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Getting Celtic on the coast

Ask Randy Labbe what Celtic music sounds like and you're likely to get a fair amount of hemming and hawing.
Fiddle me this
By SAM PFEIFLE | July 22, 2011

Photos: Pogues at House of Blues

The Pogues perform live at the House of Blues on March 12, 2011.
Pogues | House of Blues | March 12, 2011
By STEPHANIE ROSE | March 18, 2011

50 shows to see before finals week

This is a message fromBostonFunShit, the Phoenix's authority on having a good time: Get out of your dorm. Here are 50 ways to have an unforgettable evening this semester.
Pulling an all-nighter
By @BOSTONFUNSHIT | January 28, 2011

Wrote a song for everyone

Political experts know the most important factor in a successful race for governor is the campaign song.
Name that tune
By AL DIAMON | May 07, 2010

Photos + Review: Pretenders, Cat Power at Pavilion

The Pretenders + Cat Power + Juliette Lewis | August 12, 2009 at Bank of America Pavilion
The Pretenders + Cat Power + Juliette Lewis | August 12, 2009 at Bank of America Pavilion
By MIKE MILIARD | August 14, 2009

The Irish rovers

"The Pogues and Boston go together in ways that belong in the realm of the unexplainable."
The Pogues return to their other 'old main drag'
By MIKE MILIARD | March 17, 2009

Open House

I put on the obligatory hard hat and walk through the doors of what used to be Avalon on Lansdowne Street, across from Fenway Park. To the layman — me — it's all dust, noise, metal, and mess.
After more than a year of construction and relative quiet, the Lansdowne Street music scene is about to be reborn
By JIM SULLIVAN | February 04, 2009

On with the shows . . .

If freezing your ass off builds character, music fans should prepare to develop way too much character over the next few months.
Winter 2009's got plenty in store
By MICHAEL BRODEUR AND CHRIS FARAONE | December 30, 2008

Feel the music

I personally find it comforting that the current number-one single in the country has a chorus that goes "I'll gas up the jet for you tonight, and baby we can go wherever you like."
We may be the last generation to give tangible tunes for Christmas
By DANIEL BROCKMAN | December 08, 2008

Fast-breaking music

WFNX has always been a maverick radio station.
You heard it here first
By TED DROZDOWSKI | December 01, 2008

Rat

With or without its fabled special ingredient, Ireland’s most distinctive pint is in good health.
Guinness brewmaster says Shane MacGowan, Dropkick Murphys grossly mistaken
By MIKE MILIARD | October 27, 2008

Celtic tigers

At 69, Paddy Moloney is still the world’s foremost uilleann-pipes player.
Interview: the Chieftains at Symphony Hall — again
By JIM SULLIVAN | March 12, 2008

The Wire: And All the Pieces that Matter

The Wire is over, but the five-season drama lives on in the unforgettable characters and in this simmering HBO collection.
Nonesuch
By CLEA SIMON | March 12, 2008

Listen up

It’s the first year a long time where I truly felt like I didn’t listen to enough music.
Providence national pop + jazz picks: 2007 in review
By JIM MACNIE | December 18, 2007

Double visionary

Joe Strummer was the embodiment of punk, up till his final day, December 22, 2002.
The two sides of Joe Strummer
By MATT ASHARE | November 06, 2007

Britt pop

It’s like the Anti–Wall of Sound.
The spare magic of Spoon
By WILL SPITZ | October 09, 2007

The best of times

On Boston Harbor’s Long Island, two miles out in Quincy Bay, the Curley Building stands hulking and decrepit.
More than a decade into their career, Dropkick Murphys accept success — and pay tribute to the people and the city who helped them earn it
By MIKE MILIARD | September 07, 2007

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