The Whole Nine Yards Ep 290 16.8.26 Shamrock & Roll with Roy Stannard on Mid Sussex Radio 103.8FM

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The Whole Nine Yards Ep 290 

With Roy Stannard

On Mid Sussex Radio 103.8FM

Sunday 16 August 2026  3-5pm

www.midsussexradio.co.uk/listen

Shamrock and Roll

Ireland has always had a way of bottling weather, sunlight, heartbreak, rebellion, and mischief – and turning it into songs. From The Walls blazing into To The Bright & Shining Sun, Power of Dreams sharpening the edges, The Frank and Walters colouring the sky, and In Tua Nua, The Stunning, and The Golden Horde combining poetry with songs that punch hard.

In the second hour we have the modern folk gravity of Lankum, the emotional heft of Dermot Kennedy, the poetic fire of Grian Chatten and Kae Tempest, and the raw ache of Junior Brother and For Those I Love. From Shane MacGowan’s haunted beauty to Kodaline’s widescreen heartbreak, the music will be like walking through Dublin at midnight: voices rising from doorways, old ghosts humming in the alleys, and music that drifts into the night.

Hour One

The Walls – To The Bright & Shining Sun (New Dawn Breaking 2005)

Power of Dreams – 100 Ways to Kill a Love (Immigrants, Emigrants and Me 1990)

The Frank and Walters – Colours (Grand Parade 1997)

In Tua Nua – Don’t Fear Me Now (The Long Acre 1988)

The Stunning – Brewing Up a Storm (Paradise in the Picture House 1988)

The Golden Horde – 100 Boys (The Golden Horde 1991)

The Fountainhead – Someone Like You (Voice of Reason 1988)

Something Happens –  Room 29 (Stuck Together with God’s Glue

The Devlins – All The Days (All The Days 2024)

The Coronas – Light Me Up (True Love Waits 2020)

Catchers – Beauty #3 (Mute 1994)

New Dad – Safe (Safe EP 2025)

Just Mustard – We Were Just Here (We Were Just Here 2025)

Hour Two

The Fat Lady Sings – Drunkyard Logic (Johnson 1993)

Lankum –  On a Monday Morning (False Lankum 2023)

Dermot Kennedy – Funeral (The Weight of the Woods 2026)

Farah Elle – Teardrop (Degrees of Light, Experiments in Love 2017)

Damon Albarn, Griann Chatten & Kae Tempest – Flags (Help 2 2026)

Fontaines D.C. –  Black Boys on Mopeds  (Help 2 2026)

Junior Brother – Take Guilt (The End 2025)

Dove Ellis – Love Is (Blizzard 2025)

Kodaline – Without You (We Were Only Young 2026)

Shane MacGowan & The Popes with Sinead O’Connor – Haunted (Two If by Sea/Stolen Hearts OST 1995)

The 4 of Us – Sunlight (Heaven & Earth 2004)

Published by Roy Stannard

I'm someone who doesn't like parameters, barriers or fences. I'll try and climb over them, burrow under them or just pretend they don't exist - until they don't. Sometimes I'll write about the mind in a poetic way, or poetry with neural undertones, or I'll proselytise endlessly about my favourite new band - or one of the old ones. My Blog will give you the keys to the kingdom. A kingdom with no borders, no expectations and, therefore, no failure.. Because I am endlessly empathetic with people, their motivation, their behaviour,their problems and their quest for knowledge, I work with the pioneering Brighton-based homeless, vulnerable women and disempowered school students charity Off The Fence Trust that has tried to redress the equality deficit for over two decades. I produce, host and promote two radio shows a week: The Whole Nine Yards Sundays 3-5pm on Mid Sussex Radio 103.8FM (www.midsussexradio.co.uk/listen) - and Lost Immortals on Mid Sussex Radio 103.8FM on Sundays 5-7pm.

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