RTÉ Radio 1 is celebrating the third year of Westport Festival and promises a feast of music, comedy and entertainment
RTE Radio 1 Music
Playlist 20th May 2012
Playlist 20th May 2013
A LIST
REAL GOOD HANDS – GEOGORY PORTER
WHEN I WAS YOUR GIRL - ALISON MOYET
SLIP - STOOHIE
LOVE LIKE THIS - KODALINE 
GET LUCKY - DAFT PUNK FEAT PHARRELL WILLIAMS
ONLY LOVE SURVIVES - RYAN DOLAN
MISS FANTASY - FLEETWOOD MAC
IT’S ALRIGHT –PRIMAL SCREAM
DO WHAT YOUR PAPA SAID - SHAUNA MACKIN 
CLOTHES ON THE FLOOR - DAVID BURKE
A LITTLE MORE LOVE - MOYA
B LIST
WILL I EVER GET TO SLEEP - HEIDI TALBOT
LAURA MVULA – THAT’S ALRIGHT
IS THIS WHAT YOU WAITED FOR –CRY BEFORE DAWN
BIRD IN A CAGE - THE LOST BROTHERS
WHAM BAM! - ROBERT MIZZELL
HOME - PHILIP PHILIPS
SAILING - MOYA BRENNAN AND CORMAC De BARRA
HEY MR.MOON DANIEL O DONNELL
LONESOME SPARROW – THE WHILEAWAYS
DON’T FOR GET WHO YOU ARE – MILES KANE
SOUL BROTHER - THE HOT SPROCKETS
Recommended Listening
Forgotten Books - B & The Honey Boy
Panic Cord - Gabrielle Aplin
Last Minute – Josephine
Travelling Soldiers – Sarah Louise
Period Piece – Lloyd Cole
Where Can You Hear This Music
Tracks from the Radio 1 Album of the Week and the Playlist can be heard over the week on Risin' Time, The Ronan Collins Show, The John Creedon Show , The Weekend On One with Cathal Murray and Late Date.
Album of the Week: Rod Stewart -Time
This weeks Album of the week is Rod Stewart Time
Here's what the Guardian had to say about it:
Rod Stewart's first album of original material in 20 years was prompted, he says, by writing his autobiography, and he wears his heart on his sleeve on wistful, nostalgic love songs (Brighton Beach) and thoughtful divorce laments (the single, It's Over).
Musically, it runs the gamut of Rod from classic rock (opener She Makes Me Happy and the Celtic-tinged, triumphal Can't Stop Me Now) to the Do Ya Think I'm Sexy? era (Sexual Religion, which boasts a dark disco beat, synths and a throaty sax solo); Finest Woman is the Stones' Start Me Up and Little T&A rolled into one libidinous bundle, while a cover of Tom Waits's Picture in a Frame reminds me – not for the first time – how much the latter-day Mick Hucknall owes to the Rodster. The title track mixes organ, crunchy guitar and sweet backing vocals for the perfect rock ballad.
Among three extra tracks on the deluxe edition are Bonnie Raitt's Love Has No Pride, with lovely harmonies on the chorus, and Corrina Corrina, which has bluesier harmonica than Dylan's version. His voice may be sounding a teeny bit thin these days (although he still has all the high notes) but if you like Rod Stewart, you will love this album; if not, there are high points which may win you over.
Music Exchange with Shay Byrne
This week, Shay Byrne from Risin' Time (Weekdays from 5.30-7am) Sunday nights at 9pm), brings us down his memory lane.
People talk about the Summer of Love as being 1967 but for me it was 1990. I'd just left school and a gang of us headed away on 'The Trip To Tipp'. Five girls, four boys, two guitars and a newfound sense of freedom and possibility. I was smitten with a red head from Kildare named Aisling. Late on the Saturday with the sun setting and Aisling sitting beside me on the pitch at Semple Stadium we sang along to the Hothouse Flowers 'It'll Be Easier In The Morning'. And at that moment all was right with the world.
Enjoy
Shay
RTÉ Radio 1 Music Policy
To complement the wide range of music on the RTÉ Radio 1 schedule, and to ensure our audience is kept abreast of contemporary music, a playlist system is in operation featuring the best of the current albums and singles. The tracks are rotated over the main daytime programmes and are updated every week.
Tracks from the Radio 1 Album of the Week can be heard over the week on Risin' Time, The Ronan Collins Show and Late Date.
