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New band of the day – No 1,265: Skinny Lister

4627 days ago
Guardian Music — Finally, a folk troupe whose bonhomie doesn't make us wretch. Think of them as the Pogues with good teethHometown: London.The lineup: Daniel Heptinstall (songwriter, vocals, stomp box, acoustic guitar), Lorna Thomas (vocals, ukelele), Maxwell Thomas ... more info
The Pogues Bat for Lashes Eliza Carthy Boy George Adam Ant Shane MacGowan

BBCSSO/Volkov – review

4635 days ago
Guardian Music — City Halls, GlasgowWhat a pity we don't hear Richard Ayres in the UK more often. Since moving to the Netherlands in the late 80s – he went to study with Louis Andriessen and ended up staying – he has made his musical home on the continent, but re... more info
The Pogues Shane MacGowan John Williams

Readers' panel: best music memoirs

4652 days ago
Guardian Music — Which is the greatest autobiography by a musician? Six readers tell us their thoughtsEarlier this week we asked readers to tell us about their favourite musical autobiographies. Here are a few of the responses we received.Scott Homiak on A Drink with... more info
Shane MacGowan Galaxie 500 Grateful Dead

Dubliners last founder and banjo player Barney McKenna dies

4660 days ago
Guardian Music — Influential banjo player and last of the four founding members of folk band formed in 1962 died in Dublin hospital aged 72Barney McKenna, the last founding member of the Irish folk band the Dubliners, has died aged 72.It is understood McKenna collaps... more info
The Dubliners Shane MacGowan The Pogues

Ollin celebrates 10 years playing Mexican punk on St. Patrick's Day

4680 days ago
L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — The band's annual love note to Shane MacGowan's beery outfit takes inspiration from "El Batallon de Los San Patricios," a group of Irish-American soldiers who fought on the Mexican side of the Mexican-American War. more info
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Gerry Diver: Speech Project – review

4690 days ago
Guardian Music — Purcell Room, LondonFor a brief moment it seemed that this adventurous marriage of technology and tradition was doomed from the start. Surrounded by five musicians playing fiddle, dulcimer, pipes and piano, Gerry Diver turned to the computer at the b... more info
Diver Christy Moore Damien Dempsey Shane MacGowan Lisa Knapp

Gerry Diver's Speech Project

4695 days ago
Guardian Music — The innate musicality of speech has inspired Gerry Diver's Speech Project. Colin Irwin talks to him, and looks at the chequered history of words and popular music"Speech … speech is dripping with musicality. There's a real magic to it," says Gerry ... more info
Diver Shane MacGowan Christy Moore Damien Dempsey

Gerry Diver: The Speech Project – review

4723 days ago
Guardian Music — (One Fine Day)The idea is certainly original: take a series of interviews with well-known Irish musicians, and then mix short excerpts of speech with instrumental work that follows the rhythms of a spoken phrase. The interviewees include Christy Moor... more info
Diver Christy Moore Shane MacGowan Damien Dempsey Van Morrison Lisa Knapp

The Xmas factor: what's the best Christmas song ever?

4769 days ago
Guardian Music — Shane and Kirsty, Justin and Mariah, Benton the dog – they've all tried to capture the spirit of Christmas. But who does it best? Jude Rogers finds out with our panel of judgesLast month the Reverend Dr Giles Fraser resigned from St Paul's Cathedr... more info
The Pogues Mariah Carey Mike Batt David Essex Shane MacGowan Spearmint Justin Bieber

Old music: Seán Ó Sé – Do Bhi Bean Uasal (Carrickfergus)

4789 days ago
Guardian Music — A ballad from one of the pioneers of modern Irish folk brings back memories of the immigrant experienceBetween 1961 and 1969 the Irish group Ceoltóirí Chualann made a successful attempt to keep alive and promote Irish traditional music. Among the m... more info
Shane MacGowan The Chieftains

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