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Dan Hegarty – The Alternative

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Dan Hegarty – The Alternative: The Irish at Eurosonic documentary

The Eurosonic festival is Europe’s premiere new music festival. It takes place each January in the city of Groningen in The Netherlands, and has hosted acts such as The XX, Hozier, Royal Blood, James Bay, and countless others during the early stages of their careers.

In this documentary, 2fm’s Dan Hegarty, and producer by Ian Wilson look at the many Irish acts that have played at the festival down through the years. Over the period of an hour, we’ll hear from The Frames, MayKay (formerly of Fight Like Apes), Jacknife Lee, JJ72, Olaf Tyaransen (from Hot Press), The Golden Horde, and archive interviews with Kodaline, Soak, James Vincent McMorrow, Hozier, and Villagers.

RTÉ 2FM, Wednesday 17 January, 10pm