Shane MacGowan

The Alison Spittle Show – Episode 73 – Victoria Mary Clarke In Episode 73 – Alison talks to writer, broadcaster and ‘rock-wife’, Victoria Mary Clarke, about Yves Saint Laurent’s hash and grass, why we should all be treated like Wagyu beef,…

In the 1950s rock and roll was created through the mixing of already existing styles - soul, country and blues. More so blues, as Muddy Waters told on ‘The Blues Had A Baby And They Named It Rock And Roll'. These styles were inherited from…

Tony Duffin, CEO of Ana Liffey, joins Alan and Ellen to talk about being a London-Irish teenager in the 80s, harm reduction, drug decriminalisation, and The Pogues, specifically their song, The Old Main Drag, and how it influenced his…

In One Track Minded, we pick a select cut from a chosen act and delve beneath the surface. 'Tis the season, so this week Mark Conroy talks all about the seasonal magnum opus, 'Fairytale of New York' by The Pogues and Kirsty MacColl. …

Celebrating A Very Gritty Christmas Twenty seven years ago a gloriously gritty festive song was unleashed on the world. The Pogues' ‘Fairy Tale of New York’ violated the December pop chart of 1987 and even though it failed to reach the…