The Pogues were a punk band that just happened to employ traditional Irish instruments like accordion, banjo, fiddle, mandolin, tin whistle and uilleann pipes in their songs. They were also an expert ...
The Pogues frontman, who died Thursday at 65, joined punk to traditional Irish music, establishing himself and the group as its loud and soused heirs. By Gavin Edwards Shane MacGowan, the principal ...
Shane MacGowan seemed like the stuff of legend even at the height of his powers in the 1980s, the decade in which he fronted Irish folk-rock outfit the Pogues. MacGowan, who died Thursday at age 65, ...
This is an obvious choice for many reasons, one being that it’s now December 1 and it’s time for Christmas. But, The Pogues aren’t just for the holidays. While “Fairytale of New York” is considered an ...
Each week, SPIN digs into the catalogs of great artists and highlights songs you might not know for our Deep Cut Friday series. Elvis Costello loved the Pogues in the 1980s. The band’s opinions of ...
Roving Onward: An Interview With The Pogues on the Band’s Second Coming After Loss of Shane MacGowan
On the front side of the album, the band pose surrounding an apparition-like portrait of President John F. Kennedy, while the back sees original bassist Cait O’Riordan clasping a brown paper ...
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