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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.

2 hours, 30 minutes

Last on

Wed 23 Nov 2022 09:30

Music Played

  • Laura Branigan

    Gloria

    • Disco Queens: The '80s (Various Artists).
    • Rhino.
  • Record Of The Week

    • Kaiser Chiefs

      How 2 Dance

      • (CD Single).
      • Kaiser Chiefs Recording.
  • Blondie

    Maria

  • Dua Lipa

    Levitating

    • Future Nostalgia.
    • Warner Records.
  • Spandau Ballet

    This Is The Love

    • The Very Best Of Spandau Ballet - The Story.
    • Rhino.
  • Mark Owen

    Rio

    • Land Of Dreams.
    • BMG Rights Management.
  • Prince

    Little Red Corvette

    • 4Ever.
    • Warner Bros.
  • Candi Staton

    Young Hearts Run Free

    • Disco Fever (Various Artists).
    • Global Television.
  • Carly Rae Jepsen

    The Loneliest Time (feat. Rufus Wainwright)

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.
  • Supergrass

    Alright

    • The Best Pub Jukebox In The World (V).
    • Virgin.
  • Fat Larry’s Band

    Zoom

    • The Love Album (CD 1) (Various Artist.
    • Virgin.
  • Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds

    Pretty Boy

  • Donna Summer

    On The Radio

    • And Then She Kissed Me Vol.1 (Various.
    • Debutante.
  • The Rolling Stones

    Paint It Black

    • The Rolling Stones - Forty Licks.
    • Abkco.
  • Robert Miles & Maria Nayler

    One & One

    • (CD Single).
    • Deconstruction.
  • Belinda Carlisle

    Heaven Is A Place On Earth

    • A Place On Earth - Greatest Hits.
    • Virgin.
  • Harry Styles

    Music For A Sushi Restaurant

    • Harry's House.
    • Columbia.
    • 1.
  • America

    A Horse With No Name

    • America's Greatest Hits - History.
    • Warner Bros.
  • Lewis Capaldi

    Forget Me

    • Broken By Desire To Be Heavenly Sent.
    • EMI.
  • Album Of The Week

    • Dermot Kennedy

      Homeward

      • Sonder.
      • UMGRI Interscope.
  • Genesis

    Abacab

    • Genesis - Turn It On Again.
    • Virgin.
  • Jessica Darrow

    A Little More

    • (CD Single).
    • Disney.
  • Empire of the Sun

    We Are The People

    • (CD Single).
    • Virgin.
    • 1.
  • Tracks Of My Years

    • Coldplay

      See You Soon

      • The Blue Room.
      • Parlophone UK.
      • 3.
    • Bee Gees

      To Love Somebody

      • Bee Gees - Their Greatest Hits.
      • Polydor.
  • Paolo Nutini

    Acid Eyes

    • Last Night In The Bittersweet.
    • Atlantic.
    • 4.
  • Huey Lewis and the News

    Hip To Be Square

    • Greatest Hits Of The 80's (Various).
    • Disky.

Broadcast

  • Wed 23 Nov 2022 09:30