Nuashonraithe / Dé Luain, 8 Márta 2021
10:47
Ray Cuddihy writes about his upcoming show on RTÉ Radio One for Lá 'le Pádraig at 4pm, Mise FRESHIN' which he describes as a 'mix and mash' of traditional Irish music, Irish folk music and Irish hip hop.
People who know me will have heard this story. It occurred to me as a young man. I was clumsily manoeuvring a slate-grey diesel family car around junctions on the outskirts of Mallow, County Cork. It sounds mundane, but inside that car I was already exploding with anticipation.
Nothing fills your head with dreams like learning to drive in late adolescence. And nothing embodies this deep personal rapture like the music blasting from the car radio.