01/09/2026
Aongus, Angie ( www.instagram.com/angiemusicofficial ), Versey feat; Jah1 & Wantali, Ultras ( www.instagram.com/ultraseire ), Burke PR and Consultancy, The Songwriters Show presented by Tommy Keyes, Downda Road Radio, Beardfire Recording & Production Studio
Episode 225 of the Songwriters Show will air on Downda Road Radio on Wednesday 2 September at 8pm and will be repeated on Thursday at 10am and on Saturday at 2pm. It will be uploaded to Mixcloud after broadcast and I'll post a link. The aim of the show is to promote the best in original music by independent Irish singer-songwriters. If you like the sound of that, please spread the word by Sharing this post. Also, if you use Spotify, we now have a great Playlist of new releases featured on the show. Just search for "New Releases from the Songwriters Show Presented by Tommy Keyes".
Our Track of the Week is by Fiona Kennedy, the Album of the Month is from Stevie McVeigh, we mark the passing of Dolly Parton, we feature the album Closing Time by Tom Waits to mark its golden jubilee, we have new singles from Louis McTeggart, Aongus, Cristina Movileanu & Keith McLoughlin, The Kings of Cool, Tom Gee, Cauan, Pillarstone, Natalie Moran, Angie, Versey, The Hitchers and Ciarán Rosney, tracks from the new albums from the new albums by Paul Callan and Ultras and tracks from Tríona Sings, Dubh Lee, Eamonn Patrick Walsh and myself. Special thanks this week to Debra Communications, Burke PR and Consultancy, MusicBox PR and Keith McLoughlin Music Management.
The full playlist is below:
THE SONGWRITERS SHOW #225 PRESENTED BY TOMMY KEYES ON DOWNDA ROAD RADIO
1. LOUIS McTEGGART Forever In-Between (Louis McTeggart) NEW RELEASE
2. AONGUS Shudder (Aongus) NEW RELEASE
3. CRISTINA MOVILEANU & KEITH McLOUGHLIN Something Is On My Mind (Cristina Movileanu – Keith McLoughlin) NEW RELEASE
4. THE KINGS OF COOL Open Up Your Heart (Michael Christie) NEW RELEASE
TRACK OF THE WEEK
5. FIONA KENNEDY Travel On (Fiona Kennedy) NEW RELEASE
ALBUM OF THE MONTH: A Soft Place to Fall
6. STEVIE McVEIGH Through the Whiskey Glass (Stevie McVeigh)
7. STEVIE McVEIGH Where’s John Wayne (Stevie McVeigh – Dan Washburn – Kieran Murray)
8. STEVIE McVEIGH A Soft Place to Fall (Stevie McVeigh)
9. PAUL CALLAN Peripheral Vision (Paul Callan) FROM NEW ALBUM
10. ULTRAS Awake (Jay O’Donoghue) FROM NEW ALBUM
11. TOM GEE Belfast (Tom Gee) NEW RELEASE
12. CAUAN On a Ride (Cauan) NEW RELEASE
13. PILLARSTONE What In This World (Paul J Bolger – Alex Soikans) NEW RELEASE
14. NATALIE MORAN Nothing to Say (Natalie Moran) NEW RELEASE
INFLUENCES & INSPIRATIONS: Dolly Parton (19/1/46 – 25/8/26)
15. DOLLY PARTON Coat of Many Colours (Dolly Parton)
16. DOLLY PARTON Jolene (Dolly Parton)
17. WHITNEY HOUSTON I Will Always Love You (Dolly Parton)
18. EMMYLOU HARRIS, LINDA RONSTSADT & DOLLY PARTON Wildflowers (Dolly Parton)
GOLDEN JUBILEE ALBUM: Small Change
19. TOM WAITS I Wish I Was in New Orleans (Tom Waits)
20. TOM WAITS Tom Traubert’s Blues (Tom Waits)
21. TRIONA SINGS Flow With the Wind (Triona Sings)
22. DUBH LEE Carousel (Niamh Dooley)
23. ANGIE Butterfly (Angie) NEW RELEASE
24. VERSEY feat Jah 1 & Wantali Rebound (Versey – Jah 1 – Wantali) NEW RELEASE
25. NIALL QUINN of the Hitchers The Devil’s Handmade (Niall Quinn) NEW RELEASE
26. CIARAN ROSNEY The Fiddle and Guitar (Michael S Togher) NEW RELEASE
27. TOMMY KEYES Listen to the Rain (Tommy Keyes)
28. EAMONN PATRICK WALSH I Heard It Rained (Eamonn Patrick Walsh)
