Person: John Blek

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<p>Folk singer and songwriter, John Blek, among his new daughter's baby toys at home in Castletownroche, Co Cork. Picture: Larry Cummins</p>

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John Blek: It was the newest thing I’d experienced in 38 years, I’d no idea what I was doing

Cork musician John Blek talks to Helen O’Callaghan about the birth of his daughter in November 2024, about the change it brought to his lifestyle — both personally and professionally — and how he has been balancing raising a child with trying to retain key aspects of who he was before she was born

<p>Fastnet Lighthouse: hear from a Fastnet lighthouse keeper and a survivor of the 1979 Fastnet yacht race tragedy in which 21 people died</p>

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Sunday TV Tips: A Fastnet lighthouse keeper and a survivor of the yacht tragedy talk about the Cork lighthouse

<p>Cork singer-songwriter John Blek did up to 100 shows across Europe in the year prior to Covid</p>

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‘Everything was gone’: Musicians reflect on the impact of Covid-19

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Question of Taste: Singer-songwriter Emma Langford

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'On the banks of my own lovely Lee': A video tribute to Cork's cultural scene

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Arts online: gigs, plays and streaming fun

Scene and Heard: returning legends and noisy talkies

The return of Genesis, a feast of French film, and Beckett at the Everyman: arts/ents editor Des O'Driscoll has the lowdown

Thu, 05 Mar, 2020

A Question of Taste: John Blek

Cork singer-songwriter John Blek launches his fifth album, The Embers, with a gig at Triskel Christchurch on Saturday. His song Salt in the Water was nominated for “International Folk Song of the Year” at the Folk Alliance International 2018 Awards and his previous record Thistle & Thorn reached number 1 in the Independent Irish album charts.

Wed, 04 Mar, 2020

Scene + Heard: What's going on around the country

ALL AND SUNDRY: It’s probably just as well that the public don’t get to select the Turner Prize winner. 

Fri, 09 Dec, 2016

Cork Folk Festival Review: Roy Harper, The Unthanks at St Luke’s, Cork

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Sat, 01 Oct, 2016

Tom Jones sets the pulse racing at the Marquee

Joan from Northern Ireland was showing off her heart-monitoring wristband to her friends as John Blek and the Rats warmed up the crowd for Tom Jones.

Wed, 13 Jul, 2016

Blek to the future with new album

JOHN BLEK is not really called John Blek. ‘Blek’ is a moniker adopted for the stage, with the songwriter and producer keeping his actual name a secret (rumour has it he was born John O’Connor).

Thu, 24 Sep, 2015

A question of taste: Cian Heffernan

Cian Heffernan is from Carrigaline, Co Cork, and is project co-ordinator for Culture Night, Cork County 2015. He also plays drums with John Blek and the Rats, whose new album is released next week. culturenightcorkcounty.ie

Thu, 17 Sep, 2015

Parsnip Appreciation Society

THERE’LL BE PLENTY OOH AH IN DUAGH

Sun, 10 Aug, 2014

“It is a terrible affliction, not being able to sing”

I WANT to lie down and watch the trees stipple sunlight on the world, down in the garden with the moon daisies, on a blanket with my book.

Sun, 23 Jun, 2013