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The Pogues’ and Kirsty MacColl’s ‘Fairytale of New York’ has been voted as the best Christmas song of all-time by listeners of Magic Radio. They finished ahead of classics such as Mariah Carey’s All...

A father and his sons got up onstage at an Irish pub to perform a wonderful version of the classic song ‘The Parting Glass’. Seamus Geaney visited Fitzy’s Pub, Crosshaven to support his son...

A school choir have recorded a haunting version of the song ‘Orphan Girl’. The song was written by Irish composer Brendan Graham and tells the story of a young Irish girl who left Ireland...

Former Cranberries star Dolores O’Riordan has been named as the number one female alternative artist of the last 30 years. The US Billboard’s Alternative Songs chart has been going for three decades.

There are millions of fans of rock legends Guns n’ Roses and many will have the iconic album Appetite for Destruction in their CD or record collection. The album contains arguably the bands’ most...

A new documentary about Shane MacGowan reveals that the star had a crush on his ‘Fairytale of New York’ co-lead singer Kirsty MacColl. The Pogues’ frontman wrote the classic Christmas song with bandmate Jem...

An Irish folk band have paid tribute to rock legends Queen of the Stone Age by performing one of their most famous hits in a traditional Irish style. Acting the Maggot are a Dutch...

If the Pied Piper of Hamelin ever needed any help gathering cows, he should give Sharon Shannon a call. The traditional Irish music star has released a very moo-ving video onto her social media...

A lesser known style of singing takes place at a Cork convention every year and sees groups of singers perform songs a cappella in the ‘Sacred Harp’ style that developed in the southern states...