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March 2025

The Big Interview: (3) Paul Brady's thoughts on celebrity, culture and the Troubles

Colin Randall writes: the third and final part of this Paul Brady mini-series continues the Q&A interview he gave to Salut! Live to coincide with the release of his four-CD set, The Archive, which is accompanied by a 70-page book... Read more →


The Big Interview: (2) Paul Brady on being inspired by Gerry Rafferty to become a songwriter

Colin Randall writes: Paul Brady was very generous with his time and also very thoughtful, instantly offering - minutes before I was due to conduct the interview - a 24-hour delay when a family issue arose for me. His responses... Read more →


The Big Interview: (1) Paul Brady, ‘second class citizen’, first class artist

To mark the release on Friday (March 28) of Paul Brady’s four-CD career retrospective, The Archive, Salut! Live’s Colin Randall interviewed him by phone from London to Ireland. This introductory piece will be followed by the Question and Answer conversation,... Read more →


Song of the Day: Kate Rusby’s inspiring message to teenagers

Colin Randall writes: Let Your Light Shine is the new single from Kate Rusby’s first non-Christmas album of original material in six years. With its anthemic chorus belted out with a blend of joyous gusto and enchanting harmonies by the... Read more →


Songs within songs – going undercover

Bill Taylor writes: If I had another penny, I would have another gill… Even I’m not old enough to remember when beer cost tuppence a pint (“And it was beer then, not like the muck you get nowadays”), but I... Read more →