Paul Cleary from The Blades looks back on his life in music and picks out six key songs from his back catalogue. 

Gemma Hayes handpicks six key songs from her back catalogue and reflects on her life in music.

The Stunning and The Walls frontman Steve Wall reflects on his life in music by handpicking six key songs from his back catalogue. 

Bell X1 frontman Paul Noonan looks back on his life as a songwriter and handpicks some key songs from his back catalogue, sharing some stories about the time in his life when those songs were written. 

The Frank and Walters frontman Paul Linehan reflects on his life in music by handpicking six key songs from the bands back catalogue and sharing some stories about the time in his life when each of those songs were written.  

"A Headful of Hooks" is a brand-new music series presented and produced by Cathal Funge for Radio Nova, in which well-known Irish songwriters from the rock and indie world retrace their life in music by telling the stories behind what they regard as their best songs.

You can hear it each Saturday at 8pm on Radio Nova, or listen back to the show (with the music edited down, for rights reasons) afterwards as a podcast.

Broadcaster, writer and lead singer in Something Happens, Tom Dunne handpicks six key songs from his back catalogue and shares some memories of the time in his life when those songs were written.

"A Headful of Hooks" is a brand-new music series presented and produced by Cathal Funge for Radio Nova, in which well-known Irish songwriters from the rock and indie world retrace their life in music by telling the stories behind what they regard as their best songs.

You can hear it each Saturday at 8pm on Radio Nova, or listen back to the show (with the music edited down, for rights reasons) afterwards as a podcast.

Promo about the first episode of 'A Headful of Hooks' with Cathal Funge, intervieing Tom Dunne, on Radio Nova.