Shane MacGowan, the lead singer and songwriter of Celtic punk band The Pogues, who mashed up Irish folk music with raw rock, has died. He was 65. A statement from MacGowan’s family said he died at ...

Tim Armstrong wrote a novel about a rock band. That’s not so unusual, except his sci-fi story finds its characters on a distant moon and in a luxury spaceship. It’s science fiction, after all. If that ...

Seated on a stool for his set, Jake Burns of the legendary punk band Stiff Little Fingers opened the evening. He engaged the audience, joking and peppering in stories about the origin of songs such as ...

St. Patrick’s Day isn’t all about green beverages and pinching the humbugs. Here’s a few great artists out there keeping the spirit of Celtic punk alive all the year through. Check out our favorites ...

The Rumjacks, a Celtic punk rock / folk band from Australia, are set to release their next album, Hestia, on March 12, marking a new era for the band. Hestia, the fifth album from The Rumjacks which ...

While traditional Irish music is entirely appropriate for St. Patrick’s Day, sometimes, you want to listen to something that makes you want to pogo around like a lunatic. Thankfully, Ireland has a ...

The Oregon Ducks may not play a harder five-game stretch the rest of the season than the one they just faced — and conquered — over the past... The two hottest teams in the Big Ten Tournament will ...

The Dropkick Murphys are shipping up to Boston. The Celtic punk band, originally formed in Quincy in 1996, will be performing in Boston from Thursday to Sunday, March 14 to the March 17, as part of ...

“I’m a legal alien as of last year,” Dave King declares proudly. Being a Dublin-born Irishman, the founder and vocalist of Celtic-punk band Flogging Molly fondly relates his American tale of being a ...

This year marks Celtic-punk heavyweights Flogging Molly’s 25th year as a band. At least that was when singer-guitarist Dave King and fiddle player Bridget Regan — also King’s future wife — began ...

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Glen “Spot” Lockett, the longtime Austinite who early in his life produced some of the most legendary records from the birth of hardcore punk rock with SST Records, died Saturday at the age of 72.