The Joe Jackson Interviews

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Joe Jackson is a journalist, interviewer, author and IMRO-Award nominated radio presenter/producer. He has interviewed roughly 1,400 people in the world of the arts, politics, and entertainment for all major media outlets in Ireland, including RTE Radio 1, The Sunday Independent, The Irish Times, and Hot Press. His articles have been published globally in magazines such as Vox, Rolling Stone, and Snoozer. His radio shows include The Years Go Pop, 26 one-hour documentaries a 26 on the history of popular culture, People Get Ready, 52 one-hour documentaries on the greatest music acts of the 20th century, and Under The Influence, which was nominated for a 'Best Music series' award. In 2018, his documentary about Elvis Presley, Conversations about the King, was nominated for an IMRO Award in the 'Best Music Documentary' category.

Episode Date
Joe Jackson celebrating the Carpenters. From The Joe Jackson Archive
Apr 27, 2024
Jon Bon Jovi 1993 on sex, gangs, and rock 'n'roll. From The Joe Jackson Archive
Apr 27, 2024
Mick Fleetwood, of Fleetwood Mac, talks about the Beatles's song A Day in The Life
Apr 27, 2024
Love Him or loathe Him This is Gene Simmons from Kiss in 1996
Apr 20, 2024
Pushing Bob Geldof in 2001 about why he mocked Paula Yates in a song
Apr 20, 2024
Leonard Cohen 1988 on the quest to sing in a voice that is true. From the Joe Jackson Archive
Apr 20, 2024
Frank Zappa world exclusive interview from The Joe Jackson Archive
Apr 13, 2024
Ray Charles went Country long before Beyonce!
Apr 13, 2024
Joe Jackson celebrates the ultra cool Dean Martin. From the Joe Jackson Archive
Apr 06, 2024
"Sinatra thought Elvis was a hick. I was there!" Gordon Stoker Remembers. From the Joe Jackson Archive
Apr 06, 2024
The Beach Boys. Mike Love Remembers Pet Sounds and so on. From the Joe Jackson Archive
Apr 06, 2024
President Michael D Higgins 1993 Revisited. The Joe Jackson Interview
Mar 30, 2024
Nanci Griffith and her biographer Joe Jackson in conversation in 1993.
Mar 23, 2024
Joan Rivers. "The Night I Didn't Kill Myself.' Joe Jackson Archive
Mar 23, 2024
Neil Diamond "My Battle with the Mafia." Joe Jackson archive
Mar 23, 2024
Dory Previn on Mia Farrow and Andre Previn, Valley of the Dolls and her addiction to pills
Mar 16, 2024
Joni Mitchell 1998 backstage chat about her song, The Magdalene Laundries.
Mar 16, 2024
Cillian Murphy 2004 Like You Never Heard Him Before. The Joe Jackson Interview
Mar 09, 2024
Discover Dory Previn. Joe Jackson one of rock's most neglected singer-songwriters.
Mar 06, 2024
Nancy Sinatra talks about herself, her father, Frank and Elvis Presley
Mar 02, 2024
Joan Baez Irish Times interview with Joe Jackson 1993 Repost
Mar 02, 2024
Joe Jackson Soul Searching with Sean Hughes
Mar 02, 2024
Tommy Tiernan opens up to Joe Jackson about teenage depression
Feb 24, 2024
"How we wrote the song N17." The Sawdoctors tell Joe Jackson the story in 2000
Feb 24, 2024
Gerry Adams 1993 interviewed by Joe Jackson
Feb 24, 2024
The Sensual and Sexy Doris Day. Rethink your ideas!
Feb 17, 2024
What if history proves the U2 story was a lie? Eamon Dunphy.
Feb 17, 2024
James Dean rembered by Dennis Hopper. From the Joe Jackson archive
Feb 10, 2024
Mick Fleetwood remembers a stash of Hash in Ireland and more. Repost
Feb 10, 2024
The Corrs from The Joe Jackson Archive. Repost
Feb 10, 2024
Mike Love of The Beach Boys mocks the Irish and talks about Good Vibrations
Feb 03, 2024
Christine McVie on Fleetwood Mac, the album Rumours and its core theme, pain!
Feb 03, 2024
Mike Murphy in conversation with Joe Jackson
Jan 27, 2024
Larry Gogan: A Golden Half-Hour conversation
Jan 27, 2024
Cillian Murphy "Acting from the start was like drugs and good sex!"
Jan 26, 2024
Joe Dolan and Joe Jackson. There is no show like a Joe show doubled!
Jan 20, 2024
Eric Clapton ain't 'God.' He's racist.
Jan 20, 2024
Jerry Lee Lewis Says He Will Kill Joe Jackson. Repost
Jan 20, 2024
”Cillian Murphy, do you want me to break your nose?” says Joe Jackson 2004
Jan 13, 2024
Tommy Tiernan The Joe Jackson Interview 2004 Part Two
Jan 13, 2024
Neil Diamond 2002 tells Joe Jackson about a close encounter with near death
Jan 06, 2024
The 2004 Tommy Tiernan interview by Joe Jackson Part 1
Jan 06, 2024
Neil Sedaka ”I have balls and soul, Barry Manilow doesn’t!”
