Colm Mac Con Iomaire is a founding member of Irish trad band Kila and the extremely popular The Frames who celebrated their 25th anniversary in 2015. He has released two solo albums and is touring his second one 'And Now the Weather' in 2016. That tour sees him performing in Brighton as part of The Great Escape festival. Ahead of that we speak to Colm about his background in music, his time in Kila and The Frames and the variety of work he does now - including composing for TV and film.

What's the Craic is a weekly Irish radio show that broadcasts on Brighton's Radio Reverb on 97.2FM, DAB and online at radioreverb.com. You can hear it live Mondays at 8pm or catch the repeat on Tuesdays at 3pm or Saturdays at 1am GMT. You can follow us on Twitter at @whatsthecraicrr or on facebook.com/whatsthecraicrr for up to date news on whats coming up on the show and to get in touch with us.

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