A programme where poetry and music come together, Rhyme and Rhythm gives the spoken word a home on Dundalk FM 97.7, celebrating Ireland's rich tradition of language, verse, and song.
Rhyme and Rhythm is a programme on Dundalk FM 97.7 that brings together two of the oldest and most closely intertwined art forms, poetry and music. The two have always been natural companions. Before music had studios and recording equipment, it had voices and words. Before poetry had publishers and printed pages, it had performance and sound. Rhyme and Rhythm is hosted by Noel Sharkey, a radio documentary maker, poet and music broadcaster.
The pairing of poetry and music is not new. Radio has long been a natural medium for spoken word performance, offering the intimacy and immediacy that poetry needs to land properly. When a poem is read well, on good radio, in the right context, it can stop a listener in their tracks in the same way a great song can. Rhyme and Rhythm understands that and builds its programmes around that possibility.
As part of the
Dundalk FM schedule, the show reflects the station’s commitment to programming that goes beyond mainstream entertainment and gives voice to the full range of creative life in Dundalk and the wider community. It is a show for listeners who believe that words matter, that language at its most careful and most alive is worth making time for.
Rhyme and Rhythm airs each Sunday moring at 8.00am on
Dundalk FM 97.7.
