Derval (Presenter)

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1,228 appearances 15 recordings 1 series first heard Jul 2026 last heard 5 Sep

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Brendan O'Connor · Bronagh Gallagher - "I met Aretha and told her she was our queen" · 5 Sep 2026 podcast

No, it's impeccable and I mean it

impeccable and I mean it

And I think you're right.

I think at that time all of our parents were trying to get us into anything that would maybe be a distraction from as my mother used to say, they're in everything but the crib.

But music was a big uh influence um in your house and you engage very early on with um she's the the she is the inspiration for the next song choice, but the Queen of Soul herself, Aretha Franklin.

When when did you first uh hear her or encounter her?

Well

And when I look across, you know, your career, you know, soul is sort of the one thing that has really resonated and uh stuck with you.

Yeah, and it's it's it's their your second musical pick today.

I'm sure you struggled to pick one Aretha Franklin song, but the one you have chosen is Don't Play That Song and Let's Have a Little Listen Now.

Is she someone you would have liked to have met in your life?

I did meet your

Where did you meet Jarita?

Wasn't

that is.

You're being you know being kind of, you know, in this creative pr thing, your parents were very, very keen to get you in that and all this lovely music inside, but obviously outside the muse mu mood music was something very, very different.

Um because it would have been peak troubles.

How do you reflect on on that period now?

Can I ask about something that we're we're getting a better understanding of um now which is that sort of vicarious trauma or that intergenerational trauma?

Your dad actually was um

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