David Keenan's Irish Songs & remembering David Lumsdaine

When Irish singer songwriter David Keenan came onto the scene he was described as “the sound of Tim Buckley and Brendan Behan arguing over a few jars, while Kavanagh deals Dylan a suspicious hand of cards, and Anthony Cronin and Jack Kerouac furiously try to scribble it all down” – so no pressure there. He talks about wearing those comparisons, writing songs about Ireland, and the story behind his guitar as well as performing new music live.

David Lumsdaine was an Australian composer who spent most of his life outside Australia, and retired from composing almost thirty years ago. He died this month at the age of 92 and Michael Hooper, who wrote the book on Lumsdaine’s music, joins Andy to talk about his legacy. And we hear Lumsdaine himself, amongst the birds of his beloved dawn chorus, from the archives.

Plus new music from Maanyung and Emma Donovan.