You can’t talk to Philip King without learning about other people – the archivists, musicians and poets who inspire him. I keep breaking off from writing this piece to go listen to the music and read the poetry he mentions. His father, a garda, brought a radio home on the carrier of his bike when King was child in Cork city. In the school system if you couldn’t do those basic things, it could be quite cruel. He said, ‘the high lonesome sound in Kentucky, is the music remembering where it came from’.”And it was a success?

Source: The Irish Times March 01, 2026 08:20 UTC