Culture That Made Me: why Mary Coughlan loves Elvis, Mad Men and Billie Holliday 

From Rory Gallagher and Elvis, to The Sound of Music and Mad Men, the singer selects her cultural touchstones 
Mary Coughlan releases a new album next week. 
Mary Coughlan releases a new album next week. 

Radio Luxembourg 

 I was born in 1956. In 1966, I started becoming interested in music. I bought a little pink wireless radio for myself in Derry that you had to turn the dial on. I used to listen to it all day and all night. 

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