
Rhett Miller
Bill Scorsazi
Wednesday
New Dad
Henry Threadgill
Gard Nilssen Acoustic Unity
Lisa O'Neill
Todd Snider

October 18, 2025 at 9:15 AM

Liam Smith/Mac Gabhann

@liamsmithmacg.bsky.social

Ar an Imeall 11 10 25 ó raidionalife.ie
@thebeaches.bsky.social
Mahotella Queens
@bigthiefmusic.bsky.social
@nationoflanguage.bsky.social
@ginabirch.bsky.social
@allodarlin.bsky.social
@warringtonruncorn.com
Break_fold
@kathrynwilliamsuk.bsky.social
B Peak
M Price
tinyurl.com/3dy9pzpj

Ar an Imeall 11ú Deireadh Fómhair/October 2025: Ceol nua/saghas nua/nua domsa; new/ish/to me music

Seinnliosta: The Beaches - Last Girls at the Party Mahotella Queens - Mpho Ke Lehlohonolo Big Thief - Los Angeles Nation of Language - Can't Face Another One Gina Birch - Sleep Allo Darlin' - Leaves i...

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October 11, 2025 at 8:17 PM

Liam Smith/Mac Gabhann

@liamsmithmacg.bsky.social

Ar an Imeall 8in ASÉ ar @raidionalife.bsky.social
Tonight's show 8pm IST on raidionalife.ie:
@thebeaches.bsky.social
Mahotella Queens
@bigthiefmusic.bsky.social
@nationoflanguage.bsky.social
@ginabirch.bsky.social
@allodarlin.bsky.social
@warringtonruncorn.com
@kathrynwilliamsuk.bsky.social ++

October 11, 2025 at 3:08 PM

Liam Smith/Mac Gabhann

@liamsmithmacg.bsky.social

Ar an Imeall 04 10 25 ó @raidionalife.bsky.social:

Pale Blue Eyes
Dry Cleaning
The Cords
Rolling Stones
J Fair & @Yo La Tengo
fred again, Amyl & Sniffers
Star Feminine Band
@kathrynwilliamsuk.bsky.social
Field Lines Cartographer
@warringtonruncorn.com
J Burnside
T Childers
tinyurl.com/4d93knu8

October 4, 2025 at 10:39 PM

Liam Smith/Mac Gabhann

@liamsmithmacg.bsky.social

At @whelanslive.bsky.social for @warringtonruncorn.com supported by Field Lines Cartographer.

October 2, 2025 at 8:13 PM

Liam Smith/Mac Gabhann

@liamsmithmacg.bsky.social

Ar an Imeall 27 09 25
ceol ó 80bl ó shin/music from 1945:
Louis Armstrong
Joe Turner
Bob Wills
Bill Monroe
Duke Ellington
Ella Fitzgerald
Billie Holiday
Charlie Parker Dizzy Gillespie
Django Reinhardt
Gene Kelly
Frank Sinatra
Stuff Smith
Louis Jordan
tinyurl.com/4x7ehjdy
Ph: Newport #homeofthevote

Ar an Imeall 27ú Meán Fómhair/September 2025: 1945; ceol ó 80 bliain ó shin/music from 80 years ago

Seinnliosta: Louis Armstrong - I Wonder Big Joe Turner - Watch That Jive Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Smoke on the Water Bill Monroe and His Bluegrass Boys - Rocky Road Blues Duke Ellington - Pe...

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September 27, 2025 at 10:03 PM

Liam Smith/Mac Gabhann

@liamsmithmacg.bsky.social

Ar an Imeall 8-9in ASÉ ar @raidionalife.bsky.social & níos déanaí ar @mixcloud.bsky.social, ceol ó 80bl ó shin/music from 1945:
L Armstrong
J Turner
B Wills
B Monroe
Duke Ellington
E Fitzgerald
B Holiday
C Parker D Gillespie
D Reinhardt
G Kelly
F Sinatra
S Smith
L Jordan
Nasc níos déanaí/link later.