John Loftus
@loftysounds.bsky.social
Presenter/Producer - 8radio.com
Writer/Reviewer - GoldenPlec.com
Writer/Reviewer - GoldenPlec.com
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@listeningparty.bsky.social
👆👆This is our account that posts links to Listening Party Replays on the anniversary of when the album was released - follows appreciated
👆👆This is our account that posts links to Listening Party Replays on the anniversary of when the album was released - follows appreciated
April 13, 2025 at 10:50 AM
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👆👆This is our account that posts links to Listening Party Replays on the anniversary of when the album was released - follows appreciated
👆👆This is our account that posts links to Listening Party Replays on the anniversary of when the album was released - follows appreciated
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Once Upon A Time In The West is on TG4 tonight. A western masterpiece. The scene where you discover the reason for the hero's quest is quite possibly the most beautifully shot scene of cruelty in all of cinema.
April 4, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Once Upon A Time In The West is on TG4 tonight. A western masterpiece. The scene where you discover the reason for the hero's quest is quite possibly the most beautifully shot scene of cruelty in all of cinema.
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Let’s all listen to more great Irish music…
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#IrishBluesky #speirgorm #IrishMusic
#musicsky #music
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#IrishBluesky #speirgorm #IrishMusic
#musicsky #music
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April 2, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Let’s all listen to more great Irish music…
💚
bit.ly/GildedIrishS...
✅
#IrishBluesky #speirgorm #IrishMusic
#musicsky #music
💚
bit.ly/GildedIrishS...
✅
#IrishBluesky #speirgorm #IrishMusic
#musicsky #music
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I’ll be talking to Deirdre Walsh live on @radiokerry.bsky.social at around 2.30pm today so do tune in! Amazing to see tickets for the Mike The Pies gig Thurs 19 June selling so fast, if you’d like to come along the link right here💚
mikethepies.com/gigs/lorrain...
@suzannedoylesdc.bsky.social
mikethepies.com/gigs/lorrain...
@suzannedoylesdc.bsky.social
April 1, 2025 at 8:46 AM
I’ll be talking to Deirdre Walsh live on @radiokerry.bsky.social at around 2.30pm today so do tune in! Amazing to see tickets for the Mike The Pies gig Thurs 19 June selling so fast, if you’d like to come along the link right here💚
mikethepies.com/gigs/lorrain...
@suzannedoylesdc.bsky.social
mikethepies.com/gigs/lorrain...
@suzannedoylesdc.bsky.social
It's Sounds from a Green World time over on @8radioireland.bsky.social right now !! 😎 📻 🎶
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April 2, 2025 at 8:25 PM
It's Sounds from a Green World time over on @8radioireland.bsky.social right now !! 😎 📻 🎶
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Sounds from a Green World features fantastic tunes from each of 32 counties for the week that's in it. Join me on @8radioireland.bsky.social right now for music from @elainemai.bsky.social @divinecomedyhq.bsky.social @whippingboy.bsky.social @cmatbaby.bsky.social & more ! 😎 ➡️ 8radio.com💚
March 15, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Sounds from a Green World features fantastic tunes from each of 32 counties for the week that's in it. Join me on @8radioireland.bsky.social right now for music from @elainemai.bsky.social @divinecomedyhq.bsky.social @whippingboy.bsky.social @cmatbaby.bsky.social & more ! 😎 ➡️ 8radio.com💚
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Just a quick heads-up that my partner-in-podding Michael and I are guests on Flixwatchers talking about that blackest of black comedies The Death Of Stalin.
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@flixwatcher.bsky.social
Episode # 373 The Death of Stalin with Ian and Michael from Lord Of Adders Black: A Blackadder Podcast
Flixwatcher: A Netflix Film Review Podcast · Episode
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February 20, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Just a quick heads-up that my partner-in-podding Michael and I are guests on Flixwatchers talking about that blackest of black comedies The Death Of Stalin.
open.spotify.com/episode/5Co7...
@flixwatcher.bsky.social
open.spotify.com/episode/5Co7...
@flixwatcher.bsky.social
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Time for The A Z Of Great Tracks with @steveconway-ie.bsky.social ! To celebrate #iwd2025 he’s playing 15 great female voices, singing about everything other than love !
Expect Cyndi Lauper Kimya Dawson Patti Smith & more!
#try8radio 🎧➡️8Radio.com
Expect Cyndi Lauper Kimya Dawson Patti Smith & more!
#try8radio 🎧➡️8Radio.com
March 8, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Time for The A Z Of Great Tracks with @steveconway-ie.bsky.social ! To celebrate #iwd2025 he’s playing 15 great female voices, singing about everything other than love !
Expect Cyndi Lauper Kimya Dawson Patti Smith & more!