Jan 06, 2024
Celebrating Mr Cool, Dean Martin.
Dec 30, 2023
Joe Jackson 1997 celebrates David Bowie
Dec 30, 2023
Joe Jackson’s Conversations about the King (Elvis) radio show.
Dec 30, 2023
Elvis’s Santa Claus Is Back in Town. A ”filthy” Christmas song?
Dec 23, 2023
Leonard Cohen 1988. ”Sing with a voice that is true.”
Dec 16, 2023
”Elvis did not want to record Blue Christmas!” Gordon Stoker, of the Jordanaires.
Dec 16, 2023
Bob Geldof erupts when asked why he mocked Paula Yates in a song.
Dec 16, 2023
”Roddy Doyle degrades the Dublin working class,” Christy Dignam 2001
Dec 08, 2023
Sinead O’ Conner, Christy Dignam and Shane MacGowan, gone in 2023. R.I.P.
Dec 08, 2023
Kirsty McColl 1993. A Personal Tribute from Joe Jackson
Dec 08, 2023
Kirsty McColl 1993 talks about Shane MacGowan and Fairytale of New York. Repost
Dec 08, 2023
Shane MacGowan 1994. ”Smokey Robinson is a better songpoet than Bob Dylan!”
Dec 02, 2023
Shane MacGowan 1994 ”I’m proud of Ireland and good that Irish people are proud of me.”
Dec 02, 2023
Shane MacGowan RIP. His body is gone but his spirt cannot.be silenced. 2020 repost
Nov 30, 2023
So are they gay rock songs or not? Joe Jackson discusses Rock on the Wild Side
Nov 25, 2023
Dory Previn and Tori Amos Soul Sisters
Nov 25, 2023
The Christie Hennessy Story as you never heard it before
Nov 25, 2023
Neil Diamond reflects on a near death experience.
Nov 18, 2023
”Elvis did not peddle speed at Sun Records.” Sam Philips 1993. Repost
Nov 11, 2023
Partying with John Lennon circa 1964. PJ Proby Remembers. Repost
Nov 11, 2023
George Martin on Abbey Road and the battle for Let It Be, and more.
Nov 05, 2023
George Martin, ”The Beatles got a bad deal from EMI and me.”
Nov 05, 2023
George Martin the Beatles’ record producer talks to Joe Jackson
Nov 05, 2023
Paul Weller The Music that Made Me. Repost
Nov 04, 2023
Having a drink and the craic with Joe Dolan 2000
Nov 04, 2023
Joe Jackson interviews one of his music heroes Ray Charles
Oct 28, 2023
Mark Knopfler: The Joe Jackson Interview
Oct 28, 2023
Is Eric Clapton racist? You decide.
Oct 28, 2023
Jerry Lee Lewis to Joe Jackson ”Give me a good write up or you are dead!”
Oct 28, 2023
Soul Sisters. Tori Amos and Dory Previn.
Oct 21, 2023
Glen Campbell 1990 talks about Elvis, Jimmy Webb, cocaine, Tanya Tucker and God
Oct 21, 2023
”Elvis had to conquer all women. He betrayed me and broke my heart.” June Juanico
Oct 16, 2023
James Taylor 1988. The most in-depth interview ever given by James Taylor . Repost
Oct 15, 2023
Leonard Cohen jokingly mocks Bono for singing the wrong lyric in Hallelujah. Repost 2020
Oct 15, 2023
The Best interview about Richard Harris. Miriam O’ Callaghan and Joe Jackson.
Oct 14, 2023
Richard Harris and his Search for God. Repost.
Oct 14, 2023
Jimmy Savile 2001 on meeting Elvis: ”I could be diabolical with a straight face.”
Oct 07, 2023
Patrick Kielty 1998 on Princess Diana, Gerry Adams/Hilary Clinton, and Daniel O’ Donnell
Oct 07, 2023
Jimmy Savile 2001. Joe Jackson Attempting to Unmask a Monster
Sep 30, 2023
Bono and Joe Jackson In Search of the ”King” Elvis
Sep 30, 2023
Bono: ”If you serve money-making you sell out your vision.” Has U2 in Vegas sold out?
Sep 29, 2023
’Don’t believe the U2 hype.’ What if history proves the U2 story was a lie? Eamon Dunphy
Sep 29, 2023
Richard Harris 2001 ”Women and men do not get on! We do not like each other!”
Sep 23, 2023
Richard Harris mocks his fellow actors such as Gabriel Byrne and Robert De Niro
Sep 23, 2023
Richard Harris 2001 remembers his last pub brawl.
Sep 23, 2023
Tommy Tiernan Talks abut his Teenage Depression
Sep 16, 2023
A surreal encounter with Van Morrison.
Sep 16, 2023
Patrick Kielty 1998 Young and Uncensored
Sep 09, 2023
Dolores O’ Riordan 1990 Young and Innocent
Sep 09, 2023
Gerry Adams 1993. The Joe Jackson Interview
Sep 09, 2023
Eamon Dunphy : ’U2 tried to Mincemeat Me.”
