So for Culture Night, the people at Coughlans Live asked me to put together a Cork Culture DJ set. As ever a scope that wide really interested me:

It wasn't 'only recent music', even though this mix features a lot of that.

It wasn't 'bands that have played Coughlans' - but I think nearly 30 of the ones I played have in some form or other.

and it wasn't...

A definitive overview of Cork's Culture in a singular 2-hour-ish mix.... is that possible?

It was a Friday night DJ set in a bar that was to represent Cork's broad and mixed culture and music. There were some people there who didn't know what I was doing; to them they'd probably worked all week and were just enjoying a few drinks with buddies and I hope they enjoyed the soundtrack to that and didn't even click it was all so local. If that happened I'm as happy as getting people who knew the addresses of every act!

I followed my mood at the time, and in retrospect there are obvious omissions. I think I could probably do another mix and not repeat a track.

In this case I had a specific skillset: I am a DJ: I have been involved in and reporting on Cork music for 25 years; I've got my tastes; and I want to reflect the entire community - not just the now. This is an intersection of those 4 elements.

There are some youtube recordings of demos and rare records I'd love to find, speaking of 'old school' there are several acts who indeed went to my old secondary school. I could have played an hour of bands who all could credit Tony Doherty for facilitating their formative gigs. (In fact I'll do that soon...)

Looking back on the selected list, I see plenty of parents and children, siblings, and 2 bands I played twice! There are songs released in the 1970s, and songs by people who are still too young to be allowed into the bar during the DJ set!

Anyway you will hear these songs, but not in this order.

Anna Mitchell - Dog Track

Arm The Elderly - Catwalk Revolution

Babyrat - Roses

Bambi Thug - Doomsday Blues

Ben O'Sullivan - 890

Brian Deady - Over Like McGuyver

Cardinals - Masquerede

Cian Ducrot - Little Dreamer

Cliffords - Bittersweet

Elaine Flannery - Oh Sister

Fred - Summer's Coming

Freezerroom feat Jack O'Rourke & Jack O'Leary - I'm Not Waiting

Ger Wolfe - Victory Of Forgiveness

Hank & Ray - Where The Bottles Break

Hooray For Humans - Signature

Jean Pack And The Slay Babies - Baby's In A T-Shirt

Jimmy Crowley - Salonika

Kabin Crew - The Spark

Leevy - The Old World

Martin Leahy - Don't Play

Megaton - Diehard

Niall Connolly - Samurai

Ricky Lynch - Devil On My Side

Rory Gallagher - Bad Penny

Sean O'Sé - Puc Ar Buile

SheLovesCalpol - Beardo

Sons Of Mr Green Genes - Time Travel

Stanley Super 800 - Gatecrashing

Stevie G, Christiana Underwood - Deep Down South

The Frank & Walters - Indian Ocean

The Girls Of Summer - Summer Song

The Kates - Unbalancing

The Love Buzz - Freeloaded

The Sultans Of Ping FC - Yard Of Grass

The Sultans Of Ping FC - Where's Me Jumper

The V-Necks - That's Why We Lose Control

The West Cork Ukulele Orchestra - Pricetag

Two Time Polka - Border Radio

White Boys - Stylin'

White Boys - Take Me To Church

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If you ever want to talk about any or all of this music, get in touch or say hello if you see me.

I show you the hashtags Coughlans used on their instagram post -> #supportlocal #culturenight #enjoywhatwehave #donttakeitforgranted #grassrootsvenue

and now Culture Night's

#CultureNight #OneNightForAIl #OícheDárSaol #CultureNightCork #OícheChultúir

Thanks to Edel, Brian, @culturenightcorkcity @corkcitycouncil and @fcollinsie from The Night Time Economy Unit for facilitating this.

And to Shane Horan for the photograph he took on the night that I'm using.

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It's not a perfect mix, the levels are a bit off here and there, but c'est la vie.

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