#try8radio 🎧➡️8Radio.com
Expect Cyndi Lauper Kimya Dawson Patti Smith & more!
#try8radio 🎧➡️8Radio.com
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This Saturday March 8th join us for A MASSIVE celebration of music for International Women’s Day!!
From 8am the 8Radio.com crew will be highlighting women in music and the role they play in shaping the industry.
Join us! We ONLY play the music we like! #try8radio #iwd2026
From 8am the 8Radio.com crew will be highlighting women in music and the role they play in shaping the industry.
Join us! We ONLY play the music we like! #try8radio #iwd2026
March 6, 2025 at 8:41 PM
This Saturday March 8th join us for A MASSIVE celebration of music for International Women’s Day!!
From 8am the 8Radio.com crew will be highlighting women in music and the role they play in shaping the industry.
Join us! We ONLY play the music we like! #try8radio #iwd2026
From 8am the 8Radio.com crew will be highlighting women in music and the role they play in shaping the industry.
Join us! We ONLY play the music we like! #try8radio #iwd2026
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Our John Loftus kicks off the #IWD2025 celebrations RN on Sounds From A Green World with 2 of Irish music ft Soda Blonde @thekatesmusic.bsky.social @bandofvirgins.bsky.social New Dad,Denise Chaila, SPRINTS & more! #Try8Radio
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March 8, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Our John Loftus kicks off the #IWD2025 celebrations RN on Sounds From A Green World with 2 of Irish music ft Soda Blonde @thekatesmusic.bsky.social @bandofvirgins.bsky.social New Dad,Denise Chaila, SPRINTS & more! #Try8Radio
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🎧➡️8Radio.com
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Back at the tea and biscuits! @alazarussoul.bsky.social back on the Vicar Street stage tomorrow for the Choice Music Prize!
March 5, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Back at the tea and biscuits! @alazarussoul.bsky.social back on the Vicar Street stage tomorrow for the Choice Music Prize!
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DeBarras announce programme of cultural events and activities to celebrate Seachtaine na Gaeilge , Events incl Rte Folk Award Winner John Spillane, Trad Sessions, Trad Punk w/ Those Empty Vessels, Bilingual Comedy from Aine Gallagher,Scoraíocht presented by DeBarras Spoken Word,
March 5, 2025 at 3:15 PM
DeBarras announce programme of cultural events and activities to celebrate Seachtaine na Gaeilge , Events incl Rte Folk Award Winner John Spillane, Trad Sessions, Trad Punk w/ Those Empty Vessels, Bilingual Comedy from Aine Gallagher,Scoraíocht presented by DeBarras Spoken Word,
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🚨The Indie Band is doing more dates, tickets on sale Friday! 🚨
March 5, 2025 at 10:11 AM
🚨The Indie Band is doing more dates, tickets on sale Friday! 🚨
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🎪🎪🎪 TV on The Radio, Broken Social Scene, Gurriers added to line-up for Beyond The Pale
TV on the Radio, Broken Social Scene, Gurriers added to Beyond The Pale | News
Beyond The Pale has added 4 acts to its already stacked 4th edition. Joining the likes of Roisin Murphy, Jon Hopkins, Death In Vegas and Brit winners Ezra
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March 5, 2025 at 11:09 AM
🎪🎪🎪 TV on The Radio, Broken Social Scene, Gurriers added to line-up for Beyond The Pale
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At mustics.com, for only £38 a year you get all these goodies:
- download of my not-yet-released new album!
- ALL my music
- exclusive Mustics® "content" (videos, audiobook, diaries)
- early access to all music and video releases
AND you're helping me make more stuff for you! Absolute bargain imho
- download of my not-yet-released new album!
- ALL my music
- exclusive Mustics® "content" (videos, audiobook, diaries)
- early access to all music and video releases
AND you're helping me make more stuff for you! Absolute bargain imho
March 5, 2025 at 11:24 AM
At mustics.com, for only £38 a year you get all these goodies:
- download of my not-yet-released new album!
- ALL my music
- exclusive Mustics® "content" (videos, audiobook, diaries)
- early access to all music and video releases
AND you're helping me make more stuff for you! Absolute bargain imho
- download of my not-yet-released new album!
- ALL my music
- exclusive Mustics® "content" (videos, audiobook, diaries)
- early access to all music and video releases
AND you're helping me make more stuff for you! Absolute bargain imho
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Watch Dug perform “Wheel Of Fortune' with a little help from Joshua Burnside
Watch Dug perform “Wheel Of Fortune' with a little help from Joshua Burnside | News
DUG made an impactful entrance to the world in October 2023 when folk musicians Jonny Pickett and Lorkin O’Reilly teamed up to create the Irish trad and
www.goldenplec.com
February 23, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Watch Dug perform “Wheel Of Fortune' with a little help from Joshua Burnside
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New episode with Owen and Tom out now.
