Thursday
November 14, 2024
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For the Dublin singer and songwriter Liam Weldon, the song was always the thing, the singer only the means. But some seven years ago, Weldon had the first of a series of strokes. There are good days and bad days, and he only sings on the good days when he practices in private against a blank wall at the local College of Music. RTE producer Julian Vignoles found Liam Weldon in his Ballyfermot home on one of his good days and talked to him about his work, the life and traditions behind the songs he wrote and sang, and his attitude towards his illness
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Programs by Julian Vignoles
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