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Alternative Rock Folk Irish Pub Rock Punk Rock 

One More Drop of Poison: The Pogues’ Rum Sodomy & the Lash at 40

August 5, 2025August 5, 2025 Dan Weiss 0 Comments 1985, 40th Anniversary, Cait O'Riordan, Ireland, MCA Records, Rhino, Rum Sodomy and The Lash, Shane MacGowan, Spider Stacy, Stiff Records, The Pogues

Celebrating one of rock’s most realized albums

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Films Hip Hop Irish Rap 

Kneecap: Luck of the Linguists

August 7, 2024August 7, 2024 Jason Gross 0 Comments Beastie Boys, Belfast, JJ "DJ Próvaí" Ó Dochartaigh, Kneecap, Liam Óg "Mo Chara" Ó hAnnaidh, Madman Films, N.W.A, Naoise "Móglaí Bap" Ó Cairealláin, Northern Ireland, Public Enemy, Sony Pictures Classics

Will the Irish rappers and their biopic overtake the States?

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Irish Remembrance Rock 

An Irish Wake at Carnegie Hall

March 23, 2024March 25, 2024 Dave Steinfeld 0 Comments Amanda Palmer, Bettye LaVette, Cait O'Riordan, Carnegie Hall, Irish, Julia Cumming, Larry Campbell, New York City, Roisin Waters, Shane MacGowan, Sinead O'Connor, The Pogues

Artists pay homage to Sinéad O’Connor and Shane MacGowan in New York City

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Blues Irish Rock 

How to Find The Super Deluxe Edition of the First Rory Gallagher Album for Under $35

March 17, 2024March 17, 2024 Ron Hart 0 Comments Belfast, Cork, Gerry McAvoy, Ireland, Rory Gallagher, Rory Gallagher (50th anniversary edition), Super Deluxe Edition, Taste, Wilgar Campbell

Celebrating St. Patrick’s Day 2024 with a steal of a deal

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Folk Irish Pub Rock Punk Remembrance Rock 

The Ghost of a Smile: Remembering Shane MacGowan

December 1, 2023February 19, 2024 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments Cait O'Riordan, Dublin, Elvis Costello, Ireland, RIP, Shane MacGowan, Shane MacGowan and The Popes, Spider Stacy, The Clash, The Nipple Erectors, The Nips, The Pogues

The rowdy and rambunctious leader of Celt-rock combo The Pogues died at age 65

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Alternative Rock Dance Rock Electronic Irish Rock 

The Wanderer: U2’s Zooropa at 30

July 6, 2023July 6, 2023 Joe Gross 1 Comment 1993, 30th Anniversary, Achtung Baby, Adam Clayton, Bono, Island Records, Johnny Cash, Larry Mullen Jr., Lemon, Numb, The Edge, U2, Zooropa

Looking back on the band’s weirdest album

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Hard Rock Heavy Metal Irish Rock 

This Is The One: Thin Lizzy’s Thunder and Lightning at 40

March 28, 2023March 30, 2023 Justin Cober-Lake 0 Comments 1983, 40th Anniversary, Brian Downey, Ireland, Irish, John Sykes, Phil Lynott, Scott Gorham, Thin Lizzy, Thunder and Lightning, Warner Bros. Records

Reflecting on the Irish greats’ final studio album

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Disco Dub/Reggae Irish New Wave Pop Rock 

Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day With The Philip Lynott Album 

March 17, 2023March 17, 2023 Ron Hart 0 Comments Dire Straits, Ireland, Irish, Mark Knopfler, Midge Ure, Phil Lynott, Robert Palmer, St. Patrick's Day, Thin Lizzy

Listen to the Thin Lizzy frontman’s second solo album right now

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Alternative Rock Irish Rock 

Like A Song…: U2’s War at 40

February 28, 2023February 28, 2023 Craig Peters 0 Comments 1983, 40th Anniversary, Adam Clayton, Bono, Larry Mullen Jr., New Year’s Day, Seconds, Sunday Bloody Sunday, Surrender, The Edge, Two Hearts Beat As One, U2, war

Looking back on the album that broke the band in the United States

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Irish Punk Rock 

Nobody’s Hero: Stiff Little Fingers’ Jake Burns at 65

February 21, 2023February 21, 2023 Jim Sullivan 7 Comments 65th birthday, Alternative Ulster, Belfast, Inflammable Material, Jake Burns, Northern Ireland, Stiff Little Fingers, Suspect Device, The Clash, U2

The Irish punk icon tells all in new interview

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Irish Pub Rock Punk Rock 

Streams of Whiskey: Shane MacGowan at 65

December 25, 2022December 25, 2022 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments 65th birthday, Cait O'Riordan, CBGB, Christmas, Die Hard, Kirsty MacColl, Shane MacGowan, Spider Stacy, The Pogues

Looking back on the career of the Christmas-born Irish punk king

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Indie Rock Irish Post-Punk Punk Remembrance 

Remembering Irish Punk Legend Cathal Coughlan

May 26, 2022August 25, 2022 Deborah Sprague 1 Comment Cathal Coughlan, Cork, Fatima Mansions, Ireland, MCA Records, Microdisney, RIP, Sean O'Hagan, Viva Dead Ponies

The acid-tongued raconteur behind such acts as Microdisney and Fatima Mansions was 61

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Alternative Rock Irish Rock 

Don’t Let The Bastards Grind You Down: Achtung Baby At 30

November 18, 2021November 18, 2021 Kara Tucker 3 Comments 1991, Achtung Baby, Adam Clayton, Bono, Daniel Lanois, Larry Mullen Jr., One, The Edge, The Fly, U2, Zoo TV

U2 kicked off their 90s with a landmark album they have yet to top

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Alternative Rock Irish Rock 

Kirsty MacColl: They (Still) Don’t Know

September 1, 2021September 1, 2021 Steve Holtje 0 Comments 1991, 30th Anniversary, Desperate Character, Electric Landlady, Jimi Hendrix, Johnny Marr, Kirsty MacColl, Steve Lillywhite, They Don't Know

It’s been 30 years since she released one of the best albums of 1991 with Electric Landlady; her flowers are long overdue

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Art Pop Irish Pop 

“The Garbo of Pop”: Enya at 60

May 17, 2021May 17, 2021 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments 60th birthday, Caribbean Blue, Celtic, Clannad, Dark Sky Island, Enya, Ireland, Irish, Nicky Ryan, Orinoco Flow (Sail Away), Phil Spector, Shepherd Moons, The Beach Boys, The Celts, Volkswagen, Watermark

Jim Sullivan recalls his history in conversation with the Celtic Pop Queen

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