Shane MacGowan, the illustrious frontman of the Pogues, passed away last year after an eventful drug- and drink-filled life. Whatever you mi...

With Kim Wilde releasing an album of covers on August 27, it's inevitable that I went searching for the original versions of the songs f...

I was already an avid follower of the Dutch Top 40 in 1981, and as such I was always impressed with the title of this single. The song itsel...

Often voted as the best ever Christmas song, The Pogues' 'Fairytale of New York' was specifically recorded for this merry time o...

The album 'Red hot and blue' was released in 1990 by the Red Hot Organization. Twenty artists contributed twenty songs for an album ...

Amazingly, the wonderful video for Kirsty MacColl's 'Terry' cannot be found on YouTube. It was this video that made me intereste...