Sep 02, 2023
Neil Diamond takes on the Mafia
Sep 02, 2023
Joe Jackson’s Greatest Hits...and Misses. Life Lessons from Celebs Vol 1
Sep 02, 2023
Michael D Higgins 1993 talking about dope and heroin
Aug 26, 2023
Gabriel Byrne 1988 . ”The first totally honest, soul-searching interview I gave.
Aug 26, 2023
Remembering Phil Lynott. Bob Geldof 1989. Repost.
Aug 26, 2023
”Elvis did not peddle speed at Sun Records.” Sam Phillips to Joe Jackson 1993
Aug 19, 2023
Paula Yates Soul Searching in 1993 part one. A repost.
Aug 19, 2023
Having the craic with Leo Moran of the Sawdoctors 1992
Aug 19, 2023
Elvis tells Tom Jones in 1969 ”I tried every drug to stay sane.”
Aug 12, 2023
Nick Cave and Joe Jackson discuss Elvis, Scott Walker and Leonard Cohen
Aug 12, 2023
Bono, Sinead O’ Connor, Sam Phillips and others celebrate Elvis Presley
Aug 12, 2023
Robbie Robertson R.I.P. Robbie Robertson 1994 on his Native American heritage
Aug 10, 2023
Sinead O’ Connor: The Healer. The Music That Made Me Part Two.
Aug 07, 2023
Sinead O’ Connor. ”This song I want played at my funeral.”
Jul 28, 2023
Sinead O’ Connor 2001 talks about the media, her childhood, her mother and abuse
Jul 28, 2023
Sinead O’ Connor and Elvis sing Wooden Heart.A plaintive poignant memory of Sinead
Jul 28, 2023
Sinead O’ Connor . R.I.P. Remember her this way. Sinead: The Music That Made Me.
Jul 26, 2023
Dermot Morgan 1993 Revisited Part Two. Still uncensored and Enraged
Jul 22, 2023
R.I.P. Tony Bennett. A Joe Jackson celebratory podcast made for his 95th birthday
Jul 21, 2023
Dermot Morgan 1993 Revisited. Uncensored and Enraged
Jul 15, 2023
Dave Fanning making some sense abut dealing with the death of parent. Repost
Jul 15, 2023
The Joe Jackson ’Zooropa’ interview revisited 30 years later. Repost
Jul 06, 2023
Soul-Searching with Celebrities. The Backstory of The Joe Jackson Interviews Episode 1
Jul 06, 2023
Christy Dignam ”My rape at 6, disconnected me from myself and led to heroin addiction.”
Jun 16, 2023
Christy Dignam. R.I.P. Remembering Christy as he remembers the music that made him.
Jun 13, 2023
”Just don’t mention Bob Dylan and we’ll get on fine.” Joan Baez to Joe Jackson in 1993.
Jun 10, 2023
Irish President Michael D Higgins Unleashed 1993 Style. The Joe Jackson Tapes Revisited.
Jun 10, 2023
George Martin ”the fifth Beatle’ talks to Joe Jackson about producing Beatle sessions
Jun 05, 2023
”So, Sam Phillips, did you force Elvis to sing black music?” Joe Jackson investigates
Jun 05, 2023
Joe Jackson outtake interview from the movie The Ghost of Richard Harris
Jun 05, 2023
’Super groupie’ Pamela Des Barres talks about her book I’m with the Band.
May 27, 2023
Scott Walker talks about The Sun Ain’t Gonna Shine Anymore
May 27, 2023
Joe Jackson singer interviewed by Joe Jackson journalist. Who’s the Man? Repost
May 27, 2023
Bono: The 1993 Joe Jackson Zooropa Interview Part One.
May 22, 2023
Who the hell is Patrick Kielty? The Joe Jackson 1998 Interview Part One.
May 22, 2023
Sean Keane of the Chieftains: The Music That Made Me Want To Make Music. A Joe Jackson tribute.
May 09, 2023
The Chieftains in conversation with Joe Jackson 2000. In memory of Sean Keane
May 08, 2023
Nils Lofgren 2009 The Music That Made Me. A Joe Jackson repost
May 05, 2023
The soul of Richard Harris: A poem, tears and primal pain. Repost
May 04, 2023
The Ghost of Richard Harris movie. Joe Jackson’s interview outtake.Repost. The best interview about Harris?
May 04, 2023
Gerry Adams 1993 on war and peace in Northern Ireland
Apr 29, 2023
Tommy Tiernan on seeing himself as a teenage, ”dour, bearded penitent Russian monk!”
Apr 29, 2023
What if the story of U2 was never truthfully told? Eamon Dunphy on his book Unforgettable Fire
Apr 29, 2023
Gene Pitney looks back at his song, the much-loved, Hello Mary Lou. Re-post
Apr 22, 2023
Roseanne Cash remembers her father, Johnny Cash and talks about Ray Charles.
