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 ...

ROCHESTER, N,Y. – Rochester Celtic rockers 1916 are celebrating landing a record deal. 1916 has been given a distribution deal through Virgin Music Group. The band has released five studio albums, ...

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 ...

Wake the Dead will, per tradition, returns to the Freight & Salvage on Saturday to perform a Day of the Dead-themed show at ...

Shane MacGowan, the singer-songwriter best known as the frontman of Celtic punk band the Pogues who found success with the 1987 song “Fairytale of New York,” died on Thursday. He was 65. MacGowan’s ...

Sound Check is the Globe’s weekly guide to concerts, tunes, and trends rooted in Boston and beyond. This column covers March 14-20. Of all the Dunkin’-clutching stereotypes about Bostonians, perhaps ...

“In Ireland, folk music is a living tradition,” a crotchety old drunk in a Galway pub once told me. It wasn’t simply about revering the past by teaching children the songs of their forefathers, he ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Listening to Irish post-punk band Fontaines D.C.’s latest album feels a lot like watching a movie about a complicated, sometimes painful, love story — albeit one with an edgy flair ...

The sound of bagpipes and drums will be thundering throughout Carson City as the Wicked Tinkers return to the Levitt AMP Concert Series on Saturday. The band plays many traditional Celtic tunes but ...

This image released by Country Love Train/XL Recordings shows "Romance" by Fontaines D.C. (Country Love Train/XL Recordings via AP) LOS ANGELES (AP) — Listening to Irish post-punk band Fontaines ...