Nobody has more passion about the Irish music scene than Beat's Rob O'Connor. Every Sunday, he takes a look at what's happening, with a particular emphasis on unsigned artists. The show includes live music and interviews with various artists.

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Playlist, Sunday 29th January 2012
This week's entry in the Top 50 Classic Irish Albums was Astral Weeks by Van Morrison.

6 - 7pm
01. Heartbreaker - The Minutes
02. Bone Deep - The Walls
03. Delicate Man - Runaway Go
04. Right To Know - Delorentos
05. What'll I Do - Lisa Hannigan
06. Girl From New York - The Fallen Drakes
07. Ghosts - Mark Geary
08. Encore - Wallis Bird
09. Sweet Thing - Van Morrison
10. Eamon De Valero - King Kong Company
11. Night Flight - Future's Apart
12. Catalonian Love Song - Our Krypton Son
13. All Of It's Yours - Neon Wolf
14. Roisin - Ryland Teifi
15. In the Sargasso - Tieraniesaur

7 - 8pm
01. Oh Pity - Cashier No. 9
02. Lines Of Your Mind - Chucky's River
** Interview with Chucky's River **
03. Old Stock - Chucky's River **LIVE**
04. Local Superhero - Window Seats
05. Afterwards (The Way Young Lovers Do) - Van Morrison
06. Retro Romance - The Jane Bradfords
07. Donkey Jaw - King Kong Company
08. Fragile - God Is An Astronaut
09. Innate - The Unusual History of Ether
10. Shake Skin - Kodakid
11. Madame George - Van Morrison

Rob's Top Ten Albums 2011

01. Passenger - Lisa Hannigan

02. Laserdisc Nights 2 - Le Galaxie

03. To The Death of Fun - Cashier No 9

04. Controlling Your Allegiance - The Japanese Popstars

05. Marcata - The Minutes

06. The Olympus Sound - Pugwash

07. Ocean of Frequency - Jape

08. Today I Realised I Could Go Home Backwards - We Cut Corners

09. Bloodless Coup - Bell X1

10. The Greatest Event - The Man Whom

Rob's 50 Classic Irish Albums (These aren't in oder of merit and Rob will be adding one a week for 2012)

1. Troublegum - Therapy?

2. Night On My Side - Gemma Hayes

3. For The Birds - The Frames

4. Astral Weeks - Van Morrison