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Podcast: The Ireland Podcast
Episode: 149. Duke Special: Songwriter / Performer
Description: Episode 149 Songwriter and Performer Peter Wilson a.k.a. Duke Special chats with Fender Jackson in Peter's house in Belfast on Thursday 20th March 2025. Conversation includes: a performance of ‘Nursery Magic’; introductions; early life; the origins of Duke Special; The Empire Music Hall in Belfast; the Great Soprendo; The Velveteen Rabbit; Jan Carson; Lyric Theatre & Replay Theatre; Robert Wilson’s ‘The Black Rider’ with Marianne Faithfull; ‘Man on the Moon’; Andy Kaufman; Nick Cave; the use of props; Deborah Warner; ‘Mother Courage and Her Children’; Bertolt Brecht; Tony Kushner; ‘I Read the News Today, Oh Boy: The short and gilded...