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Album of the Week – 11/02/22
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The Beatles: Get Back – The Roof Top Concert – Film Review
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MEDICO – Hope Theatre – Review
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Jackass Forever – Film Review
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Totally Irish – The Demise of Irish Music on our Airwaves
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Spike Cello Festival 2022 – 11th – 13th February
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The First Bad Man – Miranda July – Audible Book Review
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Album of the Week – 28/01/22
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Sing 2 – Film Review
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Steve Gunn – Nakama EP – Review
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New Music – Pan•American – Outskirts, Dreamlit
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Parallel Mothers – Film Review
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Doineann – Film Review
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A Journal for Jordan – Film Review
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Album of the Week – 21/01/22
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Nightmare Alley – Film Review
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No More Workhorse 