Hosts Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot talk with Rough Trade collaborators Geoff Travis and Jeannette Lee about their contributions to the music industry and their new label River Lea, which focuses on Irish folk music. The hosts also review the buzzy new album from indie rockers, Geese.
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Featured Songs:
Lankum, "Cold Old Fire," Cold Old Fire, Self Released, 2014
The Beatles, "With A Little Help From My Friends," Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, Parlophone, 1967
Geese, "Taxes," Getting Killed, Partisan, 2025
Geese, "Islands of Men," Getting Killed, Partisan, 2025
Brighde Chaimbeul, "An Léimras / Harris Dance," The Reeling, River Lea, 2019
Raw Bar Collective, "Baile Mhúirne (feat. Nell Ní Chróinín)," Ag Fogairt an Lae, Self Released, 2016
The Wolfe Tones, "Come Out Ye Black & Tans," Let The People Sing, Dolphin, 1972
Lankum, "Go Dig My Grave," False Lankum, Rough Trade, 2023
Lisa O'Neill, "All the Tired Horses," All the Tired Horses (Single), Rough Trade, 2022
John Francis Flynn, "Mole in The Ground," Look Over the Wall, See the Sky, River Lea, 2023
Poor Creature, "The Whole Town Knows," All Smiles Tonight, River Lea, 2025
Poor Creature, "All Smiles Tonight," All Smiles Tonight, River Lea, 2025
Ye Vagabonds, "An Island," Nine Waves, River Lea, 2022
Poor Creature, "Adieu Lovely Eireann," All Smiles Tonight, River Lea, 2025
Public Image Ltd, "Flowers of Romance," Flowers of Romance, Virgin, 1981
ANOHNI, "It Must Change," My Back Was a Bridge for You to Cross, Rough Trade, 2023
Robert Wyatt, "The Age of Self," Old Rottenhat, Rough Trade, 1985
The Smiths, "Frankly, Mr. Shankly," The Queen Is Dead, Rough Trade, 1986
John Fogerty, "Zanz Kant Danz," Centerfield, Warner Bros, 1984
Swell Maps, "The Helicopter Spies," Jane from Occupied Europe, Rough Trade, 1980
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