DJ Próváí interview: The man in the balaclava sits down to talk about what's next for Kneecap

I have known JJ Ó Dochartaigh since the days when I was the events and marketing manager at Cultúrlann McAdam Ó Fíaich on the Falls Road, the heart of the language revival in that city and across the country, and he used to do the occasional concert at the venue. As we were saying then, you yourself started that campaign after Raidió na Gaeltachta banned the song because they didn’t listen to it before it was due to be released until just before it was due to be broadcast and then they heard the themes and the curse words that were in it and pulled it at the last minute. Now that they are preparing their second album, Kneecap have a lot more songs, because there is a lot more going on in their lives and, like sean nós songs, the songs are inspired by the events in the group’s lives or they are stories in the form of lyrics and music.

Author: Concubhar Ó Liatháin

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