KCLR 96FM
Through The Night
On Air Now
Through The Night
10:00 pm - 12:00 am
Listen Live
  • Live
  • News
  • Sport
  • On Air
    • Schedule
    • Podcasts
    • Documentaries & Drama
    • KCLR Catchup
    • Competitions & Terms
  • Catch Up
  • Jobs
  • Deaths
  • Advertise
  • Helplines
No Result
View All Result
KCLR 96FM
  • Live
  • News
  • Sport
  • On Air
    • Schedule
    • Podcasts
    • Documentaries & Drama
    • KCLR Catchup
    • Competitions & Terms
  • Catch Up
  • Jobs
  • Deaths
  • Advertise
  • Helplines
No Result
View All Result
KCLR 96FM
No Result
View All Result

Note: KCLR does not charge for streaming or access to live games. Ads are provided by a third-party.
ADVERTISEMENT

Folk/Roots: Show (15/11/2016) – Leonard Cohen Special

Martin Bridgeman by Martin Bridgeman
16/11/2016
in Folk / Roots
Folk/Roots: Show (15/11/2016) – Leonard Cohen Special
Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

Tonight’s show was a special one for all the wrong and some of the right reasons. Wrong in that we were mourning the passing of a unique artist, Leonard Cohen who, in many ways blazed the trail for generations of songwriters and someone whose creative output could not be measured in terms of quantity; his was deeply felt, achingly crafted and fully expressed to his own exacting standards. It was appropriate to do more than just play his music, although that would have been just fine for his many fans on the Folk/Roots show. It was right in that sense and I was helped by his many fans to make this special show happen.

We went on later that usual but then, as anyone who saw his triumphant concerts in recent years will attest, sometimes you just have to go with the moment and if it takes three hours then so be it.

ADVERTISEMENT

I was fortunate to be able to call on songwriters locally, nationally and internationally to bring to mind their own personal favourites. I was doubly fortunate to have a chat with his biographer, Sylvie Simmons. Our chat was edited for reasons of time on the night but I’ll post the full interview separately.

Thanks to KCLR as always for allowing me to go out on a limb and their constant support, to listeners for their stories and thoughts both by text and online and to the following songwriters who did the almost impossible and picked just one song from the masterful back catalogue of a true artist: Gráinne Hunt, Emlyn Holden, Gordon Barry, Kate Fenner, Clare Sands, Conan Doyle, Justin Cullen, Fiach Moriarty, Chris Brown, Jeremy Nail, Tim V. Smyth, Gerard James Hough, Mike Ryan, Clive Barnes, David Corley, Kairen Waloch, Ed Romanoff & Suzanne Jarvie

Here’s what was selected and played:

You Want It Darker
Suzanne
Winter Lady
Hey That’s No Way To Say Goodbye
So Long Marianne
Last Year’s Man
Bird On The Wire
Famous Blue Raincat
The Partisan
Master Song
Everybody Knows
Heart With No Companion
Tower Of Song
Show Me The Place
The Future
Nightingale
Treaty
Travelling Light
Anthem
If It Be Your Will
Joan Of Arc
Sisters Of Mercy
The Guests
String Reprise/Treaty

 

ShareTweetPin

On Air Now

Through The Night
On Air Now
Through The Night
10:00 pm - 12:00 am
Your favourite hits

Recent News

Carlow town retail premises evacuated and sealed off following evening incident

Latest Updates on Carlow Shooting Incident as Man in his 20s Dies

by Michael Bergin
02/06/2025

Carlow town retail premises evacuated and sealed off following evening incident

Taoiseach and Tánaiste ‘shocked and saddened’ by Carlow town shooting incident

by Edwina Grace
01/06/2025

Carlow town retail premises evacuated and sealed off following evening incident

Carlow town retail premises evacuated and sealed off following evening incident

by Edwina Grace
01/06/2025

Carlow and Kilkenny women heading to the Mini Marathon advised to leave in plenty of time

Kilkenny Woman Wins Women’s Mini-Marathon

by Michael Bergin
01/06/2025

Two serious road crashes in Carlow this morning

Three Hospitalised Following Crash in Kilkenny

by Michael Bergin
01/06/2025

ADVERTISEMENT

KCLR | Kilkenny and Carlow's Radio Station

KCLR is Kilkenny and Carlow’s favourite local radio station, with the very best of local up-to-the-minute news and sport with great music and entertainment seven days a week.

Listen To KCLR

Kilkenny
96.0FM Kilkenny South
96.0FM Johnstown / Urlingford
96.6FM Kilkenny Main
94.6FM Graiguenamanagh

Carlow
96.9FM Carlow Main
96.2FM Carlow South

Listen live online

Useful Links

  • Local Alerts
  • Helplines
  • Complaints
  • Advertise
  • On Air Schedule
  • Competition Terms

Contact KCLR

Broadcast Centre,
Leggettsrath Business Park,
Carlow Road,
Kilkenny
R95 YTD5

1800 90 9696
083 3069696

Get full contact details here

  • Complaints
  • Privacy
  • Contact

Copyright © 2024 CK Broadcasting / KCLR · Reg #355699
Leggettsrath Business Park, Carlow Road, Kilkenny R95 YTD5

No Result
View All Result
  • Live
  • News
  • Sport
  • On Air
    • Schedule
    • Podcasts
    • Documentaries & Drama
    • KCLR Catchup
    • Competitions & Terms
  • Catch Up
  • Jobs
  • Deaths
  • Advertise
  • Helplines