The Pogues

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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Irish Remembrance Rock 

An Irish Wake at Carnegie Hall

March 23, 2024July 29, 2026 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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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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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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Music Journalism 

Famous Quotes Vol. 35: September 2022

September 30, 2022 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments 2022, Famous Quotes, Frankie Goes To Hollywood, Holly Johnson, James Taylor, Jim James, Lemmy, Motörhead, My Morning Jacket, September, Shane MacGowan, The Pogues

Veteran rock critic Jim Sullivan looks back on a career of epic interviews in the latest installment of his inquisitive column

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Films Pub Rock Punk Soundtracks and Film Scores 

Alex Cox’s Walker at 35: A Punk-Rock Western That Stands the Test of Time

May 4, 2022February 19, 2024 Kathy Fennessy 0 Comments Akira Kurosawa, Alex Cox, Circle Jerks, Courtney Love, Criterion, Criterion Collection, Grace Jones, Joe Strummer, Sam Peckinpah, The Clash, The Pogues, Walker

Honoring a 1987 cinematic classic that kept Joe Strummer vital in ’87

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Rock 

New York City Rock Greats Unite for Ukraine

April 28, 2022April 28, 2022 Katherine Yeske Taylor 0 Comments Ehud Lazin, Eugene Hütz, Gogol Bordello, Jesse Malin, The Pogues, Ukraine

Jesse Malin talks about covering The Pogues for charity with longtime pal Eugene Hütz of Gogol Bordello

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Music Journalism Radio 

Pop Top 40: CMJ Radio Top 20, January 25, 1991

January 30, 2021January 30, 2021 T.A. Inskeep 2 Comments Buffalo Tom, Butthole Surfers, Daniel Ash, Danielle Dax, Happy Mondays, Jane's Addiction, KMFDM, Lush, Nine Inch Nails, Ride, Sisters of Mercy, The Blake Babies, The Charlatans, The Connells, The Cure, The Pogues, Trash Can Sinatras

As ‘91 began, these were the late-’90 records that college radio was spinning

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adblock Holiday Irish Pub Rock Punk 

Why Even Jon Bon Jovi Can’t Kill “Fairytale Of New York”

December 17, 2020December 17, 2020 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments 1987, Fairytale of New York, Island Records, Kirsty MacColl, Shane MacGowan, The Pogues

Taking back a holiday classic for Shane MacGowan, turns 63 on December 25th

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adblock Alternative Rock Art Pop Electronic Hip Hop New Wave Pop Rock 

Well, Did You Evah: Red Hot + Blue at 30

December 16, 2020December 16, 2020 T.A. Inskeep 1 Comment 30th Anniversary, AIDS, Cole Porter, Fine Young Cannibals, Jimmy Somerville, Jody Watley, Jungle Brothers, Les Negresses Vertes., LGBTQ, Red Hot + Blue, Red Hot Organization, Salif Keita, Sinead O'Connor, The Pogues, Tom Waits, U2

The Red Hot Organization was launched in 1990 with a Cole Porter tribute album

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Music Journalism 

Famous Quotes Vol. 9: July 2020

July 8, 2020July 8, 2020 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments “Black” Jack McDowell, Bernard Butler., Brett Anderson, Chicago White Sox, Famous Quotes, Jason Pierce, Jim Sullivan, Rob Grill, Shane MacGowan, Spiritualized, Stick Figure, Suede, The Grass Roots, The London Suede, The Pogues

Jim Sullivan looks back on a career of epic interviews in the latest installment of his inquisitive column

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Punk Remembrance 

Joe Strummer Remembered: The First Show, the Last Show

August 24, 2018August 24, 2018 Jim Sullivan 1 Comment Boston, Joe Strummer, RIP, The Clash, The Pogues

A Boston rock critic goes back in time in a birthday salute to legendary Clash frontman

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