Mystery Train with John Kelly is an award-winning, multi-genre music show. It travels far and wide through the many wonders of recorded music, from its vintage glories to the very latest sound and each Sunday, John hands over the controls and asks a guest to pick the tunes.
On this week's Mystery Train Sunday Service, Paul Noonan of Bell X1 joins John Kelly in studio and picks the tunes. (Repeat)
John Kelly is joined by novelist and wordsmith Jim Crace. The author of Harvest and The Gift of Stones picks the music and puts the world to rights.
Novelist Sara Baume climbs aboard the Mystery Train on RTÉ lyric fm for a Sunday Service special. She talks about writing and art, her new book Handiwork and picks music by Rory Gallagher, Cyclefly and Joanna Newsom.
Every Sunday night, John Kelly presents a special Mystery Train Sunday Service where a guest picks the tunes. Tonight actress Derbhle Crotty climbs aboard and picks music by Abba, Sly and The Family Stone and Millie Jackson. (First Broadcast March 2020)
In another memorable edition of the Mystery Train Sunday Service, John Kelly chats to Eimear McBride, author of A Girl Is A Half-Formed Thing and Strange Hotel, about loss, the long road to literary success, training as an actor, sexism in the book industry and being a 'method novelist'.
Author Alan Glynn joined John Kelly on Mystery Train. His novel The Dark Fields became the film Limitless starring Bradley Cooper and he spoke to John about the slow road to success and not having a plan B. His very fine music choices include Coleman Hawkins, Nicholas Britell and Ennio Morricone.
Harpist and composer Una Monaghan climbs on board our Mystery Train Sunday Service, and talks Astro-Physics at Oxford, Brian Wilson and everything in between.
On tonight's Sunday Service, John is joined by Ian Lynch of Lankum. The musician, folk song collector and folklore lecturer explains the epenthetic vowel and a mondegreen, and picks music by Shannon and the Clams, Portishead and Iron Maiden.
Acclaimed poet Jessica Traynor joins John Kelly to chat poetry & plays on our Sunday Service, and she picks tunes by everybody from Vivaldi and Leonard Cohen, to Throwing Muses and Le Tigre.
Actor Siobhan McSweeney joins John and picks the tunes for our Sunday Service. Best known as the formidable Sr. Michael in Derry Girls, Siobhan works in theatre in Ireland and London and picks music from The Slits, Molly Drake and The Sultans of Ping, of course.
Danny Denton, author of The Earlie King and the Kid in Yellow, is John's guest on Mystery Train, and he picks all the tunes.
On Mystery Train's Sunday Service John invites a guest to choose the music, and this week is joined by author Lisa McInerney.
On tonight's Mystery Train's Sunday Service, John is joined by The Blades frontman Paul Cleary. As you might expect, his choices include The Sex Pistols, XTC and The Jam - but there's also Dionne Warwick and the best introduction to Paul Brady's Arthur McBride. He talks about the Dublin band scene of the 1970s and performing again.
John is joined tonight by Loah (AKA Sallay Matu Garnett), a singer songwriter of Sierra Leonean/Irish origin. Loah chats about her life and music and also picks the tunes, from Kamasi Washington, Oumou Sangare and Charles Mingus.
Tonight John's guest is artist Catherine Owens, and she'll be picking the tunes on another Sunday Service.
Tonight John is joined for a Sunday Service by composer, producer and woodwind instrumentalist Seán Mac Erlaine, who also picks the tunes.
John Kelly's guest this week is English folk singer Eliza Carthy. Eliza has worked with a diverse array of artists including Paul Weller, Richard Hawley, Peggy Seeger and Van Dyke Parks. She talks about her musical life and picks some fantastic music for the Sunday Service.
On tonight's Mystery Train Sunday Service, another chance to hear John's 2018 interview with composer Gavin Bryars who talks about his approach to composition, and working with the likes of John Cage, Tom Waits and Father John Misty.
Artist Michelle Browne climbs on board the Mystery Train Sunday Service. She chats to John and picks music by Kris Kristofferson, Lauren Hill and This is How We Fly.
Aaron Monaghan joined John Kelly on Mystery Train, bringing with him his choice musical selections and introducing John to the merits of a certain global country music star... He talked about rapping along to Eminem to in advance of performing Shakespeare, inhabiting characters and the irrelevance of relevance.
Tonight John Kelly is joined by film-maker and writer Alan Gilsenan, who picks tunes by Stiff Little Fingers, Liam Clancy and Emmylou Harris.
John Kelly is joined by singer, musician and composer Tríona Ní Dhomhnaill for a memorable Mystery Train Sunday Service that spans a varied career from Skara Brae to The Bothy Band and Relativity. Music choices include Rachmaninov, The Beatles and The Band.
Singer-songwriter Adrian Crowley joined John Kelly on Mystery Train's Sunday Service for the chats and a selection of some delightfully lo-fi tunes including Smog, Katell Keinig and Jason Molina.
On tonight's Mystery Train Sunday Service, John Kelly is joined in studio by the singer songwriter Inni-K, who also picks the tunes.
Master of traditional music and Gloaming mainstay Martin Hayes joins John Kelly for a fascinating chat on the Mystery Train Sunday Service, picking tunes from longtime collaborator Steve Cooney and trad legend Tommy Potts as well as music by Radiohead, Miles Davis and Jeff Buckley.
