Radio Highlights: The Scratch go acoustic in a new RTÉ session

Plus: Theo Dorgan discusses new work on Arena; Scottish independence on R na G; Will Sliney on RTÉ Jr; winter classical selections on LyricFM
Radio Highlights: The Scratch go acoustic in a new RTÉ session

The Scratch on stage at All Together Now Festival 2023: new tunes recorded in session for The Alternative; Tuesday, 11pm; 2FM. Pic: ATN/Stephen Golden

SATURDAY 

An tSeachtain le Máirín Ní Ghadhra, R na G, 11am: Discussing 25 years of the Scotland Act and the state of the independence campaign in the country.

Lyric Live, LyricFM, 7pm: Debussy's Pelléas et Mélisande from Budapest — Iván Fischer conducts the Budapest Festival Orchestra.

SUNDAY 

The Lyric Feature, LyricFM, 6pm: Dorothea the Doozy: The life and work of Dorothea Herbert — poet, writer, artist, and proud spinster from Carrick-on-Suir, County Tipperary — is sometimes compared with Jane Austen’s.

MONDAY 

Arena, RTÉ 1, 7pm: Singer and actress Ute Lemper calls in before 'Rendezvous with Marlene', her upcoming show at Dublin's National Concert Hall.

Will Sliney's Universe: A Storyteller's Journey, RTÉ Jr, 7pm: Sitting down with world-famous comic book artist, Will Sliney, to discuss all things art and animation in season two of 'Storytellers'. Tune in to learn all about the drawing show and how you can get involved too.

An Taobh Tuathail, R na G, 11pm: Join Cian Ó Cíobháin for a gentle start to the week, with new music from Rachel Lavelle, Kevin Richard Martin, Shackleton, VÄLVÉ, and Lee Gamble.

TUESDAY 

Arena, RTÉ 1, 7pm: Finghín Collins, the new Artistic Director of Dublin International Piano Competition, introduces listeners to Korean pianist Sae Yoon Chon — ahead of a performance at the Pavilion, Dun Laoghaire on Friday, November 24.

Histrionix, RTÉ Jr, 7pm: Charlie informs us about the history of basketball and its pioneer James Naysmith. But did it all really come from a glut of peaches, Flat-Faced Jolly and someone swallowing a tennis ball?

Dreamland, RTÉ 2XM, 7pm: An intimate journey exploring contemporary music and landscape on Ireland’s western edge - episode 1 features interviews and live sessions from Donegal artists Lunch Machine, George Houston, and Arn, and a tribute to late sonic experimentalist Aengus Friel Lawrence, aka Shammen Delly.

The Alternative, 2FM, 11pm: Following the release of second album Mind Yourself, Dublin trad-rockers The Scratch join Dan Hegarty for an acoustic session and an interview.

Poet Theo Dorgan: discusses new poetry collection Once Was a Boy on Arena; Wednesday, 7pm; RTÉ 1
Poet Theo Dorgan: discusses new poetry collection Once Was a Boy on Arena; Wednesday, 7pm; RTÉ 1

WEDNESDAY 

Radio Free UCC, UCC 98.3FM, 1pm: Eclectic music show hosted by Cormac Donovan O'Neill, spotlighting new Irish pop, folk, alternative, and indie releases.

Classic Drive, LyricFM, 5.30pm: Lorcan Murray is joined live by the RTÉ Concert Orchestra with conductor Robert Houlihan, for an atmospheric winter broadcast from the RTÉ studios in Donnybrook.

Arena, RTÉ 1, 7pm: Cork-born poet and writer Theo Dorgan on his new collection of verse, Once was a Boy.

THURSDAY 

Arena, RTÉ 1, 7pm: Peter Murphy reviews Sly Stone's autobiography, Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin); a conversation with Kensho Watanabe, ahead of his stint as guest conductor with the RTÉ Concert Orchestra.

Cuan an Cheoil, R na G, 7pm: Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh joins Liam Ó Maonlaí on the final programme of the series — simulcasting live on R na G's YouTube.

FRIDAY 

Iris Aniar, R na G, 9.15am: Broadcast live from An Cheathrú Rua to commemorate Oireachtas na Ceathrún Rua 1983-2023.

Sounds from a World in Motion, UCC 98.3FM, 4pm: World music show hosted by Julian Eduardo Suarez Bohorquez, going "from psychedelic cumbia and Cambodian surf rock to Malian desert blues", with a focus on historical, political and cultural context.

Lyric Live, LyricFM, 7pm: Live from the National Concert Hall as Leonard Slatkin is on the podium to conduct the National Symphony Orchestra, Chorus and soloists.

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Blindboy: appeared this past week on Arena. Pic: Karen M Edwards.
Blindboy: appeared this past week on Arena. Pic: Karen M Edwards.

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