iRadio in the Morning with Cooper & Oonagh

When the world turned upside down in March 2020, Irish singer-songwriter Ryan Mack decided to retreat to his bedroom and do what he knew best, write songs. Slowly teasing those songs online that decision turned out to be a great one and two years later he now has over 150 million Spotify streams and has just finished an 18 date European Tour with American superstars AJR.

Rooue are the electro-pop twins merging glistening noughties pop, gorgeous harmonization and R&B infused stylings to create an honest, insightful look into love, loss and uncertainty in 2022. Born in London before moving to Dublin as children, Roisin and Lulu grew up in a home warmed by music and creativity. With a music therapist mother and “music-nerd” father, their lives were soundtracked by everything from jazz and classic rock to Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera.

Galway based singer-songwriter Brad Heidi, is fast becoming the next Irish singer song writer to break through. After quitting school Brad’s been travelling around Ireland busking with just his acoustic guitar and a suitcase full of heartfelt songs.

As you well know, his debut single got 13 million impacts on Irish radio, a Shazam Top 40 and over 70,000 YouTube views. I thought – as did everyone – that that was his story.But nobody knew this next part – that in a frantic half hour after the funeral he had sat at the piano, and wrote and recorded A Piece of Me.No-one was ever supposed to hear it; it was just for his Dad. And it was supposed to be the last song he’d ever write.Alone in his bedroom, he did it in one take. For closure. That’s the same beautifully imperfect vocal you’ll hear. We didn’t want to touch it because it was just so real. Instead, we put a huge production behind it. It’s only now that Reuben has reached a place where he’s happy for the world to hear it…

Avii Knight is an Irish Artist from Daingean Co. Offaly. Growing up in a very musical family with siblings and a Mother whose passion was music, exposed Avii to a career that needed to be pursued and explored. She caught up with Cooper and Oonagh to talk about her new track 'Love Bomb' and to take on the big BIFFO quiz.

The Coronas are back with their seventh studio Album 'Time Stopped'.Their track ‘If You Let Me is one of our iLove Irish Tracks this month.They also played our iLove Irish gig at Lillys Bar and Kitchen in Portlaoise.