UK native Mark James has been living in Ireland since 1974 and is now based in Ballydehob. Out and about on a day in Skibbereen, he shared with us his top musical picks.
What artist have you been to listening to on repeat at the moment? London Grammar.
What is your favourite genre of music? It’s a broad spectrum now, it could be classical, it could be anything. I was all into rock when I was younger, Dire Straits and stuff.
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Favourite band or artists of all time? It would be The Rolling Stones. They came from our town, and I just love their music as well.
Top songs of all time? There’s one that always gets to me, it’s by Mike + The Mechanics, The Living Years, and every time I listen to it it makes me cry because it makes me think of my dad. I listen to classic radio quite a lot and it comes on there. It always catches me out.
If you could see one artist perform, dead or alive, who would it be? That’s a good question isn’t it? I wouldn’t mind seeing The Rolling Stones again to be honest. I’ve seen them in Slane anyway, and Tina Turner as well. She’s gone now, I saw her up in Dublin and it was brilliant.
Do you prefer to listen on vinyl, CD or Spotify? I don’t do any of the online stuff, I’m old school. CDs mainly.
