Arena Tuesday 2 August 2016
On Friday's Arena with Seán Rocks, John Meagher and Andrea Cleary review new albums, Paul Rice's documentary A Worm In The Heart, about the LGBTQ experience in Russia And Ray Cuddihy and rapper Celaviedmai preview My Tribe a new four-part series on RTÉ exploring hip-hop, metal and ravers.
with Sarah Binchy - actor James Cordon fears acting is becoming an 'elitist' sport, a gender reboot for 1984 hit film "Mermaid", Donald Trump mocked on The Simpsons
Mary McGill looks at the classic novella “The Little Prince” by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, the 2015 film version of which premieres on Netflix this week
Uilleann piper David Power talks about his attitude to merging a traditional Irish instrument with new technology and other styles of music
Official website: www.davidpowerup.com
Abie Philbin Bowman previews some of the events taking place at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival which starts this weekend
Official website: www.edfringe.com
Mary Coll reads her poem “Moving Out” which features in “Even The Daybreak”, a new anthology celebrating 35 years of Salmon Poetry
Stephen Kennedy marks 50 years since the release of The Beatles album “Revolver”
I'Ve Seen Better Days
George Jones/ Tammy Wynette
3:40
The Blooming Meadows
David Power, Uilleann Pipes
2:00
Caoineadh Na Dtrí Mhuire
David Power, Uilleann Pipes
2:03
Eleanor Rigby
The Beatles
2:08
Taxman
The Beatles
2:49
Here There And Everywhere
The Beatles
4:10
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Presenter: Seán Rocks