In Search Of The Lost Chord - Atlantic Radio Ireland

The Who: Baba O’Riley. Rolling Stones: Gimme Shelter. Led Zeppelin: When the Levee Breaks. Jethro Tull: A New Day Yesterday. Cream: Sitting on Top of the World. Procol Harum: Simple Sister. Robin Trower: Bridge Of Sighs. Neil Young: Powderfinger (Live). Kansas: Carry On My Wayward Son. Joe Walsh: Life’s Been Good. Budgie: Guts. David Bowie: […]

“Jethro Tull: Life is a Long Song. Fairport Convention: Who Knows Where the Time Goes. John Martyn: Bless the Weather. Nick Drake: Things Behind the Sun. Fotheringay: Banks of the Nile. Procul Harum: Broken Barricades. Blodwyn Pig: Sing Me A Song that I know so well. Free: Oh I Wept. Sutherland Brothers & Quiver: You’ve […]

Rob’s doing his own version of the Eurovision this week… but with far less “naff songs” as he puts it. Abba: The Name of the Game. Esbjorn Svensson: Behind the Stars. First Aid Kit: A Long Time Ago. Choir of Young Believers: Hollow Talk. Bent: Kisses. Propaganda – Duel. Kraftwerk: Trans-Europe Express. Charlotte Gainsbourg: Deadly […]

This week’s tunes are all about the cash, moola, wonga, dinero, spondoolicks and greenbacks. Rob’s talking Money! Barrett Strong: Money (That’s What I Want). Stevie Wonder: Living for the City. Marvin Gaye: Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler). Kendrick Lamar: How Much a Dollar Cost. Soweto Kinch – Paris Heights. 10cc: The Wall Street […]

For St. Patrick’s Weekend, Rob is going exclusively Irish with his picks today. Donal Lunny & Friends – April the 3rd. Tommy Hayes: Paddy Fahy’s Jig. Rita Connolly & Iarla O’Lionaird – The Quiet Land of Erin. Clannad: Caislean Oir. Declan Sinnott – Orbit. Sean O’Se: Valley of Knockanure. Annemarie O’Riordan: Bantry Girl’s Lament. Brian […]

This week it is 2 hours of the best Road Music

Little-known fact about Rob Armstrong: he has so many trophies for dancing that he’s actually had to build a 2-storey extension on to his house just to store them all. Today he gives us a listen to tunes that get him in the mood to bust out some of those award-winning moves. David Bowie: Let’s […]

We all know that 1968 was the year that King Baudouin of Belgium played hurling with Éamon de Valera and Jack Lynch on the grounds of Áras an Uachtaráin, but Rob Armstrong insists that 50 years ago, there was some mighty fine music going on too. In this episode he sets out to prove that. […]

Rob Armstrong brings us some REAL classics this week. Sergei Prokofiev: Dance of the Knights (from Romeo & Juliet). Carl Orff: O Fortuna (from Carmina Burana). Carl Orff: Fortune Plango Vulnera (from Carmina Burana). Henry Purcell: Funeral March for Queen Mary (The Baroque Brass of London). Henryk Gorecki: Second Movement (from The Symphony of Sorrowful […]

It’s getting close to Valentine’s Day, and Rob is getting all loved up on this week’s In Search of the Lost Chord. Paul Buchanan, Craig Armstrong: Let’s Go Out Tonight. Beach Boys: God Only Knows. Beach Boys: Don’t Talk (Put Your Head). Turtles: Happy Together. Steve Miller Band: Love’s Riddle. Bread: Games of Magic. Dennis […]

Prefab Sprout: Bonny. Beatles: Martha My Dear. Beatles: Lovely Rita. Rolling Stones: Angie. Rod Stewart: Maggie May. Velvet Underground: Sweet Jane. David Bowie: The Jean Genie. Cat Stevens: Rubylove. Cat Stevens: Sad Lisa. Tom Waits: Martha. Randy Newman: Kathleen (Catholicism Made Easy). Leonard Cohen: Suzanne. Joni Mitchell: Song for Sharon. Clifford T Ward: Gaye. Barry […]

In Search of the Lost Chord – A Sentimental Journey Rob Armstrong’s not just taking us on a musical journey today, but a sentimental one, so pack the picnic basket, and join us as we meander down memory lane with a far away look in our eyes. Doris Day – Sentimental Journey Jimmy Durante – […]

It’s “All Irish – The Sequel” as Rob Armstrong returns to the airwaves at Atlantic Radio Ireland. De Danann – The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba Lunasa – January Snows + Laura Lynn Cunningham Susan McKeown – The Snows that Melt the Soonest Seamus Begley – Will you go to Flanders The Gloaming – […]

Rob Armstrong uncovers lost musical gems.  This week Rob looks back at the accumulated works of at least half of the Fab Four, with a dive into the back-catalogue of Messrs. Lennon and McCartney.

If you like your music reinterpreted, reimagined or rehashed, Rob Armstrong has got you covered, because this week, in his quest to uncover musical gems, he’s covering Covers.

Rob Armstrong uncovers lost musical gems.  Get your popcorn, because this week Rob takes us to the movies. Isn’t that nice of him?

Rob Armstrong uncovers lost musical gems.  This week Rob gets wild, in an Atlantic way.

Rob Armstrong uncovers lost musical gems.  This week’s selection is All Canadian eh.

Rob Armstrong uncovers lost musical gems.  This week he’s all about the weather, more specifically, The Sun & The Rain.

Rob Armstrong uncovers lost musical gems.  This week he gets all Weird & Wonderful