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Just catching up up with the St Paddy’s Day edition of the @ralphmclean.bsky.social show on #bbcsounds. If there is a better selection of two hours of music on the wireless set this year I’ll eat my shoes! And I have size 16 feet! Absolutely stonking show. 👏👏👏
I met up with country superstar #CarlyPearce ahead of her forthcoming Irish dates. Read all about it in today’s #TheSundayLife @carlypearce01.bsky.social
What a great programme - I didn't know much about Chip Taylor, but now I do :) With a nod to CT's golfing background, @ralphmclean.bsky.social tees off of course with Wild Thing @tomstewart1984.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Ralph McLean - Country - Chip Taylor - A Tribute - BBC Sounds
Ralph pays tribute to songwriter Chip Taylor.
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Deeply saddened to hear that the great Chip Taylor has passed. A songwriter cut from the finest cloth but more importantly a decent human being and good friend of Ireland. Full tribute on the country show to come. God bless ya Chip! #ChipTaylor
Talking new albums, health issues and forthcoming Irish dates with country superstar Carly Pearce on the radio show tonight from 8. Also got new music from Bill Callahan and Willie Nelson & tributes to Tucker Zimmerman and John Hammond C’mon over sure! #bbccountry #ralphmcleancountry #carlypearce
Enjoying the new Van Morrison blues album this fine Saturday afternoon. Will share on Monday’s radio show. What’s your listening pleasure this weekend? #VanMorrison #somebodytriedtosellmeabridge @vanmorrison.bsky.social
Thank you for all the birthday love today folks. I’m on the train into work sadly but as you can see by this compare and contrast couple of pics I haven’t changed a bit over the years! More hair then like.. just..but same fashion sense. No teddy anymore though sadly!
Talking with music scribe supreme #RobBowman on the show tonight about his incredible new book on the history of music from #MuscleShoals #LandOf1000Sessions Some of the greatest records of all time were made there. Tune into @bbcradioulster & @BBCSounds from 8. @shorefiremedia.bsky.social
Over the next two Mondays my old pal #BronaghGallagher is Co-presenting the radio show with me. That this means seriously great music goes without saying! #bbcradioulster & #bbcsounds from 8pm #howtogettoheavenfrombelfast
Get your soul stew bubbling this Sunday with The Siobhan Brown Soul Show! Top tunes and chat every Thursday at 9pm and Sundays at 3pm on BBC Radio Ulster and Sounds. A McLean Media Production. #soulradio #bbcsoul #siobhanbrownsoulshow
If you need a little soul lift for Friday try this.. Siobhan Brown never let’s you down. #siobhanbrownsoulshow #bbcsoul #soulradio www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
The Siobhan Brown Soul Show - 12/02/2026 - BBC Sounds
Siobhan Brown celebrates soul music in all its many forms.
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Some craic at our #Beatles #Revolver bash in Lisburn tonight. Hearing Tomorrow Never Knows thundering around the big arts centre speakers was quite the thrill. Seriously Fab friendly sell out crowd and all. Even my boy Dan turned up. I have trained him well! Lol #ralphsrecordclub
The great Lucinda Williams is talking to me on the radio show tonight from 8pm. Don’t get to say that every day! @lucindawilliams.bsky.social #lucindawilliams #worldsgonewrong
The great Lucinda Williams is talking to me on the radio show tonight from 8pm. Don’t get to say that every day! @lucindawilliams.bsky.social #lucindawilliams #worldsgonewrong
The musical force of nature that is #KazHawkins is in conversation and session with me on the radio show tonight from 8. Live tunes, new album tracks and a look back on an amazing musical life. As the woman herself says “it’s not blues or jazz it’s just Kaz!” Spread the word.
It’s your 10 minute klaxon alert for the Sunday edition of The #SiobhanBrownSoulShow people! 3pm start on BBC Radio Ulster & Sounds. A McLean Media production. Episode three in the series arrives Thursday night at 9. Spread the word! #bbcsoul #soulmusicradio #whatissoul #thisissoul
Great range of music on the evening show this week. From #Bowie to #Sugar and #NickLowe it was quite the journey. Next Wednesday night I’ve the great #LucindaWilliams in conversation and all! You can check it all out on the old BBC Sounds App of course. #musicislove
Check out #LucindaWilliams proudly wearing her Bob Dylan T shirt in Belfast last night. Woman’s got taste! Managed to grab a chat with Lou on the tour bus before her amazing gig at the limelight. Will share it on next wed nights radio show. Spread the word! @lucindawilliams.bsky.social
Having a 50th birthday bash for this on Monday’s radio show from 8pm. Also playing some live Bowie circa 1976 from the deluxe boxset. Spread the good word friends. #DavidBowie #StationToStation
Soul is back! The brand new series of The #SiobhanBrownSoulShow starts tonight in a new slot of Thursdays at 9pm repeated 3pm on Sundays @bbcradioulster & @BBCSounds . Again it’s a #McLeanMedia production for Radio Ulster. Hope you get to listen and pass on! #bbcsoul
So much fun working with this great woman! Series 6 of The Siobhan Brown Soul Show starts on Thursday night at 9pm, repeated at 3pm on Sundays. Once again it’s a McLean Media production for BBC Radio Ulster and we’d be delighted if you share the news! #siobhanbrownsoulshow #bbcsoul
To mark the 80th birthday of #DollyParton on Monday I’m having a #DollySpecial on the country show on Wednesday where I re-visit an old interview I did with Dolly in her Nashville home 20 years ago and you guys pick all the tracks. Sound good? Well let’s do it then! #DollyAt80
Top of the world Ma!….well top of the BBC at any rate which is close. With my old pal Kaz Hawkins and her French keyboardist Franck on the Ormeau Avenue roof earlier after recording a very fine session and chat. Listen out for it on the radio show soon. #kazhawkins @kazhawkinsmusic.bsky.social
Prime Bob Weir Grateful Dead tracks plus tunes from Bui’s Blackstaff Sessions recordings, Paul Brady covering the Rolling Stones and…well that’s all I can remember right now! Tune into BBC Radio Ulster & BBC Sounds from 8 for the full line up! 😂 #bobweir #gratefuldead
Bowie night tonight on the radio show. 8 to 10pm BBC Radio Ulster/BBC Sounds. 10 years gone but not forgotten. #Bowie #DavidBowie #BowieAtTheBBC
So the great Bob Weir has left the stage. A road warrior for more than sixty years and a rock solid rhythm guitarist. Will play some choice Grateful Dead tracks on Tuesday night’s show. What would you like to hear? #BobWeir #TheGreatfulDead
I’ve always loved #MarianneFaithfull but this beautiful doc from @juderogers.bsky.social on #BBCRadio4 stopped me in my tracks when I stumbled upon it driving home tonight. Thoughtful, revealing and deeply moving it’s a really gorgeous listen and well worth seeking out. #ParisWithMarianne
