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Welsh music legend Sir Tom Jones is the first ever male singer to put his voice to recordings of some Irish music that was almost lost forever. The Wexford Carols are hundreds of years old and had been lost to history until a group of talented singers and producers brought them back to life. They… Continue reading Sir Tom Jones brings ‘lost Irish music’ back to life

The Pogues’ and Kirsty MacColl’s ‘Fairytale of New York’ was 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 I Want for Christmas Is You and Last Christmas by Wham.

Billy Connolly has revealed he once took a few punches from a Navy submariner after a disagreement at a music gig. The comedian was watching his long term friend and Irish folk legend Christy Moore perform in Scotland during the 1980s, when a member of the audience started heckling the Planxty star. Connolly told the… Continue reading Billy Connolly got punched defending Christy Moore

U2’s classic album The Joshua Tree has been named as the best album of the 1980s by UK music fans. The 1987 album features several of the band’s most enduring hits including With or Without you, Where the Streets Have No Name, and I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For. Now the listeners of… Continue reading U2’s The Joshua Tree is named the best album of the 1980s

Young Irish actor Ruairi O’Connor has landed a dream part playing Buddy Holly in a new biopic about the life and times the music legend. Along with Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis and Chuck Berry, Holly, whose real name was Charles Hardin Holly, was one of the founding fathers and towering figures of rock ‘n… Continue reading Rising Irish star Ruairi O’Connor to play Buddy Holly in new biopic