The Pogues have released the first ever live performance of Fairytale Of New York from Glasgow Barrowland in 1987, featuring Kirsty MacColl’s debut duet and restored by Steve Lillywhite for a new ...

Irish music producer, engineer, multi-instrumentalist and performer Red Lake Magick aka Gary Duncan has released his new single, Far Away Dreaming. We asked him the BIG questions . . .

Even before he takes to the stage in Belfast next Wednesday, the question being asked is: will the 84-year-old ever be back?

It is not enough just to consider any old equine matters, thereby ruling out massive hits like America’s ‘Horse With No Name’, the Osmonds’ ‘Crazy Horses’ or ‘The Horses’ by Daryl Braithwaite (the ...

There was a time when every cause, crisis or vaguely heartfelt moment spawned a charity single — a slightly chaotic gathering ...

On a memorable evening at The Deer’s Head, music journalist Stuart Bailie launched his new book chronicling 40 years in music ...

Irish singer-songwriter Dave Lofts has released his new single, Drunk. We asked him the BIG questions . . . Dave served in the Irish Defence Forces before becoming a musician and is now signed to ...

The duet between the Pogues frontman and the singer Kirsty MacColl portrays lovers who turn viciously against one another on Christmas Eve. By Rob Tannenbaum The Pogues singer, who died Thursday, took ...

This is FRESH AIR. I'm Terry Gross. It’s becoming a FRESH AIR tradition that for Christmas, we ask someone who’s deep into music and whose work we love to choose some of their favorite Christmas ...

Some moments are so profound you are stopped in your tracks and all the surrounding circumstances become forever etched in your soul. I’m sure it’s happened to you. People of a certain age remember ...

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Bruce Springsteen honored late musician Shane MacGowan at a performance in Ireland Sunday night, performing one of the revered punk icon’s songs live for the first time ever. The Boss kicked off his ...