Archive for Celtic music
Shane MacGowan (1957-2023)
Posted in Kids, Wines with tags Celtic music, Dirty Old Town, England, Gaelic, Guinness, Ireland, Irish nationalism, NeurIPS, punk rock, Salford, Shane MacGowan, Thomas Bayes, Tunbridge Wells, youtube on December 4, 2023 by xi'an
The punk singer Shane MacGowan has died a few days ago. He formed the fantastic Pogues Celtic punk band in the early 1980’s, mixing punk raw energy with Celtic tunes and instruments, and Irish nationalism. (In true punk fashion, the name of the band come from the Gaelic póg mo thóin that I let readers check for translation! In the same spirit, his earlier band was called the Nips with no connection with the Neural Information Processing Systems conference! However, he could have claimed a connection with Bayes since he was raised in Tunbridge Wells.) His early death is sadly unsurprising given his lifelong issue with alcohol, which started as a young boy when he started drinking Guinness… (As a minor trivia, the Dirty Old Town song was originally written about Salford, near Manchester, England, although adopted by several Irish bnds.)
the unapologetic brilliance of Sinéad O’Connor
Posted in Statistics with tags Celtic music, child abuse, death notice, Ireland, Irish music, punk folk, Roman Catholic Church, Sinéad O'Connor on August 7, 2023 by xi'an
Dirty old times
Posted in Travel with tags Celtic music, Darryl Hunt, Dirty Old Town, Irish music, London, punk folk, The Pogues on August 10, 2022 by xi'an
The Pogues’ bassist, Darryl Hunt, passed away on Monday afternoon. Thanks to this unique band for merging punk energy with Celtic harmonies!