Apr 22, 2023
’So, Sam Phillips, did you force Elvis to sing black music and record That’s All Right, Mama?” Re-post
Apr 22, 2023
Paul Weller 2000. The Music That Made Me. Re-post
Apr 15, 2023
Sinead O Connor 2000. The Music That Made Me. Sinead and Elvis sing Wooden Heart.
Apr 15, 2023
Francis Rossi 2001. The Music That Made Me. Re-post.
Apr 08, 2023
”She has a misplaced pussy!” said Tori Amos in 1994 about the female editor who spiked her interview in The Irish Times
Apr 08, 2023
Dave Fanning and Joe Jackson discuss dealing with the death of a mother and father.
Apr 01, 2023
Joe Jackson on Jerry Lee Lewis. The night the Killer threatened to Have Me Killed. Re-post
Apr 01, 2023
June Juanico. ”Elvis broke my heart. He could never be faithful to any one woman. He had to make a conquest of all.”
Apr 01, 2023
Joe Jackson’s uncut interview from The Ghost of Richard Harris film. The best interview about Harris ever?
Mar 26, 2023
The Joe Jackson Tapes Revisited radio show. Eartha Kitt. 2018. ’An extraordinary hour,” said The Irish Times.
Mar 26, 2023
Leonard Cohen on singing with a voice that is true to one’s self. A repost.
Mar 25, 2023
Joe Jackson recalls buying dope from Bob Geldof in 1970 and making a holy show of himself! Re-post.
Mar 25, 2023
Bono 1993, ”when you serve money-making you sell out on your vision.” Have U2 finally sold out?
Mar 18, 2023
”So, Bob Geldof why did you mock your late wife, Paula Yates, on your album Sex Age and Death?” A re-post
Mar 18, 2023
Paula Yates 1993 talks to Joe Jackson about sex, ageing and life. A repost.
Mar 18, 2023
”The Academy Awards are totally unimportant,” says an enraged Richard Harris in 1990.
Mar 11, 2023
’It was a turbulent journey.” Richard Harris Raising Hell and Reaching for Heaven Podcast One. Re-Post..
Mar 07, 2023
Dermot Morgan Enraged and Uncensored 1993 style. Part Two of a two-part podcast
Mar 04, 2023
Dermot Morgan a repost on the 25th anniversary of his death. R.I.P
Feb 28, 2023
Burt Bacharach Tribute 2 by Joe Jackson. Painted from Memory radio review 1998
Feb 11, 2023
A Burt Bacharach tribute from Joe Jackson. Joe reads his 1998 Bacharach interview.
Feb 11, 2023
Joe Jackson reassuring a ”tentative” Richard Harris during a 2001 phone call.
Feb 09, 2023
Richard Harris: A Poem, Tears and his Primal Pain. A tale of fathers and sons from Richard Harris Raising Hell and Reaching for Heaven.
Feb 04, 2023
Christy Dignam 2004. The Music That Made Me radio show with Joe Jackson. A repost hopefully to help cheer up Christy
Feb 04, 2023
Joe Jackson and Marty Whelan chat about Richard Harris, Jimmy Webb, and Joe’s biography of Harris
Feb 04, 2023
How Baz Luhrmann, as with Colonel Parker, betrayed Elvis. Repost pre Oscars
Jan 27, 2023
Richard Harris Duelling with Death to Have an Affair with Mia Farrow
Jan 21, 2023
Joe Jackson’s tribute to David Crosby. R.I.P. A conversation with David circa 1990
Jan 20, 2023
Joe Jackson interviewer 2023 interviewed about his book Richard Harris Raising Hell and Reaching for Heaven
Jan 08, 2023
Tommy Tiernan 2004 Soul Searching and Uncensored Part Two. Repost
Jan 08, 2023
Richard Harris mocks the ”Method,” Robert De Niro, and Gabriel Byrne etc. From the book Richard Harris Raising Hell and Reaching for Heaven
Dec 29, 2022
Tommy Tiernan Soul Searching and uncensored 2004 style. Repost
Dec 29, 2022
Soul Searching with Sean Hughes 1993 style. A tribute five years after his death.
Dec 29, 2022
Scott Walker on The Sun Ain’t Gonna Shine Anymore from Joe Jackson ’s Ebook The Fugitive Kind. Repost.
Dec 29, 2022
”Men and women began fighting in the Garden of Eden! Now it’s open revenge.” Richard Harris on the war between the sexes. 1987
Dec 23, 2022
Richard Harris 2001 Remembers: his last pub brawl. From the book Richard Harris Raising Hell and Reaching for Heaven.
Dec 22, 2022
Joe Jackson’s personal tribute to Ronan Collins
Dec 10, 2022
Reviewing the reviewer. Joe Jackson deconstructs a review of his Richard Harris book.
Dec 10, 2022
Richard Harris versus Angela’s Ashes. ”There’s not a line of poetry in the book and we Irish love words!”
Dec 02, 2022
Richard Harris got death threats from Loyalists in Northern Ireland and the IRA
Dec 02, 2022
’My friend Richard Harris. Joe Jackson recalls some fiery encounters.’ Joe Jackson reads his own article.