Writer Nicole Flattery joins John for a Sunday Service special, picking all the tunes. She talks to John about growing up in the midlands, the pressure of a book deal and the many puns available to sub-editors based on her surname. Music choices include Sharon Van Etten, Amy Winehouse and Frank Ocean.
Composer William Brittelle joins John for a Mystery Train Sunday Service to talk about his music and musical influences. His latest release 'Spiritual America' is described as 'a genre-fluid electro-acoustic song cycle' and music choices include Prince, Bon Iver and Whitesnake.
Novelist Sara Baume climbs aboard the Mystery Train for a Sunday Service special, and picks music by Rory Gallagher, Cyclefly and Joanna Newsom.
Tonight, John is joined by actress, writer and director Lisa Dwan. Currently seen in Top Boy and Pale Sister at the Gate Theatre, Lisa chats about life and career and picks music by Nick Cave and Suzanne Vega.
Writer and actor Mark Doherty joins John Kelly on board Mystery Train and he'll be picking all the music.
Every Sunday night, John Kelly presents a special Mystery Train Sunday Service where a guest picks the tunes. Tonight actress Derbhle Crotty climbs aboard and picks music by Abba, Sly and The Family Stone and Millie Jackson.
In another memorable edition of the Mystery Train Sunday Service, John Kelly chats to Eimear McBride, author of A Girl Is A Half-Formed Thing and Strange Hotel, about loss, the long road to literary success, training as an actor, sexism in the book industry and being a 'method novelist'.
Author Alan Glynn joined John Kelly on Mystery Train. His novel The Dark Fields became the film Limitless starring Bradley Cooper and he spoke to John about the slow road to success and not having a plan B. His very fine music choices include Coleman Hawkins, Nicholas Britell and Ennio Morricone.
Harpist and composer Una Monaghan climbs on board our Mystery Train Sunday Service, and talks Astro-Physics, Brian Wilson and New Music Dublin.
On this weeks Sunday Service John is joined by fiddle player Martin Hayes as he picks all the music
On tonight's Sunday Service, John is joined by Ian Lynch of Lankum. The musician, folk song collector and folklore lecturer explains the epenthetic vowel and a mondegreen, and picks music by Shannon and the Clams, Portishead and Iron Maiden.
Acclaimed poet Jessica Traynor joins John Kelly to chat poetry & plays and she picks all the tunes by everybody from Vivaldi and Leonard Cohen to Throwing Muses and Le Tigre.
Meteorites in gold painted skulls. Bronze sharks. Mama Cass and the song of a shark caller in Papua New Guinea. All on Mystery Train, when John is joined by artist Dorothy Cross for our Mystery Train Sunday Service.
Tonight, John is joined by actress, writer and director Lisa Dwan. Currently seen in Top Boy and Pale Sister at the Gate Theatre, Lisa chats about life and career and picks music by Nick Cave and Suzanne Vega.
Colm Mac Con Iomaire joins John for a Mystery Train Sunday Service. Colm chats about a musical life that brought him from Slógadh via The Frames to touring with Bob Dylan, and picks music by Caitlin Maude, Popul Vuh and The Boomtown Rats.
On tonight's Mystery Train Sunday Service, John is joined by Emmy award-winning Irish director Dearbhla Walsh. Dearbhla's many credits include episodes of Fargo and The Handmaid’s Tale, and music choices include Nana Mouskouri, Thomas Newman and Hozier.
Tonight birthday boy Gavin Friday chats to John Kelly in a special Mystery Train Sunday Service. Gavin picks all the records and chats about his varied musical influences and takes a look back over his own musical career.
Director Jimmy Fay joins John in studio and picks tunes by Lisa O'Neill, Neil Young and Miles Davis. Currently Executive Producer of the Lyric Theatre in Belfast, Jimmy remembers Tallaght in the 1980s, working with Sam Shepard and buying his first Beatles album hours before John Lennon died.
Writer Nicole Flattery joins John for a Sunday Service special, picking all the tunes. She talks to John about growing up in the midlands, the pressure of a book deal and the many puns available to sub-editors based on her surname. Music choices include Sharon Van Etten, Amy Winehouse and Frank Ocean.
Crash Ensemble Artistic Director and cellist Kate Ellis joins John Kelly for a Mystery Train Sunday Service. Kate picks music from Sarah Vaughan, JS Bach and John Zorn, and chats about her career, key collaborations and being allowed to watch Star Trek.
In advance of a performance at the Sounds From a Safe Harbour festival, composer William Brittelle joins John for a Mystery Train Sunday Service to talk about his music and musical influences. His latest release 'Spiritual America' is described as 'a genre-fluid electro-acoustic song cycle' and music choices include Prince, Bon Iver and Whitesnake.
'Notes to Self' writer Emilie Pine picks the music on Mystery Train Sunday Service. She talks to John Kelly about her writing success, and how loss and joy can co-exist.
John Kelly was joined by Bronagh Gallagher aboard the Mystery Train Sunday Service for a whistlestop tour of her extensive record collection, a brief history of bebop and soul music, plenty of hilarious anecdotes and as many top-notch tunes as this pair of music-loving Northerners could wedge into the two-hour journey.
Glen Hansard joins John Kelly for another Mystery Train Sunday Service, and picks music by Joni Mitchell, Peadar O'Riada, El Perro del Mar and Gastr Del Sol. G
Another chance to hear writer Wendy Erskine joining John Kelly aboard the Mystery Train, and she'll be picking all the music for our Sunday Service.
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