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Front To Back - 15 more Irish debut albums to (re)discover

Dan Hegarty takes a look at some classic Irish debut albums from the recent and distant past.

Listen: Nina Hynes chats to Dan Hegarty

Shortly after completing her most recent record Really Really Do, acclaimed singer-songwriter Nina Hynes relocated to Berlin, where she still lives. It's a diverse album, blending spacey ballads with more upbeat alt-pop tracks.

Culture • 30 Jul 19

Watch: Gemma Dunleavy sings Better 4 U

For the first live session on her new RTÉ 2FM show, Tara Stewart invited talented producer, songwriter and emerging R&G talent Gemma Dunleavy to the 2FM studios for a stirring rendition of her song Better 4 U.

RTÉ 2FM • 18 Jul 19

Selective Retrospective: Dan Hegarty revisits great Irish Albums

This Sunday at 10 pm, RTÉ 2fm's Dan Hegarty will be broadcasting the first installment of a new series called Selective Retrospective.

RTÉ 2FM • 11 Jul 19

Listen: Irish hip-hop sensation Kojaque chats to Dan Hegarty

Kojaque's Deli Daydreams was shortlisted for Irish Album Of The Year at the RTÉ Choice Music Prize - listen to Kojaque's interview with RTÉ 2FM's Dan Hegarty.

RTÉ 2FM • 01 Jul 19

Back from the brink: Sinead O'Connor talks to Dave Fanning

Sinead O'Connor (AKA Shuhada Sadaqat) talks to Dave Fanning on RTÉ 2FM about coming back, her life in music - and her life out of music. Listen to the remarkable interview above...

RTÉ 2FM • 24 Jun 19

Listen: The Divine Comedy talks to Dan Hegarty

Office Politics is album number 11 from The Divine Comedy, and it finds Neil Hannon and his band of cohorts in some of the best form of their career. Neil Hannon chats to RTÉ 2FM's Dan Hegarty about the new album.

Music • 24 Jun 19

Watch: Hozier talks to Dave Fanning about his new album

Hozier sat down for an in-depth chat with Dave Fanning, to celebrate the release of his eagerly anticipated second album, Wasteland Baby! Watch an exclusive preview above...

RTÉ 2FM • 01 Mar 19

2fm Rising with SEAT: Listen to The Fall by Fia Moon

Listen to a track from the 2FM Rising pick for 2019 - an Irish singer/songwriter whose soulful, honest and heartfelt lyrics invoke names like Jhene Aiko, Banks and The Internet.

2fm Rising • 13 Feb 19

2FM Rising with SEAT: Listen to Higher by True Tides

Listen to a track from the 2FM Rising pick for 2019 - the intrepid pop project of Cian, Conor and Eoghan MacSweeney, three brothers from Cork, now living in Dublin.

Music • 11 Feb 19

Eurosonic at 20: Dan Hegarty on Europe's premier music event

RTÉ 2FM's Dan Hegarty writes for Culture about the Eurosonic Festival, which turns 20 this year.

Music • 15 Jan 19

Gerry Ryan and Dolores O'Riordan at the unplugged Studio 8 session.

Listen: The Cranberries live and unplugged on RTÉ 2m

In September 2002 The Cranberries came in to The Gerry Ryan Show on RTÉ 2fm and recorded an unplugged Studio 8 session on the eve of their then Greatest Hits album 'Stars' - listen to it here.

Culture • 15 Jan 19

Watch: Snow Patrol's Gary Lightbody performs Run

Just before Christmas, Snow Patrol frontman Gary Lightbody treated listeners of the Ray D'Arcy Show to a stripped-down rendition of the band's classic anthem Run.

Music • 07 Jan 19

RTÉ Choice Music Prize: Chasing Abbey, with Eoghan McDermott and Tracy Clifford (centre)

RTÉ Choice Music Prize dates for 2019 announced

Following a successful 2018 outing, the RTÉ Choice Music Prize continues to champion Irish music with key dates for 2019's event announced today on 2FM's Tracy Clifford Show, with Song of the Year winners Chasing Abbey performing live.

Choice Music Prize • 20 Nov 18

Sasha Terfous is one of the poets featured in Represent.

Represent - poetry's new wave get real, raw and authentic

Represent, a new series on RTÉ 2FM's online hub The Collective, showcases Ireland's new talent in poetry and surrounding genres in a real, raw and authentic fashion.

Poetry • 05 Jun 18

Watch: Macklemore talks Trump, fatherhood and shifting

RTÉ 2FM's Eoghan McDermott sat down with the incredibly cool Macklemore to fangirl, chat, meditate - and find out about his first shift!

Music • 04 Apr 18

Watch: Mango X MathMan & Melina Malone cover Show Me Love

Watch Mango X MathMan & Melina Malone with their take on Robin S's classic Show Me Love for RTÉ 2fm's Tracy Clifford in Studio 8!

Culture • 04 Apr 18

RTÉ Choice Music Prize - listen to all the shortlisted albums

The winning album will be announced at the RTÉ Choice Music Prize live event, held in Vicar Street, Dublin this Thursday, 8th March.

Music • 06 Mar 18

Listen: Techno legend Dave Clarke live in Dublin

Listen to a banging DJ set from 'Baron Of Techno' Dave Clarke, recorded last month at Index in Dublin and recorded by RTÉ 2FM.

Music • 30 Jan 18

An early publicity shot of The Cranberries

Dolores sings: hear The Cranberries' first ever studio recordings

Listen to Dolores O'Riordan's first ever studio recordings, as featured on acclaimed RTÉ 2FM documentary A History of the Studio 8 Sessions.

Music • 19 Jan 18

Louise O'Neill talks to Louise McSharry about love, fame & #metoo

In the latest episode of RTÉ 2FM podcast No Filter, the acclaimed author chats to Louise McSharry.

Books • 18 Jan 18

Sense and Shiftability - read an extract from Ciara King's Diary

We're delighted to present an exclusive extract from Ciara's Diary: Sense and Shiftability: 1999-2002, the hilarious new book by RTÉ 2FM presenter Ciara King.

Books • 01 Jan 18

Glen Hansard and The Frames feature in The Irish At Eurosonic

Celebrating the Irish at the Eurosonic Festival - hear a preview

A new RTÉ documentary celebrates the Irish acts who have played at the Eurosonic Festival.

Music • 22 Dec 17

Something For The Weekend: Ciara King's cultural picks

Choice cultural picks from the presenter of 2FM's Chris and Ciara show, who's just published her first book, the hilarious Ciara's Diary.

Something For The Weekend • 04 Oct 17

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