Dec 02, 2022
Santa Claus Is Back in Town. Leiber and Stoller talk about Elvis’s recording of their song and ”dirty” blues.
Nov 30, 2022
Christine McVie. A fan’s tribute to the glorious Christine McVie. R.I.P. Repost.
Nov 30, 2022
Paul Weller 2000: The Music That Made Me. Formerly Under the Influence. Repost
Nov 26, 2022
Richard Harris was a hell raiser, we all know. But he also was reaching for heaven. A Joe Jackson ”singles” podcast.
Nov 17, 2022
Richard Harris reveals the ”central rupture” in his psyche. And reads a poem about his father.
Nov 12, 2022
Richard Harris and his battle with Jimmy Webb to record MacArthur Park
Nov 09, 2022
Richard Harris talks about the song Didn’t We and Jimmy Webb. A Joe Jackson ”singles” podcast
Nov 09, 2022
Richard Harris: Raising Hell and Reaching for Heaven. Irish actor Richard Harris as you have never heard him before.
Nov 07, 2022
Richard Harris 1987 rips into psychoanalysis and his future biographer, Joe Jackson. A clip from Richard Harris Hell Raising and Reaching for Heaven
Nov 07, 2022
Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York, talks about being part of the British Royal Family 2004. Repost.
Nov 07, 2022
Jerry Lee Lewis. The night ’the killer’ threatened to have me killed. A Joe Jackson ’Single’ repost.k
Oct 28, 2022
Did the Kennedys, CIA and Mafia have Marilyn Monroe murdered?
Oct 01, 2022
A phone chat with Garth Brooks in 1991 (Repost).
Sep 11, 2022
How Baz Luhrmann betrayed Elvis’s music, culture, and most of all, the soul of the man. Part 1. (Repost, edited)
Sep 11, 2022
Baz Luhrmann’s movie ’Elvis.’ A lifelong Elvis fan reacts. Includes Sam Phillips, founder of Sun Records
Aug 08, 2022
The Real Elvis 7. The real BB King Talks about himself and the real Elvis
Jul 09, 2022
The Real Elvis 6. Sam Phillips, of Sun Records comments on sexual rumours abut Elvis
Jun 26, 2022
The Real Elvis 5. ”I’ve tried everything,” meaning drugs, Elvis told Tom Jones in 1969
Jun 26, 2022
The Real Elvis 4. ”So, guys, is Jailhouse Rock a gay love song and talk to me about your song Hound Dog!
Jun 26, 2022
The Real Elvis 3. ”Elvis wanted to conquer as many women as possible.” June Juanico remembers the King
Jun 24, 2022
The real Elvis 2. ”Sinatra thought Elvis was a hick.” Gordon Stoker of the Jordanaires remembers the King
Jun 24, 2022
The Real Elvis. Nick Cave and Joe Jackson ’two Elvis nuts’ discuss Elvis in-depth. Repost
Jun 24, 2022
Jimmy Savile interview 2001 ’Attempting to Unmask a Monster.’Re-post
Apr 06, 2022
Why Baz Luhrmann’s ’Elvis’ movie may be a total travesty of Elvis’s life and a historical lie
Feb 17, 2022
Gabriel Byrne: The Joe Jackson Tapes Revisited. ”The first totally honest, soul searching interview I did.”
Feb 02, 2022
Sarah Ferguson talks about Prince Andrew 2004
Jan 13, 2022
A Christmas Eve Tribute to Nanci Griffith who died in 2021
Dec 24, 2021
Eric Clapton 1991 re Enoch Powell. ”I‘d say the same thing again.” (Repost)
Dec 18, 2021
Mickey Dolenz 2000 Remembering the Monkees. A Joe Jackson tribute to Mike Nesmith RIP (Repost)
Dec 10, 2021
Get Back by Joe Jackson. The Birth and Death of the Beatles. Lennon and McCartney in conflict.
Nov 27, 2021
The Beatles Get Back movie. A myth making promo for Paul, like Let It Be?
Nov 16, 2021
Tori Amos on John Lennon, gun control and Eminem
Nov 05, 2021
Joe Jackson Celebrates the Music of... Fred Astaire
Nov 05, 2021
Paul McCartney 1991. ”I was just trying to steer clear of heroin.” A Joe Jackson ”Singles”Podcast
Oct 28, 2021
Joe Jackson Celebrates the music of...Dean Martin.
Oct 28, 2021
Long lost 1992 Interview with The Popsuckers aka The Sawdoctors
Oct 28, 2021
The Chieftains. Paddy Moloney The Music That Made Me. A Joe Jackson Singles podcast
Oct 12, 2021
Joe Jackson Pays Tribute to Paddy Moloney. R.I.P. Frank Zappa. ”The Chieftains are better than U2.”
Oct 12, 2021
Tony Bennett Remembers Part Two. ”How Art Tatum and Stan Getz helped me define my style of singing. And how Johnny Ray influenced rock ‘n‘ roll.”
