Streaming on www.theheartangel.ie on Saturday September 18th will be a very special concert and Elmarie spoke to Brian Murphy to get all the details.

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Cork is so lucky at the moment to have a really strong music scene across almost all genres. It really is like a Golden Age in Cork right now. And one of the people making that difference and creating opportunities for so many musicians across genres is pianist, composer and arranger, John O'Brien. In the summer of 2021, he composed a piece specially for the Cork Midsummer Festival. It was called "Lullaby for a City". With the world gradually coming out of a cocooned slumber filled with Corona-Virus nightmares, it was a love song to Cork, gently recognising the nightmare we'd been through, and calling us to wake up. Elmarie Mawe invited John over to the back garden to sit outside in the late summer sunshine and share how it had been to work and create in the time of Covid.

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It’s a funny thing with many of my interviews this term, according as I reconnect with people about events in the real world, we always begin with talking about the online experience, and there’s a certain amount of letting go that has to happen. I mean I know some events will be blended for a while yet, but yesterday when I was talking to Christopher Marwood of the Vanbrugh Quartet we were talking about moving concerts indoors and how marvelous that finally is. The Vanbrugh of course established the National String Quartet Foundation which has huge ambitions for chamber music in Ireland and the fostering of new and emerging talent. So Christopher has been programming and selecting concerts for Triskel Arts Centre’s Autumn String Series. The first concert is next Saturday September 11th, and well, we began by reflecting on the virtual year that’s been.

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Sean O Deadaigh has had the most interesting writer's developments of late. Besides winning awards for his last film, he's been to LA, took part in mentorships with the Sundance Festival, has a producer in New York lined up to take on his next film, and has now adapted a version of it for the stage. It will premier in Banteer this coming weekend, and he told Elmarie Mawe all about it on Cork's 96FM and C103

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What a joy it is to visit galleries and see new works! We highly recommend you go to the Lavit Gallery to see the current members' exhibition.

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A new song from Fiona Kennedy is always special, and "Where Else Would You Get It?" is a cracker. Full of emotion, nostalgia and love and produced by Declan Sinnott, Fiona came on to introduce it and tell Elmarie where the song came from.

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Having received 5 Star Reviews at the Fringe Festival in Brighton, Pauline O Driscoll was all set to take Ireland by storm, when Covid hit. Finally it's time to take Mam on the road in a hilarious production called The Seven Ages of Mam. Cork's first sit-down with Mammy begins on September 14th in the Cork Arts Theatre. Book fast!!

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Diarmuid Gavin was the special guest as on a balmy late-August evening, we gathered in the stunning gardens of The Montenotte Hotel to see this year's Sculpture Garden Exhibition, in association with the Kildare Gallery.

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What a year it's been for Live Performance! Cormac Mohally spoke to Conor Tallon about this year's Pitch'd Circus Festival, and bring entertainment to the streets no matter what!!!

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The Cork Arts Theatre continues its hugely successful series of Cork plays as it reintroduces audiences to Live Indoor Theatre. With limited audiences and strict Covid Hygiene Protocols, tickets sell out really quickly. Jess Leen continues her phenomenal journey as an artist, this time bringing a one-woman show "Waiting for Wifi" to the stage. Having read the News at 9am, we let her catch her breath before she popped in to Studio One for a chat with Elmarie Mawe and Conor Tallon.

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