Eoghan Neff....Eoghan's radio show

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NOMAD - Eoghan's radio show on 97.4FM Cork Campus Radio "Welcome to the world of Nomad. Join me Eoghan Neff every Tuesday lunch-time from One o' Clock here on Cork Campus Radio 97.4 fm. I will take you around the world in 60 minutes, bringing you the very best of musical offerings from our planet of sounds. The truth is anything goes where Nomad is concerned, so let the spirit of adventure take you on what promises to be a most fulfilling excursion from the norm. What better way to take a break than cruising around the globe on the Nomad journey at Cork Campus Radio where you will only find yourself asking, where is he going to take us next?" The aim of my music program is to present top class music to an unsuspecting public who are constantly bombarded by todays commercialism which often leaves the most talented musicians out of ear-shot. I also try to keep Cork up to date with local musical and artistic happenings with short interviews with musicians, promoters, etc. [Intro music; "TradWrap" (Eoghan Neff)] Recent Play List TÁ SÚIL AGAM GO MBAINFIDH SIBH TAITNEAMH AS AN gCLÁR! HOPE YOU ENJOY! ARTIST, ALBUM, TRACK

 

Little Richardjohn @ Blogger.com @ 4/4/02
We're taking flamenco to Cork. The pilot announces we will be arriving in Cork in about five minutes. He has a whiskey and rainwater, oysters and black stout accent. The land glows green beneath us as we land. It rains from the minute we hit town. ‘Thank God you lads have brought the rain with you’ says the taxi driver, with a completely straight face. We tell him why we’re here. ‘The Opera House? A fine theatre, so. You boys mind you don’t go to any of those wicked pubs now and have a nice time in Cork.’
We do go to some of those wicked pubs I’m afraid - but strictly on business. Promoting tomorrow’s show. We have competitions organised through the venue and by local radio presenter and fiddler Eoghan Neff, with CDs and tickets as prizes. We end up CD-less and ticket-less, playing and singing with two local singers, a guitarist and three fiddlers with two fiddles, who swap instruments between choruses. Irish-blues-flamenco fusion.
We get back to the hotel. The second round of drinks is pending. Just before I get up to order, the barman comes over and says: "I'm off home now lads. Help yourselves, so." I swear to god.
This, apparently is Cork. I want to eat it all up.

For the record, the Opera House stage is a little quiet and a little hard, but very adequate, and with no rake or slipperiness. The general stage sound is excellent for flamenco.
The audience is fantastically open and warm and receptive and encouraging. The technicians are alert and inventive. And the front-of-house staff don’t query the interval drinks tab! As the man said: ‘A fine theatre, so’.

A fine town too. The Jerez of the North, if you like.