Oct 08, 2021
Joe Jackson Interviewer. My Greatest Hits and Misses Part One. A repost
Oct 08, 2021
Scott Walker talks about The Sun Ain‘t Gonna Shine Anymore. ‘One of the best pop records, ever” he says. A Joe Jackson Repost.
Oct 08, 2021
A Neil Diamond joke. ”I‘ve had worse than death threats, someone threatened to leave me their Barry Manilow collection!” A Joe Jackson ”Singles‘ Podcast
Oct 01, 2021
Joe Jackson Celebrates the Music of...Neil Diamond
Oct 01, 2021
Joe Jackson Celebrates the artistry of Charles Aznavour. ”One of the greatest and most neglected songwriters, ever.”
Oct 01, 2021
Buying dope from Bob Geldof. A brief celebration of sorts of Geldof‘s upcoming 70th birthday.
Sep 30, 2021
”So, Brendan O Carroll, are you a dirty scumbag or just a funny guy?” A Joe Jackson Singles podcast
Sep 25, 2021
Morrissey 1994. ” A bit too old at 35 to be posing?” A fleeting critical analysis of The Smiths and Morrissey solo. A Joe Jackson Singles Podcast
Sep 19, 2021
”So, tell me Micheal D Higgins, did you do drugs during the heady 1960‘s, man?” A Joe Jackson Singles Podcast
Sep 19, 2021
Joe Jackson 1999 celebrates the music of The Carpenters, particularly Karen Carpenter‘s other-worldly voice.
Sep 03, 2021
Mary Black Under the Influence of...Joni Mitchell. ”Big Yellow Taxi was a song that changed my life!” A Joe Jackson Singles Podcast
Sep 03, 2021
”So, Bob Geldof, why did you mock your late wife, Paula Yates, on your album Sex, Age and Death?” A clip from ‘Bob Geldof: The Joe Jackson Interviews Plus.‘
Sep 03, 2021
Mike Love, of the Beach Boys, on Good Vibrations, Pet Sounds, Brian Wilson, and the inability of the Irish to grasp intangibles! A Joe Jackson Singles Podcast
Aug 27, 2021
Dave Fanning and Joe Jackson discuss dealing with the deaths of mothers and fathers
Aug 27, 2021
Tommy Tiernan on dealing with his teenage depression. "At 16 I was Ghandi/Mike Scott but I became a dour, bearded, penitent Russian monk!"
Aug 20, 2021
Nanci Griffith 1993 Part One. Nanci talks about Ireland, her new album, Other Voices, Other Rooms, its track Tecumseh Valley, and being a "folkie" who is rich.
Aug 20, 2021
Nanci Griffith in Conversation about Music. A personal tribute by Joe Jackson, co-author, with Nanci, of the book 'Nanci Griffith's Other Voices'
Aug 14, 2021
"Sinatra thought Elvis was a hick." Gordon Stoker of the Jordanaires tells the true Presley/Sinatra story. From 'In Search of Elvis', a Joe Jackson Podcast series
Aug 13, 2021
Kris Kristofferson Under the Influence of...Hank Williams and Johnny Cash. A Joe Jackson "Singles" Podcast.
Aug 13, 2021
Elvis Costello Under the Influence of...Lorenz Hart and Cole Porter. "So, Elvis, are you a closet gay!"
Aug 13, 2021
"I have to sing and paint every day." A seminal insight into Tony Bennett's. A Joe Jackson "Singles" Podcast.
Aug 06, 2021
David Crosby. "Cocaine leaves you in noodle city, you can't come with heroin." Crosby on how drugs ill-effected his sex life, music and political activism. His most revealing interview.
Aug 05, 2021
Life Lessons Learned from a conversations with...Leonard Cohen 1985.
Aug 05, 2021
Hanging out and getting drunk at home with John Lennon circa 1964. PJ Proby Remembers
Jul 30, 2021
Bono 1989 performs the William Butler Yeats poem, Mad as the Mist and Snow. A Joe Jackson Podcast Single
Jul 30, 2021
Troubled Voices. Paul Durcan 1987 responds to the Enniskillen bombing. "I don't want to be Irish."
Jul 28, 2021
Joe Jackson 1994 celebrates women in rock. Melissa Etheridge, Alanis Morissete and Tori Amos
Jul 23, 2021
Talking with George Martin 1994 about his seminal role as the Beatles' producer
Jul 23, 2021
Nancy Sinatra, "Forget James Joyce! I want to see Bono's house!" A 200th Joe Jackson Interviews Podcast Special Edition.
Jul 16, 2021
From Darkness to Light. Nancy Sinatra, on dealing with Tommy Sands' drug abuse, the death of her husband Hugh Lambert and the loss of her dad, Frank Sinatra.
Jul 16, 2021
Zooropa Revisited. Bono in 1993 reads his poem, In Cold Blood. A Joe Jackson 'Singles' Podcast.
Jul 16, 2021
Christy Dignam 2004. Rock 'n' roll excesses. "Heroin is satan's semen." Listener discretion.advised.
Jul 09, 2021
Eamon Dunphy 1996, on sex. "Football is not the 'public legitimisation' of homosexual inclinations."
