The Pogues

NO ENCORE's Dave and Craig are all kinds of thunderstruck this week as the new AC/DC album and weather-related songs storm in accordingly. Yep, it's the most elemental music podcast around. All that and an absolutely packed news section so…

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…

Welcome back to part two of our roundup of the year. This part has a little taste, just a little mind you, of every episode from July to December. We hope it inspires you to go back and listen to some episodes that you missed during the…

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…

NO ENCORE: THE REVISIT turns back the clock yet again to assess Irish music past, discussing albums from Mary Black, Stano, The Pogues, Gilbert O'Sullivan and The 4 of Us. This time out it's 1989 as Dave Hanratty and Kieran McGuinness…

Time once again to step into the past in order to weigh up the cream of the crop of the Irish music scene. This time out it's 1984, a very special year indeed for NO ENCORE host Dave Hanratty. He and Delorentos man Kieran McGuinness are…

It's Irish album flashback time once again on NO ENCORE as Dave Hanratty and Kieran McGuinness step into 1988 alongside the lively panel of DJ, MC extraordinaire and all-round culture vulture Rick O'Shea, HeadStuff Music Editor Andrea…

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…