The Love Song and Dermot Kennedy
Singer-songwriter Dermot Kennedy picks his Tracks Of My Years. Plus, Ken's got another round of PopMaster, and another spin of the Record and Album of the Week.
Singer-songwriter Dermot Kennedy - whose hits include 'Power Over Me' and 'Outnumbered' - picks his Tracks of My Years all this week.
Hailing from Dublin, Dermot started his musical journey as a ten-year-old, but he only began to take it seriously in his teens when he started writing songs, eventually releasing the EP 'Dancing Under Red Skies' in 2013.
In 2016 his single ‘After Rain’ found viral success amassing millions of streams, and his 2019 debut album 'Without Fear' became a global success, reaching number one in Ireland and the UK. It’s now sold over 1.5m copies and was also the biggest-selling album of the millennium by an Irish artist.
His popularity grew in the late 2010s with 'Power Over Me' and 'Outnumbered'. In January 2020, Dermot was nominated for international Male Solo Artist of the year at the BRIT Awards.
After appearing on the 2021 Meduza hit 'Paradise', he returned with the singles 'Better Days', which won the RTÉ Choice Music Prize Irish Song of the Year 2021, and 'Something to Someone', the lead single from his new album 'Sonder'.
He’s just played a run of outdoor headline shows in Ireland to over 100,000 fans, and Dermot is also simultaneously busking across the world with his own Sonder Street Sessions. Cities visited thus far include Mexico City, Toronto, Chicago, Boston and Philadelphia.
Dermot's next two choices come from Coldplay and the Bee Gees.
Plus Ken's got another round of the legendary PopMaster music quiz and your dedications with today's love song. There's also another play of the record and album of the week. If you want to contact the show, just email ken.bruce@bbc.co.uk.
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Laura Branigan
Gloria
- Disco Queens: The '80s (Various Artists).
- Rhino.
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Record Of The Week
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Kaiser Chiefs
How 2 Dance
- (CD Single).
- Kaiser Chiefs Recording.
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Blondie
Maria
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Dua Lipa
Levitating
- Future Nostalgia.
- Warner Records.
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Spandau Ballet
This Is The Love
- The Very Best Of Spandau Ballet - The Story.
- Rhino.
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Mark Owen
Rio
- Land Of Dreams.
- BMG Rights Management.
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Prince
Little Red Corvette
- 4Ever.
- Warner Bros.
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Candi Staton
Young Hearts Run Free
- Disco Fever (Various Artists).
- Global Television.
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Carly Rae Jepsen
The Loneliest Time (feat. Rufus Wainwright)
- (CD Single).
- Polydor.
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Supergrass
Alright
- The Best Pub Jukebox In The World (V).
- Virgin.
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Fat Larry’s Band
Zoom
- The Love Album (CD 1) (Various Artist.
- Virgin.
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Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds
Pretty Boy
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Donna Summer
On The Radio
- And Then She Kissed Me Vol.1 (Various.
- Debutante.
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The Rolling Stones
Paint It Black
- The Rolling Stones - Forty Licks.
- Abkco.
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Robert Miles & Maria Nayler
One & One
- (CD Single).
- Deconstruction.
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Belinda Carlisle
Heaven Is A Place On Earth
- A Place On Earth - Greatest Hits.
- Virgin.
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Harry Styles
Music For A Sushi Restaurant
- Harry's House.
- Columbia.
- 1.
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America
A Horse With No Name
- America's Greatest Hits - History.
- Warner Bros.
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Lewis Capaldi
Forget Me
- Broken By Desire To Be Heavenly Sent.
- EMI.
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Album Of The Week
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Dermot Kennedy
Homeward
- Sonder.
- UMGRI Interscope.
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Genesis
Abacab
- Genesis - Turn It On Again.
- Virgin.
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Jessica Darrow
A Little More
- (CD Single).
- Disney.
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Empire of the Sun
We Are The People
- (CD Single).
- Virgin.
- 1.
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Tracks Of My Years
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Coldplay
See You Soon
- The Blue Room.
- Parlophone UK.
- 3.
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Bee Gees
To Love Somebody
- Bee Gees - Their Greatest Hits.
- Polydor.
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Paolo Nutini
Acid Eyes
- Last Night In The Bittersweet.
- Atlantic.
- 4.
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Huey Lewis and the News
Hip To Be Square
- Greatest Hits Of The 80's (Various).
- Disky.
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- Wed 23 Nov 2022 09:30´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 2