Jul 09, 2021
My Fleeting Encounters with the Mercurial Van Morrison. A Monty Python sketch, of sorts.
Jul 02, 2021
Pamela Des Barres 1989 Self professed "rock groupie" on the quest to reconcile sex and romance, and the feminist response to her book I'm With the Band.
Jul 02, 2021
Troubled Voices. Gerry Adams, 1993. "RTE fails as a national broadcaster, Eoghan Harris is a propagandist, and Michael D Higgins should revisit his view on censorship."
Jun 26, 2021
Bono and Joe Jackson In Search of Elvis. Bono on "fancying" Elvis, and knowing "when he sang 'Glory, Glory Hallelujah' he meant it."
Jun 25, 2021
Sinead O Connor The Music That Made Me Part One. Sinead on Elvis, John Lennon, Bob Dylan and Bob Marley
Jun 18, 2021
Joe Jackson goes to war for Christy Moore against critic Diarmuid Doyle in 1996. Had Christy sold out or not? You decide!
Jun 18, 2021
Nick Cave 1994 Part Two. Nick discusses the tensions in his psyche, his view of love as a site of war and peace, and much more
Jun 18, 2021
Nick Cave and Joe Jackson 1994. Two Elvis "nuts" discuss the King in all his glory. Special edition podcast.
Jun 11, 2021
Nick Cave 1994 Part One. Nick on Scott Walker, Leonard Cohen and Elvis Presley
Jun 11, 2021
Damien Dempsey The Music That Made Me. Damien on Phil Lynott, Christy Moore, Sinead O Connor plus "real stuff" about class, drugs and his background
Jun 11, 2021
The "unbearably sensuous singing" of Doris Day, plus more.
Jun 11, 2021
Neil Sedaka 1997 Podcast Clarification. Sedaka actually says "I'm no Barry Manilow, come on! I have balls!" Listen and believe
Jun 05, 2021
A Celebration of Neil Sedaka. "Don't compare me to Barry Manilow. I have balls, soul and substance, Manilow doesn't!"
Jun 04, 2021
David Gray The Music That Made Me 2. Gray talks about Madness, The Specials, White Ladder, and Lost Songs 1995-1998.
Jun 04, 2021
Joe Jackson Celebrates Gay Byrne. The phone chat with Gay that helped me find my father's family.
Jun 04, 2021
David Gray The Music that Made Me. Gray on Dylan, Morrison, Springsteen, music, art and death
May 28, 2021
Gene Pitney talks about Hello Mary Lou the classic song he wrote for Ricky Nelson
May 28, 2021
George Benson talks about recording with Sinatra the astounding Mack the Knife. A Joe Jackson singles Podcast
May 28, 2021
From Elvis In Memphis. George Klein, Elvis's buddy, traces the King's musical journey from Sun Records to the Memphis sessions in 1969
May 21, 2021
Tom Jones. "I was propositioned by Joe Meek." Tom talks about the so-called "gay mafia" in 1960s British pop.
May 21, 2021
Sinead O Conor 2001 Remembering. Sinead talks about the media, her childhood, mother and abuse
May 21, 2021
Charlies McCreevy 1989. His most controversial interview. "I like Maggie Thatcher's balls but she's a tyrannical bitch!"
May 14, 2021
Leonard Cohen on I'm Your Man and the quest to sing and speak with a voice that is true.
May 14, 2021
Tony Joe White on Elvis going "out there" singing his song Polk Salad Annie. And being at the For Ol' Time's Sake and I've Got a Thing About You Baby recording session in Stax.
May 14, 2021
"Tom Jones, if you can't tell me the truth about this, don't say anything." Tom talks about his extramarital affairs and his love for his wife Linda.
May 07, 2021
Tom Jones talks about Van Morrison, taking amyl nitrate thinking it was Vicks, toning down his bad language and God.
May 07, 2021
Gabriel Byrne versus Eoghan Harris 1988. Referee: Joe Jackson
May 07, 2021
Francis Rossi, Status Quote, The Music that Made Me. Talks about the Everly Brothers, copying Hendrix, coke, Bono, Van Morrison and God
Apr 30, 2021
Eamon Dunphy the 1996 definitive interview. On shyness, George Best being boring, brothel creeping, lesbian sex and a threesome.
Apr 30, 2021
Tom Jones on sex appeal and the "talismanic aspect of knickers" - being thrown during his concerts! I kid you not!
Apr 29, 2021
Michael D Higgins Uncensored. 1993. On cultural politics, drugs, Dylan, Eamon Dunphy, Gerry Adams and the Sunday Independent
Apr 23, 2021
Father Brian D'arcy 1996. A soul searching interview with a priest, about sexual abuse, his "life-denying" spiritual training and re-learning a 'version of goodness.'
Apr 23, 2021
The Night Tom Jones wanted to punch-out his "rival" singer PJ Proby.
