Leslie Dowdall: A long-time Wicklow resident who grew up in Monkstown in south Dublin and Rathvilly in County Carlow, singer-songwriter Leslie is undoubtedly best known for her time fronting the Howth, County Dublin collective, In Tua Nua, in the 1980s and her solo career since. And while her musical taste is broad and diverse, her record collection is less so, an old boyfriend she says having hightailed with almost all her vinyl records some years back. What numerous CDs and sparse vinyl albums and singles she still has, however, are well worth a listen.
Series Overview:
As physical records – mainly vinyl, but also CDs and now even cassettes – continue to gain significant sales momentum worldwide, in the third series of For The Record, a unique format for RTÉ Gold, music fan and radio and TV producer/presenter, Pat O’Mahony, once again visits the homes of ten well known Irish or Irish-based folk who, like him, have over the years amassed noteworthy hard-copy record collections.
Some of the ten are directly or indirectly involved in the music business so might be expected to have a predilection for accumulating such physical musical delights; others will have nothing to do with the business at all but are merely huge music fans afflicted to differing degrees with this addictive collecting bug.
While digging through their varisized shelves he’ll hear music from and stories behind their music treasure troves, from their earliest record encounters, first purchases and most recent acquisitions, to any regrettable impulse buys or moving, stolen or loan losses over the years, all the while discussing the importance of music to them at different points in their lives and why today they continue to buy and play records when nearly all music is only an online click away.