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Luan Parle joined us in studio 8 to tell us about her new album while performing acoustic tracks from Never Say Goodbye. Luan has a string of live dates coming up around the country. Check out luanparle.com for tour dates.

Walls Talk is a unique performance piece bringing together the spoken word, music, dance and jazz classics at the Project Arts Centre in February. The collaborators Breandán de Gallí of Éiriu dance company and singer, Gina Boreham join Seán in studio.

American Dirt is Jeanine Cummins third novel and a best-selling novel in 2019. However, accusations of racial stereotyping and misappropriation followed. To talk about the novel, and the ensuing controversy, Patrick Freyne and Chiamaka Enyi-Amadi join Seán in studio.

The Irish Language Art Song Project sees 50 new Art songs set to Irish language texts performed in the National Concert Hall. Artistic Director of the project Dáirine Ní Mheadhra, Professor Alan Titley and Garrett Shouldice, score editor join Seán in studio.

Costume designer Eimer Ni Mhaoldomhnaigh chats to Seán. Best Costume Goes to is an exhibition currently running at the Hunt Museum in Limerick. It is the story of the Irish film and television industry told through costume.

EImear McBride chats to Seán about her third novel Strange Hotel. The award-winning author of A Girl is a Half-Formed Thing, is one of the most talked-about debuts of the last decade. The new novel follows an unnamed woman through her mid 30s to late 40s through five anonymous hotel rooms in five cities.

Poet Louis de Paor with Gairim chun Eireann (A Call to Ireland). Also featuring the vocals of Bríd Ní Neachtain, Olwyn Foueré, Stephen Rea, Naisrín Elsafty and Caitlín Ní Chualáin.

Chris Wasser joins Seán in studio reviewing the Oscars 2020 celebrations. It was a night of firsts from the ubiquitous Parasite's historic Best picture win to Elton John and Bernie Taupins first Oscar together for (I'm Gonna) Love Me Again.

Traditional duo, Varo comprising Lucie Azconaga and Consuelo Nerea Breschi join Seán live in studio. They are performing songs from their self titled debut album and are accompanied on vocals by Niamh Bury.

Kay Sheehy chats to poet Louis de Paor and Helen Marriage, Creative Director of Galway 2020.