We talk Ross Byrne to Glos, Leinster 10s, Ulsters lack of depth & financial problems, Munsters media coverage, Connachts league form, Ireland team, Welsh vibes, and a preview of the other 6 Nations games
open.spotify.com/episode/78Hk...
We talk Ross Byrne to Glos, Leinster 10s, Ulsters lack of depth & financial problems, Munsters media coverage, Connachts league form, Ireland team, Welsh vibes, and a preview of the other 6 Nations games
open.spotify.com/episode/78Hk...
PSOM :: Episode 135
Provincial State of Mind · Episode
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February 21, 2025 at 7:21 PM
New episode with Owen and Tom out now.
We talk Ross Byrne to Glos, Leinster 10s, Ulsters lack of depth & financial problems, Munsters media coverage, Connachts league form, Ireland team, Welsh vibes, and a preview of the other 6 Nations games
open.spotify.com/episode/78Hk...
We talk Ross Byrne to Glos, Leinster 10s, Ulsters lack of depth & financial problems, Munsters media coverage, Connachts league form, Ireland team, Welsh vibes, and a preview of the other 6 Nations games
open.spotify.com/episode/78Hk...
More of this is badly needed!!
❗️Disgruntled staff at the Guardian have compiled an “exhaustive spreadsheet” of the paper “amplifying unchallenged Israeli propaganda…or treating clearly false statements by Israeli spokespeople as credible”.
www.declassifieduk.org/battle-for-the-truth-pro-israel-bias-inside-uk-newsrooms-revealed/
www.declassifieduk.org/battle-for-the-truth-pro-israel-bias-inside-uk-newsrooms-revealed/
‘Battle for the truth’: Pro-Israel bias inside UK newsrooms revealed
Exclusive: Journalists from five British media outlets have criticised the way their own organisations cover Israel-Palestine.
www.declassifieduk.org
February 20, 2025 at 3:49 PM
More of this is badly needed!!
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Fontaines DC - It's Amazing To Be Young (Official Video)
YouTube video by Fontaines DC
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February 20, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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Pogues alum Iona Zajac shares stark new single 'Summer'
Pogues alum Iona Zajac shares stark new single 'Summer' | News
Fresh from opening for Alison Moyet in Dublin's 3Olympia Theatre, part-time Pogue and therefore honorary Irish woman Iona Zajac has shared the deliciously
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February 20, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Pogues alum Iona Zajac shares stark new single 'Summer'
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DRUM ROLL, PLEASE! 🥁
We couldn’t wait any longer to reveal this year’s incredible lineup—so here it is 💜
Get your tickets NOW so you don’t miss out 🤭
See you in May for another unforgettable night full of music and meaningful conversations 💜
We couldn’t wait any longer to reveal this year’s incredible lineup—so here it is 💜
Get your tickets NOW so you don’t miss out 🤭
See you in May for another unforgettable night full of music and meaningful conversations 💜
February 10, 2025 at 2:10 PM
DRUM ROLL, PLEASE! 🥁
We couldn’t wait any longer to reveal this year’s incredible lineup—so here it is 💜
Get your tickets NOW so you don’t miss out 🤭
See you in May for another unforgettable night full of music and meaningful conversations 💜
We couldn’t wait any longer to reveal this year’s incredible lineup—so here it is 💜
Get your tickets NOW so you don’t miss out 🤭
See you in May for another unforgettable night full of music and meaningful conversations 💜
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Posting some out-takes from the Under The Ragged Thorn concert film over on Patreon including this song, "Anything in the Long Run," which didn't make the final cut.
Subscribe for 5 Euro a month to access this and everything else.
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Subscribe for 5 Euro a month to access this and everything else.
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Exclusive - Anything in the Long Run & Maybe This is not Love (Out-take from Under the Ragged Thorn) | Joe Chester
Get more from Joe Chester on Patreon
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February 20, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Posting some out-takes from the Under The Ragged Thorn concert film over on Patreon including this song, "Anything in the Long Run," which didn't make the final cut.
Subscribe for 5 Euro a month to access this and everything else.
www.patreon.com/posts/exclus...
Subscribe for 5 Euro a month to access this and everything else.
www.patreon.com/posts/exclus...
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Now this should be interesting!
ANNOUNCING A MAJOR NEW @EmpirePodUK SERIES:
IRELAND & EMPIRE
Episode One-
COLONISING IRELAND:
Henry VIII, Elizabeth I & The Tudor Conquest of Ireland
IRELAND & EMPIRE
Episode One-
COLONISING IRELAND:
Henry VIII, Elizabeth I & The Tudor Conquest of Ireland
February 20, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Now this should be interesting!