Shane MacGowan breathed new life into the Celtic music scene in the 1980s, and together with The Pogues, created rousing, emotionally charged folk tunes about Irish life.
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Throwback Thursday: The Prodigy and Firestarter
The Prodigy’s breakout international hit was also the best thing that ever happened to a member of The Pixies.
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Ongoing History Daily: The introduction of stereo (part 2)
Stereo trump mono. Here’s how.
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Undiscovered Gem: Choirz and Never Enough (29 Nov 2023)
Choiirz, this week’s undiscovered gem definitely has an 80s thing on. Tears for Fears, maybe?
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Ongoing History Daily: The introduction of stereo (part 1)
We take stereo audio for granted. It wasn’t always the case, though.
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London Calling: Picture Parlour and Judgement Day
Picture Parlour may be new, but they’ve already played with some awfully big names.
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Ongoing History Daily: Conjugating "to rock" (part 2)
Sorting out the phrase “to rock” is a bit tricky.
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5 songs you music hear this week (27 Nov 2023)
Amongst all the Christmas music flooding the marketplace, there is still some secular music making its way through the system. Here are five such songs you must hear this week.
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Ongoing History: Conjugating "to rock" (part 1)
The etymology of the phrase “to rock” has an interesting history.
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New Music Friday: 8 new releases for your Black Friday weekend (24 Nov 2023)
Only one Christmas song on this New Music Friday list. And make sure you check out the all-female pirate band, too. (Yes, you read that correctly.)
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The Ongoing History of New Music, episode 999: Life after music
What do musicians do when making music is no longer a career option? This Ongoing History studies what some have done.
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