Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Shane MacGowan, the lead singer and songwriter of Celtic punk band The Pogues, who mashed up Irish folk music with raw rock, has ...

The New York State Fair is celebrating St. Patrick’s Day this week by adding some Celtic folk and Irish punk to the 2023 concert lineup. Irish punk band The Prodigals will perform at the NYS Fair’s ...

Shane MacGowan, the legendary hard-drinking frontman of the Irish punk-folk band the Pogues, died early Thursday, his family announced. He was 65. The “Fairytale of New York” songwriter died at 3 a.m.

Shane MacGowan, the frontman of the Irish punk-folk band The Pogues, died of pneumonia, his wife has revealed. The “Fairytale of New York” songwriter died at 3 a.m. Thursday with his wife and family ...

When you think about Celtic music, piercing tin whistles, mournful violins and galloping bodhran drums generally come to mind. But in the last few decades, many bands have picked up The Pogues' lead ...

You may think you know Irish, but have you ever listened to the new wave of Irish folk music? If your answer is no, Celtic Utopia (Útóipe Cheilteach) can help you out. The documentary from the ...

AITKIN — It’s been 40 years since pioneering Celtic-punk-folk band Boiled In Lead’s first show at the Upper Deck in 1983 in Minneapolis. With their star still on the wall at First Avenue in ...

The top 3 Lehigh Valley-area concerts this week are action-packed with two tributes to legendary rock bands, and a Celtic punk/folk septet. First is the “World’s #1 Tribute to Bruce Springsteen & The ...

Shane MacGowan, the sandpapery-voiced former Pogues frontman who served as the bridge between traditional Irish folk music and punk rock, died on Thursday at the age of 65. MacGowan’s wife, Victoria ...

“In Ireland, folk music is a living tradition,” a crotchety old drunk in a Galway pub once told me. It wasn’t simply about revering the past by teaching children the songs of their forefathers, he ...

Considering how small Ireland is, the international popularity of Celtic music per capita is magically delicious. The jigs, dirges and reels from centuries ago are played as pristinely in Boston as ...