Make Me An Island

From his isolation pod in Mountjoy Square West in Dublin, Dónal Dineen presents an illustrated guide to the musical universe.

This episode goes back to Ethiopia for an audience with Alemu Aga and revisits the eponymous debut of the late great John Prine...

Joining Dónal in this episode, special guest Radie Peat from Lankum looks back on The Livelong Day and talks about some influential tunes she has encountered in her journey through music...

On the day of legendary drummer Tony Allen's passing, this episode unearth's a lost gem from the post-Fela musical revolution in Lagos. A visit is also paid to Tanzania to hear the sweet familial sound of Frank and his Sisters...

From his isolation pod in Mountjoy Square West in Dublin, Dónal Dineen presents an illustrated guide to the musical universe.

This episode traces the evolution of guitar-driven Highlife music in Ghana from independence in 1957 onwards. Special tribute is paid to the legendary K Frimpong...

From his isolation pod in Mountjoy Square West in Dublin, Dónal Dineen presents an illustrated guide to the musical universe.

From songs to the seals to tales of smuggling the tin, this episode bows down to the art of singing...

From his isolation pod in Mountjoy Square West in Dublin, Dónal Dineen presents an illustrated guide to the musical universe. 

This episode is co-piloted by writer, music lover and commited islomaniac, Kevin Barry.

From his isolation pod in Mountjoy Square West, Dónal Dineen presents an illustrated guide to the musical universe.

Today's show traces a line from the Exumas in the Bahamas to Lagos in Nigeria, stopping off along the way to listen to a Nina Simone classic that links the two..

From his isolation pod in Mountjoy Square West, Dónal Dineen presents an illustrated guide to the musical universe. 

This episode looks at the unlikely first use of electronic sound in music, as well as the explosive collaboration between Congolese musicians Seke Molenga and Kala Kawangolo and Lee Scratch Perry at the Black Ark studio in 1978...

From his isolation pod in Mountjoy Square West, Dónal Dineen presents an illustrated guide to the musical universe. 

Episode 7 pays a return visit to Niger before jumping to Cleveland, Ohio to hear the tale of a lost classic from Love Apple. 

Ireland is represented by Skipper's Alley and John Francis Flynn...

From his isolation pod in Mountjoy Square West, Dónal Dineen presents an illustrated guide to the musical universe.

Episode six circles the Caribbean before settling in Jamaica to tell the story of Burning Spear's extraordinary debut and follow-up on the Studio One label...