Life stories in conversation with Paul Moore

Tues 16 Nov Life Stories is a series of interviews with Admission is free prominent University of Ulster graduates and everyone is welcome 8:00pm but reservations are required. and honorary graduates from a variety The Great Hall of cultural and artistic fields. For further information or to Magee campus reserve a seat please contact: These one-to-one discussions will offer audiences University of Ulster a rare opportunity to hear the personal account Cultural Development Office of the life and achievements of distinguished artists. Magee campus The in-depth interviews, punctuated with examples Northland Road Londonderry of their work, will explore each guest’s early years, BT48 7JL the key landmarks in the development of their career Tel: (028) 7167 5456 and the highs and lows of their working life, as well as their views, outlook and plans for the future. At the end of each interview there will be an opportunity for questions from the audience. Life stories

Paul Brady Paul Brady, singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist The solo albums which followed over the next decade in conversation is one of Ireland’s most enduringly popular artists. collectively established Paul Brady as the pre-eminent with Paul Moore Irish singer-songwriter of his generation. Gradually Born and raised in , he was interested other artists worldwide began to record his songs in a wide variety of music from an early age. and he began to collaborate with other songwriters. His musical career started during the 1960s at college His songs have been covered by artists such as Santana, in when he performed with a succession of Bonnie Riatt and , he has recorded with groups before joining the popular band The Johnstons. the likes of Eric Clapton, Loudon Wainwright III With them he recorded seven albums and spent some and Larry Mullen Jr, and he has his own record label, time in London and New York. He returned to Dublin Peebee Music. He continues to push the boundaries in 1974 to join , the premier Irish folk band of the not only of his own talent but of Irish contemporary time, followed by two years playing as a duo with Andy music in the new millennium. Irvine, recording and Paul Brady, an album loved at the time and still sought after today. RTE paid tribute to his work in 2002 with The Paul Brady Songbook, a six programme The next few years saw him establish his popularity television series featuring his music. and reputation as one of Ireland’s best interpreters of traditional songs and in 1978 he released an acclaimed In recognition of his outstanding services to traditional solo folk album, Welcome Here Kind Stranger, which Irish music and songwriting the University of Ulster became the Melody Maker Folk Album of the Year. awarded Paul Brady the honorary degree of Doctor Then, his self-penned album, Hard Station, of Letters (DLitt) in July 2009. released in 1981, heralded a change of direction.

Professor Paul Moore is Head of the University In his spare time he is a freelance broadcaster with of Ulster’s School of Creative Arts at the Magee BBC Radio Ulster and has written and presented campus. He has published widely in a range of a range of documentaries for BBC national radio. journals and his own practice is in the area of sound art. He has produced a number of commissioned gallery exhibitions in Coventry, , Lough Neagh, Derry and, most recently, the National Gallery in Namibia.