Paddy Kehoe

Multimedia Journalist

Paddy Kehoe has been working in journalism for 27 years. A former teacher, he began his career with In Dublin and Magill magazines, and he wrote theatre reviews for the Sunday Tribune and film reviews for Irish Stage & Screen magazine.

Family summit - Two sons and their families gather as mother is shielded from the truth in The Farewell

The Farewell: Dealing with a China family crisis

Made to get the Oscars in its sights, with dialogue in English and Mandarin Chinese, The Farewell is a heart-warming tale about cultural dislocation which has indeed got people talking about it in advance of the 2020 Academy Awards.

Movie Reviews • 26 Sep 19

Avishai Cohen, Yonathan Avishai - the conversation from Tel Aviv by way of Lugano

Avishai Cohen, Yonathan Avishai - Playing the Room

Languorous and meandering and stark and bare at certain points, Playing the Room is an intimate conversation between two Israeli players who have know each other's music for 30 years

Music Reviews • 19 Sep 19

Pierce Turner: rare gift, a kind of divine intervention in music

Album review: Pierce Turner - Vinegar Hill

Wexfordman Pierce Turner revisits the rich canon of Irish balladry - and a few too that have been incorporated into the tradition - on his new recording, a vibrant and refreshing homage to his roots.

Music Reviews • 18 Sep 19

Archie Shepp: gutsy sax blowing from the man who is still performing at 82

Album Review: Archie Shepp - Fire Music

A highly-influential figure in American music and black consciousness, Archie Shepp has been a bold, soulful innovator in his time and Fire Music, just reissued on vinyl, exemplifies that fiery, gutsy spirit

Music • 18 Sep 19

Tim Fanning has employed the diaries of a Cavan priest in Spain for his fascinating new work of history

Reviewed: The Salamanca Diaries by Tim Fanning

In July 1936, army officers mounted a coup against the Spanish Republic which ultimately triggered the Spanish Civil War, witnessed first-hand by Father Alexander J McCabe. The Cavan priest kept his eye-witness account in a series of fascinating diaries.

Books • 26 Sep 19

Sitting pretty but noli me tangere - Miles in 1986

Album review: Miles Davis Rubberband

This posthumously-released recording from dates from 1985 and 1986, following his severance from Columbia after a 30-year working relationship to sign to Warner Bros, although there were a number of archived Columbia releases afterwards.

Music • 17 Sep 19

Growing up in Aleppo: Sama of the title holds a banner bearing a pathetic message

For Sama

Waad Al-Kateab and Edward Watts' deeply moving film records with unnerving intimacy the siege of Aleppo in 2016. The film may leave you feeling inert in the face of human evil, or quietly raging against the dying of Aleppo's light

Movie Review • 19 Sep 19

Sameer Rahim: his debut novel depicts two families in restrained conflict in London.

Reviewed: Ashgar and Zahra by Sameer Rahim

Sameer Rahim's debut novel features a young British Muslim couple whose first year of marriage is challenged by their diverging perspectives on religion and gender roles and how to live their lives in secular London.

Books • 12 Sep 19

Evanne Ní Chuilinn fronts a compelling documentary on adoption

TG4 announce an action-packed and informative season

TG4 has something for everyone in a scintillating new season of drama, music, sport, entertainment and travel programming, including the powerful documentary series, Finné and George Clooney's Catch-22.

Television • 04 Sep 19

Bley, Peacock, Motian: the hard stuff, no compromises. Much.

When Will The Blues Leave - Bley, Peacock, Motian

This previously unreleased 1999 recording featuring pianist Paul Bley, bassist Gary Peacock and Paul Motian at the Aula Magna di Trevano in Switzerland deserves decoding by repeated listens to its heady post-bop secrets.

Music Reviews • 28 Aug 19