Apr 23, 2021
Kiss. Gene Simmons 1996 on sex, not using drugs - "I'd beat the ass off Axel Rose" - being an "outcast" as a Jew, and why Morrissey's music lacks sexual energy and isn't rock 'n' roll
Apr 16, 2021
Bob Geldof 2001 'Sex, Age and Death' and Paula Yates. 'I do not feel guilty about her death."
Apr 16, 2021
June Juanico remembers Elvis 1956 as a lover. The good, the bad, and the heartbreak. "He wanted to conquer as many women as possible."
Apr 16, 2021
Shay Healy. A Tribute. "A bit of stardust in another dimension."
Apr 10, 2021
Eamon Dunphy 1996. "When you cross U2 you get black marks. The full weight of the U2 machine fell on me. They tried to mincemeat me." Never told until now, the story behind 'Unforgettable Fire.'
Apr 09, 2021
Joe Jackson's Personal Tribute to John Prine. Prine remembers working and writing songs with the patently demented if not psychotic Phil Spector.
Apr 09, 2021
Gene Pitney talks about playing on The Rolling Stones first LP, and recording his classic single 'I'm Gonna Be Strong.' A Joe Jackson Singles podcast
Apr 08, 2021
Dennis Hopper 1995, Rebel Without a Cause Revisited. "James Dean? 'The human ashtray'? Give me a break!"
Apr 08, 2021
Neil Diamond, "Lessons I learned from a near-death experience in 1979." A Joe Jackson 'Singles' Podcast
Apr 04, 2021
"The night Elvis sang to me in the shower." Tom Jones remembers! A fun 'single' podcast
Apr 04, 2021
Neil Diamond 2001 Part Three. His most revealing interview ever. Neil talks about his son Jesse, divorce, a near-death experience and his concept of God.
Apr 01, 2021
Paula Yates 1993 Soul Searching and Uncensored Part Two. "This is like being in therapy." Paula as you never heard her during an interview.
Apr 01, 2021
"Tom Jones, Elvis said you stick a sock down the front of your trousers, do you?" The most explicit Tom Jones interview ever!
Apr 01, 2021
BB King talks about U2, Elvis, racism in music, and in America, in general, Memphis, and extending the blues symphonically.
Mar 26, 2021
Jon Bon Jovi 1993 apologises for using on stage the word "faggots," talks about, sex, AIDS, songs, gangs and rock 'n' roll
Mar 26, 2021
Neil Diamond: "Why I hated making 'The Jazz Singer' and hated making music videos!" Neil talks about the movie and Laurence Olivier, "Larry."
Mar 26, 2021
Noel Gallagher 1996. A working class hero is something to be. "This is why this f***ing band (Oasis) is important."
Mar 19, 2021
A Phone Call with Garth Brooks. 1992. Garth on fatherhood, critics of country music, the universality of song, and Mick Hanley
Mar 19, 2021
The Neil Diamond Story Part Two. Neil talks about songwriting as a balm, his moodiness, marriages, children and a war with his record company
Mar 19, 2021
I Am I Said. The story behind one of Neil Diamond's greatest songs. A Joe Jackson Podcast Single
Mar 12, 2021
Tom Jones. "Elvis was not homosexual, I didn't have an affair with Priscilla and I never worked for the Mafia."
Mar 12, 2021
Tom Jones 1992 talks about Linda, his image as a "stud," the feminist response to his work and obsessive female fans.
Mar 12, 2021
Bell X1 2006. Paul Noonan soul searching and uncensored at the time of Flock, talks about life, art, love, music and death
Mar 05, 2021
PaulaYates 1993 on Sex, Ageing and Life. Paula Yates soul searching and uncensored. Part one.
Mar 05, 2021
Tori Amos censored and silenced by The Irish Times in 1994. Tori responds to Joe Jackson telling her during a phone call that The Irish Times censored her interview.
Feb 26, 2021
Boy George 1993. "I still fancy Larry Mullen Jnr and it depends who calls me a 'pervert,' 'homo,' or 'fag.'" Boy George soul searching with Joe Jackson
Feb 26, 2021
Tom Jones as you never heard him before. The Irish Times Interview 1992 Part 1. Jones on his music, sex appeal, Welsh Nationalism, and religious conflict in his marriage
Feb 26, 2021
George Martin tells Joe Jackson about the evolution of Let It Be album and how it led to Abbey Road. A Single.
Feb 21, 2021
Eamon DeValera sucker punches Winston Churchill at the end of World War Two. A 'Singles' podcast from Boom! Joe Jackson's History of Pop Culture
Feb 20, 2021
A Priest blesses the Enola Gay before it drops the world's first atomic bomb.A Joe Jackson 'Singles' podcast clip from Boom! JoeJackson's History of Popular Culture. 1945
Feb 20, 2021
Boom! Joe Jackson's 26-part History of Popular Culture. 1945.
Feb 19, 2021
Pat Egan announces break up of Taste Dublin National Stadium October 1970. Sound bite from The Joe Jackson Archive.
Feb 19, 2021
Christy Dignam 2004. Sexual abuse survivor and former heroin addict Dignam says, "heroin is Satan's semen." Listener discretion advised
Feb 13, 2021