The death of Shane MacGowan on 30th November last year meant that the radio airwaves were awash with ‘Fairytale Of New York’; it’s a great song but has suffered, in my mind, from being overplayed, especially […]
Irish cultural icon status should not obscure his artistic gifts as a sublime lyricist. Anyone catching the mainstream media on 30th November 2023 could not fail to be moved by the tributes to Shane MacGowan following […]
My love for music kicked in around 1978, and yet it was another 12 years before my first ‘big’ gig experience. This was mainly due to a combination of growing up in West Cornwall, and having […]
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