CRAIC AGUS CEOL is an Irish expression meaning live music and having fun.
I hope this tribute to Irish music brings you the excitement and good times that live Irish music brings about. Ireland is a medium-sized island of over 7 million people. Despite that, its worldwide cultural influence in literature and music has outweighed its size.
Like islands such as Cuba, Jamaica and Great Britain, its musical contribution has been extraordinary. These four islands are important musical Meccas. Mestizo Sounds has already made programmes on the music of Cuba, Jamaica’s paramount record label Studio One or about the Mods youth musical movement in Great Britain.
Now, this show wants to present some of the Irish great talents. You will listen to traditional and modern music and a blend of both.
Craic Agus Cell is in the memory of Shane McGowan and Sinead O’Connor.
Info
website - www.raysroom.org
email - [email protected]
Music Player - https://pod.co/nudirections
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https://www.raysroom.org/2bjazz-1
Playlist
1- Spanish Lady - SHANE MACGOWAN & THE POPES
2- Cliffs of Dooneen - CHRISTY MOORE
3- Gloria - U2
4- My lonely sad eyes - THEM
5- Hidden love/Sheila Coyles - FOUR MEN & A DOG
6- Calling card - RORY GALLAGUER
7- Ode ti a black man - PHIL LYNNOT
8- My perfect cousin - THE UNDERTONES
9- Sweet thing - VAN MORRISON
10- The sick bed of Cuchulainn - THE POGUES
11- Alternative Ulster - STIFF LITTLE FINGERS
12- Call me - IMELDA MAY
13- Fire on Babylon - SINÉAD O’CONNOR
14- Echoes in Rain - ENYA
15- Molly Malone - THE DUBLINERS
16- Year’s grave - THE CRANBERRIES
17- In ár gCroithe go deo - FONTAINES DC
18- Lord Abore and Mary Flynn - LANKUM
19- Fisherman’s blues - WATERBOYS
20- The boys are back in town - THIN LIZZY
21- The man who built America - HORSLIPS
22- Haunted - SHANE MACGOWAN & THE POPES
23- Lullaby for the dead - THE CHIEFTAINS featuring MAYA BRENNAN
24- Farewell to Ireland - THE DUBLINERS
Jazz Matters
Jazz Matters is a not-for-profit hobby project that I’m extremely proud of.
It began life in May 2021 as NuDirections, a weekly radio show on a London community station. That spirit of discovery still runs through everything I do.
But today, Jazz Matters has evolved into a global podcast platform for Jazz and World music lovers — reaching over 40,000 open-minded listeners across 57 countries on more than 24 platforms.2025/6 marks a new era. My love of music has always gone beyond Jazz, so I’ve created two distinct but connected spaces here
Jazz Matters: Podcasts, Playlists and Music Videos.
Jazz Lines: Blogs, Interviews, Gallery & Pulse for Who's Shaping the Scene.
I’m also preparing a full digital relaunch from my new studio, from 1st May 2026, then every Jazz Matters podcast, mix, and special will stream exclusively from my website—no third-party platforms and no algorithms. Until then, you can listen here and on 24+ podcast platforms.
Alongside the music, you’ll find in Jazz Lines, my platform for blogs, interviews, gallery, and pulse that links to things that catch my ear and eye. A bold new chapter begins soon. New location. New music player. New studio.
Jazz Matters. Because the music — and everything around it — truly does.
Enjoy the music I love